Contacting the Office:
Field
Supervisor: Charlie Scott
e-mail: ColumbiaES@fws.gov or MidwestNews@fws.gov
101 Park DeVille Drive, Suite
A
Columbia, MO 65203-0007
Phone: 573-234-2132
Fax: 573-234-2181
TTY: 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Relay)
Office
Facts
•
Established: 1982
• FY 2002 Budget:
$1,100,000
• Staff of 10
Office Goals
•
Conserve endangered species through a proactive program
involving candidate species assessment, listing, recovery
and consultation with federal agencies
• Coordinate and
assist federal agencies and others on actions affecting
fish and wildlife and provide recommendations to avoid,
minimize and compensate for these impacts
• Investigate and
remediate effects on environment contaminants on fish and
wildlife and coordinate restoration of trust resources
• Promote and develop
diverse partnerships for the long-term conservation of
imperiled trust fish and wildlife in Missouri
Services Provided To
•
Private citizens
• Federal, state and
local agencies
• Corporations and
consulting companies
• Interstate river
basin associations, committees and organizations
Activity
Highlights
•
Provided more than $300,000 to public and private
partners in 2002 for cost-shared projects and studies to
benefit imperiled species, migratory birds and habitats
• Increased
assistance to Mark Twain National Forest on project
reviews and endangered species consultations and reduced
Service turn-around time by 50 percent
• Continued lead
Service role working with Missouri, Iowa, Kansas,
Nebraska and Army Corps of Engineers to implement
mitigation projects and increase recreation opportunities
on 735 miles of the Missouri River
• Worked with the
State of Missouri and responsible parties to investigate
and remediate several Superfund sites
• Coordinated with
Missouri Department of Conservation, Ameren UE and other
stakeholders on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
hydropower re-license for Lake of the Ozarks (Bagnell
Dam)
• Listed the Tumbling
Creek cavesnail and scaleshell mussel as endangered and
prepared a proposal to reclassify the Missouri bladderpod
from endangered to threatened
