The Missouri Private Lands Office works cooperatively with landowners and conservation partners to restore privately owned fish and wildlife habitats throughout the state. Srigley Werner will oversee projects that will restore essential wetlands and associated uplands and stream corridors for the benefit of migratory birds, endangered species, and native fish and wildlife species.
"I believe the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Private Lands Program is the most direct link that we have to the residents of each state to meet our mission to conserve, protect and enhance fish, wildlife, plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. This link has been a success due to the voluntary efforts of Missouri landowners and their willingness to work with us to conserve the fish and wildlife resources of the state," says Srigley Werner.
Srigley Werner comes to the Missouri Private Lands Office from the Services Columbia, Missouri, Ecological Services Field Office. While in the Columbia office, she worked with the Private Lands Program as well as with many Federal agencies to further the conservation of the states federally listed threatened and endangered species.
Before coming to the Columbia Office, Srigley Werner worked for the Services National Fisheries Contaminant Research Center (now U.S. Geological Surveys Columbia Environmental Research Center) where she assisted with aquatic research addressing the impacts of contaminants on natural systems, including the Great Lakes and Kesterson National Wildlife Refuge in California.
Srigley Werner holds a bachelor of science degree in fisheries and wildlife from the University of Missouri. Since her graduation she has been fortunate to work and live in mid-Missouri.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 95 million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses nearly 540 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
For further information about programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, visit our website at http://midwest.fws.gov
