Lisa Y. Yager,^1,2,*,** Deborah L. Miller,^3,*** Jeanne Jones<sup>4,****

1</sup>1Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks 2148
²5Current address: 1675 Columbia Purvis Rd. Columbia MS 39429
³2Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 5988 Hwy 90, Bldg. 4900 University of Florida/Milto
⁴3Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Box 9690 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39

^*Corresponding author: lyager63@yahoo.com; 601-383-0289
^**Dr. Lisa Yager is the Research and Collections Coordinator for the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks. She coordinates Section 6 (Threatened and Endangered Species) Grants, State Wildlife Grants, and other research and collection activities related to conservation of the biodiversity of Mississippi. Research and management interests include: restoration of longleaf pine and other native ecosystems, effects of land management on wildlife habitat, and conservation of rare species.
^***Dr. Debbie Miller is an Associate Professor in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation at the University of Florida. She teaches five courses for the interdisciplinary Natural Resource Conservation Program at the Milton Campus of the West Florida Research and Education Center. Her research program has focused on coastal community ecology and restoration including an emphasis on barrier island restoration, fire effects on coastal scrub and ground cover of longleaf pine ecosystems, and invasive species ecology and management.
^****Dr. Jeanne Jones is a professor of Wildlife Science at the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture at Mississippi State University. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in wildlife habitat management, food and cover plant identification, and restoration ecology. Her research interests center around habitat restoration and reclamation, conservation of rare and sensitive ecosystem types, and impacts of non-native invasive plants on native biological communities. She wants to retire so that she will have time to hack and squirt the autumn olive on her private land in Winston County, MS.