Mississippi’s Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy (CWCS) is part of a  national collaborative effort among natural resource agencies, conservation organizations, corporations and private landowners to address habitat needs of declining wildlife species.  These strategies mark the first time in U.S. History that state wildlife agencies and the broader conservation community have cooperated to design a conservation blueprint for all wildlife species.  An Expert Team of 46 biologists from around the state and region, a Steering Committee of Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks management and a large working stakeholder group called the Advisory Group which included 179 active members were instrumental in the development of the plan. The overarching goal of this effort was to provide a guide to effective and efficient long-tem conservation of Mississippi’s biological diversity.  In January 2006, the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, the lead agency for this effort, was notified that the Mississippi Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy had been approved.  To view this document go to http://mdwfp.com/level1/cwcs.asp.