Work Plan for the Wildlife Component

Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) National Assessment

Mississippi State University Bobwhite Restoration Project studies

The goal of the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service (NRCS) -Mississippi State University Bobwhite Restoration Project is to develop technology that assists NRCS field staff in future planning and to support research and demonstration projects that, within the context of the Northern Bob­white Conservation Initiative (NBCI) habitat and population goals, evaluate the efficacy of NRCS conservation practices in restoration of northern bobwhite habitat and populations.  Support for this project is provided through a Grants-in-Aid program from the NRCS Agriculture Wildlife Conservation Center that provides funding to institutions designing and implementing re­search and demonstration projects that specifically evaluate the efficacy of NRCS conservation practices and resource management systems deployed in a manner that achieves the habitat goals of the NBCI.  Grants are to support evaluation of, and not implementation of, conservation practices and initiatives designed to ac­complish the goals of the NBCI. 

In fiscal year 2004, 11 separate projects conducted at institutions throughout the southeastern U.S. were funded through this effort.

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