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Just twenty miles west of Boston lies an oasis for wildlife - Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Roughly 85 percent of the refuge's more than 3,800 acres is comprised of valuable freshwater wetlands stretching along 12 miles of the Concord and Sudbury Rivers. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service protects and manages Great Meadows as nesting, resting, and feeding habitat for wildlife, with special emphasis on migratory birds. The diversity of plant and animal life visible from refuge trails provides visitors with excellent opportunities for wildlife viewing and nature study. Upcoming Programs - please see Eastern MA NWR Complex home page under "We're a Complex"Important NoticeThis fall, USFWS staff will be conducting ditch maintenance throughout the upper and lower pools of the concord impoundments using an amphibious excavator. For more information about the effects of this maintenance, please read the documents below: Student Conservation Association/Americorps Fellow Position Open for ApplicationsThe National Park Service, through its Rails, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, is funding a 10-month position to work, in partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on the Sudbury-Assabet-Concord Wild and Scenic Rivers. The SCA Fellow will work out of the Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge in Sudbury, Massachusetts. The NPS and FWS are working together to help engage youth in river management activities, specifically the Junior River Ranger program and invasive species control on the rivers. The application period is open now. Interested applicants can find out more about the position and apply for the job by going to http://www.thesca.org/node/327997
ATTENTION HUNTERSAttention hunters: the application season for the 2011-2012 season is still open for non-lottery seasons. Please visit http://www.easternmapermits.com to apply online. If you have any questions, you may contact Susan Russo at 978.443.4661 x34 or Susan_J_Russo@fws.gov. Typically, the application season opens on July 1st and all lottery applications need to be submitted by July 31st. The application fee is $5.00 and the fees for each permit range from $10.00 to $30.00. All active military, persons 62 years of age and older, and those with a permanent disability receive a 50% discount on all permit fees. All applicants must pay the $2 - $3 processing fees per each individual season. A non-refundable application fee must be included with your application. There are no fees for anyone age 17 years old or younger; youth hunters are also exempt from the lottery process, but still need to select each hunt he or she is applying for. If you are selected, you will be notified and at that time you will need to send in the appropriate amount of money for each permit. If money is not received within fourteen calendar days from the time of being notified, the lottery portion of your application will be withdrawn and we will go to the next applicant that was in the lottery. Checks or money orders must be made out to the Kinsail Corporation. Cash will not be accepted. Credit cards will be automatically charged if you are selected. Applications that are missing any of the required information, including your application or processing fees, will be discarded, as well as multiple applications from the same hunter. Applications which are illegible will also be discarded. The lottery will be held by August 5th and notifications will be made by August 12th. For more information and to apply online, visit http://www.easternmapermits.com For more information on the refuge hunt program, feel free to call 978-443-4661 x34 or visit our refuge website at http://www.fws.gov/northeast/easternmanwrcomplex News and EventsMassachusetts Junior Duck Stamp Program - Get Your Kids Involved Today! |
Last updated:
December 8, 2011
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