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Links to Offices and Services in Missouri
National Wildlife Refuges Big Muddy National Wildlife Refuge 573-876-1826 Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge 573-847-2333 Great River National Wildlife Refuge formerly Annada District 573-847-2333 Mingo National Wildlife Refuge 573-222-3589 Ozark Cavefish National Wildlife Refuge 573-222-3589 Pilot Knob National Wildlife Refuge 573-222-3589 Middle Mississippi River National Wildlife Refuge 217-224-8580 Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge 660-442-3187 Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge 660-856-3323
Ecological Services Columbia Ecological Services Office 573-876-1911
National Fish Hatchery Neosho National Fish Hatchery 417-451-0554 Fishery Resources Columbia Fishery Resource Office 573-876-1909
Law Enforcement Independence Law Enforcement Office 816-461-5245 Jefferson City Law Enforcement Office 573-636-7815 St. Peters Law Enforcement Office 314-441-1919
Other Programs
Federal Aid
Migratory Bird Conservation
North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Partners for Fish and Wildlife
Realty
Southern Missouri Ascertainment Office
Other Information
State Capital
2000 Missouri State Facts
• Employment: The Service employs more than 60 people in Missouri
• The Fiscal Year 2002 Resource Management budget for Service activities in Missouri totals $5.7 million
National Wildlife Refuge Facts
• Ten National Wildlife Refuges in Missouri total 70,586 acres
• In 2002, more than 268,000 people visited refuges in Missouri to hunt, fish, participate in interpretive programs and view wildlife
• More than 18,000 school children participated in Service educational programs
Federal Aid to State Fish and Wildlife Programs
• In 2002 Missouri received:
$7.0 million for sport fish restoration
$5.1 million for wildlife restoration and hunter education
Missouri River Endangered Species
The Columbia Field Office helped develop a biological opinion on the impacts of Missouri River dams and navigation operations on endangered and threatened species. The Service provided the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with an assessment of threats to endangered species -- including the pallid sturgeon and least tern -- and provided recommendations to minimize impacts as river operations continue.
Conserving Mississippi River Wetlands
The Columbia Field Office continues to provide input to the Corps of Engineers on the impacts of a proposed flood control project along the Mississippi River that would jeopardize the state's last remaining wetland connected to the river. The Service has provided information on expected impacts of the project and alternative ways to accomplish project purposes while conserving irreplaceable wetland habitat for fish and wildlife.
Bagnell Dam
The Columbia Field Office is participating in a review of the Osage Hydroelectric Relicensing Project, specifically Bagnell Dam, which created Lake of the Ozarks. The office participates in stakeholder meetings and works closely with the Missouri Department of Conservation and others to address the loss of endangered freshwater mussels below the dam.
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Great Lakes - Big River Region
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
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BHW Federal Building
Fort Snelling, MN 55111