A pair of wildlife management areas in Mississippi have been closed due to flooding.
From the MDWFP:
Effective January 14, 2020, areas set forth below shall be closed to all hunting except waterfowl.
• Mahannah Wildlife Management Area (WMA) waterfowl draw hunts are hereby canceled. Any associated areas within the Phil Bryant WMA, open to waterfowl draw hunts, are also hereby closed. • Mahannah WMA will be open to waterfowl hunting DAILY. • All hunting shall end at noon. • Access will be managed on a day to day basis as the conditions change or permit. • All portions of Mahannah WMA will be open to waterfowl hunting EXCEPT the waterfowl sanctuary. • The main access road to the WMA headquarters is currently closed.
You can see the complete order by following the link below.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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