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FRIENDS OF THE MISSISSIPPI
SANDHILL CRANE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
The Southeastern Wildlife Conservation Group (SWCG) is a 501(c) non-profit
organization created with a mission to “Protect, conserve and re-establish the Southeastern
United States diminishing wildlife and their habitats.” Through collaborative efforts between the SWCG,
Government Agencies, other Conservation Groups, Charities, Corporations
and the general populace, we together can make a difference in this
world. Protecting, conserving and reclaiming the South's natural
environments will be a great benefit to us all today and to all those in
the future that continue on after us.
With this mission in mind, the Southeastern Wildlife Conservation
Group entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the US Fish and Wildlife
Service to support its Mississippi Sandhill Crane National Wildlife
Refuge located in Gautier, MS. Together, the SWCG in collaboration with
the US Fish and Wildlife Service, will create and maintain the
Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR as one of the top Refuges in the country.
Goals of the Cooperative Agreement are to:
v Assist in the protection of the critically endangered Mississippi
Sandhill Crane and its unique disappearing wet pine savanna habitat;
v Increasing conservation education to the general public, lawmakers
and schools;
v Establish and maintain an educational bookstore at the Refuge Visitor Center;
And to assist in various maintenance and refuge upgrades to include
but not limited to land clean-ups, trail construction and maintenance,
and assistance to the staff of the Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR.
The
Southeastern Wildlife Conservation Group is in need of financial donors
to help support our Programs with the USFWS and we are also in need of
able volunteer help. If you would like to help the US Fish and Wildlife
Service's Gulf Coast Complex, click here.
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