Useful Phone Numbers

Mississippi Hunting & Fishing

Beaver Problems/Animal Damage Control	USDA/WS	(662) 325-3014
Boat Registration/Titling	MDWFP	(601) 432-2055
Commercial Fishing	Fisheries	(601) 432-2200
Commercial Quail Breeders’ Licenses	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Commercial Wildlife Enclosures	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Disabled Hunting	MDWFP	(601) 432-2055
DMAP (Deer Mgmt. Assistance Program)	MDWFP	(601) 432-2199
Ducks/Geese with Leg Bands	USFWS	reportband.gov
Environmental complaints (state)	MDEQ	(888) 786-0661
Environmental complaints (federal, EPA)	USEPA	(800) 241-1754
Environmental complaints – (federal, Corps of Engineers)	USACOE	(601) 631-5546
Falconry Permits	MDWFP	(601) 432-2079
Field Trial Permits (Bird Dog, Raccoon Hunt, Fox Hunt)	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Fish Kills (on public waters)	MEMA (24 hrs/day)	(800) 222-6362
Hunter Education	MDWFP	(601) 432-2180
Lifetime License	MDWFP	(601) 432-2055
McHenry Shooting Range	MDWFP	(601) 928-1645
Mississippi Outdoors Magazine	MDWFP	(601) 432-2244 or (888) 874-5785 (to subscribe)
Mississippi Outdoors Television/Media	MDWFP	(601) 432-2250 or 432-2251
Pond /Aquatic Plant / Exotic Species Assistance	Fisheries	(601) 432-2200
Salt Water Regulations	MDMR	(228) 374-5000
Scientific Collecting Permits	Museum	(601) 576-6060
Shooting Preserves	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Sportsman’s License	MDWFP	(601) 432-2055
State Fishing Lakes	Fisheries	(601) 432-2206
Tamed Quail Permit (To train bird dogs)	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Taxidermy Permits	Regional Offices	see Wildlife Management Areas
Turcotte Shooting Range	MDWFP	(601) 859-3421
Reservoirs
Arkabutla	(662) 562-6261
Bay Springs	(662) 423-1287
Columbus Area Office, COE (Tenn-Tom Waterway)	(662) 327-2142
Enid	(662) 563-4571
Grenada	(662) 226-5911
Okatibbee	(601) 626-8431
Pickwick	(256) 386-2601
Ross Barnett	(601) 856-6574
Sardis	(662) 563-4531
Miscellaneous Numbers
Agriculture Museum	(601) 432-4500
Delta Wildlife Inc.	(662) 686-3370
Ducks Unlimited	(601) 956-1936
Grand Gulf Military Park	(601) 437-5911
Gulf Islands National Seashore	(228) 875-9057
Jackson Zoo	(601) 352-2580
MS Dept. of Agriculture and Commerce	(601) 359-1100
MS Dept. of Environmental Quality	(601) 961-5171
MS Dept. of Marine Resources	(228) 374-5000
MS Forestry Commission	(601) 359-1386
MS Nature Conservancy	(601) 713-3355
MS Wildlife Federation	(601) 605-1790
Natchez Trace Parkway-Tupelo	(662) 680-4027
Ridgeland	(601) 856-7321
National Forest Service MS	(601) 965-1600
Natural Resources Conservation Service	(601) 965-5205
Pat Harrison Waterway District	(800) 748-9618
U.S. Geological Survey	(601) 933-2900
U.S. Coast Guard-Gulfport	(228) 868-3743
Vicksburg Military Park	(601) 636-0583
Wildlife Mississippi	(662) 686-3375
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, National Wildlife Refuges, and Fish Hatchery
Bogue Chitto NWR	(985) 882-2000
Coldwater River NWR	(662) 226-8286
Dahomey NWR	(662) 742-9331
Grand Bay NWR	(228) 475-0765
Hillside NWR	(662) 235-4989
Holt Collier NWR	(662) 839-2638
Jackson Office	(601) 965-4900
Mississippi Sandhill Crane NWR	(228) 497-6322
Morgan Brake and Matthews Brake NWR	(662) 235-4989
Noxubee NWR	(662) 323-5548
Panther Swamp NWR	(662) 836-3005
Private John Allen NFH	(662) 842-1341
St. Catherine Creek NWR	(601) 442-6696
Tallahatchie NWR	(662) 226-8286
T. Roosevelt NWR Complex	(662) 839-2638
Yazoo NWR	(662) 839-2638
Corps of Engineer Districts and Management Areas
Memphis	(800) 317-4156
Mobile	(251) 690-2576
Vicksburg	(601) 631-5000
National Forests
Bienville	(601) 469-3811, Forest
Chickasawhay	(601) 428-0594, Laurel
Delta	(662) 873-6256, Rolling Fork
DeSoto	(601) 528-6160, Wiggins
Holly Springs	(662) 236-6550, Oxford
Homochitto	(601) 384-5876, Meadville
State Office	(601) 965-1600, Jackson
Tombigbee	(662) 285-3264, Ackerman