Mississippi Waterfowl Habitat Improvements Continue at Tuscumbia WMA

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks resumed work in October 2013 to improve waterfowl habitat on Tuscumbia Wildlife Management Area (WMA).  This area has seven waterfowl impoundments that are managed annually to provide habitat for wintering waterfowl and other wetland-dependent wildlife.  Each year since 2010, new areas within designated impoundments have been cleared and managed to provide more food for waterfowl from natural and planted vegetation.  The same vegetation will also provide habitat for aquatic insects which waterfowl consume.  Increased food resources should attract more wetland birds and potentially improve body conditions for migrations back to their nesting grounds.

To date, approximately 20 acres of waterfowl habitat have been improved at Tuscumbia WMA.  Recent waterfowl habitat improvement projects on Tuscumbia WMA have been funded by state Waterfowl Stamp revenue.

For more information regarding wildlife management areas in Mississippi, visit our website at www.mdwfp.com/wma or call us at (601) 432-2199. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/mdwfp or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MDWFPonline.

Mississippi Wildlife Fisheries and Parks

The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP), formerly known as the Mississippi Game & Fish Commission, is an agency of the government of the U.S. state ofMississippi responsible for programs protecting Mississippi fish and wildlife resources and their habitats, as well as administering all state parks; it has its headquarters in Jackson. The agency issues hunting and fishing licenses, advises on habitat protection, and sponsors public education programs. It is also responsible for enforcement of Mississippi's fish and game laws. It is separate from the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources, which is the governing body for the state's natural salt-water resources and law enforcement thereof (i.e. Gulf of Mexico, ocean-going vessels, etc.).