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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:
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Assist
in the protection of the critically endangered Mississippi
Sandhill Crane and its unique disappearing wet pine savanna
habitat;
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Increasing
conservation education to the general public, lawmakers and
schools;
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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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