Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association

Mississippi Interstate Cooperative Resource Association, known as MICRA, is an organization of 28 state natural resources management agencies with fisheries management jurisdiction in the Mississippi River Basin.

State agency members

  • Alabama Department of Conservation & Natural Resources
  • Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife
  • Georgia Department of Natural Resources
  • Illinois Department of Natural Resources
  • Indiana Department of Natural Resources
  • Iowa Department of Natural Resources
  • Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks
  • Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife Resources
  • Louisiana Department of Wildlife & Fish
  • Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
  • Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks
  • Missouri Department of Conservation
  • Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife & Parks
  • Nebraska Game & Parks Commission
  • New York Dept. of Environmental Conservation
  • North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
  • North Dakota State Game & Fish Department
  • Ohio Department of Natural Resources
  • Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation
  • Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission
  • South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks Department
  • Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency
  • Texas Parks & Wildlife Department
  • Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries
  • West Virginia Department of Natural Resources
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
  • Wyoming Game & Fish Department

Federal and Tribal members

  • U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
  • Tennessee Valley Authority
  • U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
  • U.S. Geological Survey
  • Chippewa-Cree Tribe
  • The Chickasaw Nation

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