Step C: Review Vision Statement and Goals and Determine Significant Issues (Completed)

Draft Refuge Vision Statement

Encompassing the North Pack Monadnock Mountain in southern New Hampshire, the Wapack National Wildlife Refuge, provides exceptional mature spruce-fir and northern hardwood-mixed habitat for wildlife, particularly migratory birds. The rock outcrop and cliff on its peak, afford an ideal location to view migrating hawks each fall. We will manage the refuge to preserve its natural conditions in a setting which appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature.  

All visitors are welcome to enjoy opportunities to observe and photograph nature along the three-mile segment of the 21-mile Wapack trail. Old and new partnerships with local school, volunteer, community, state and conservation organizations will foster public stewardship of this refuge and its resources, and enhance public understanding of the role of the National Wildlife Refuge System in conserving our nation’s trust resources. 

Draft Refuge Goals

Goal 1. Allow natural processes and disturbances to provide biological diversity and integrity of upland wildlife habitat.

Goal2. Establish a public use program that will encourage low-impact recreation on the Wapack trail and the refuge through interpretive signage.

Goal 3. Enhance the conservation, management and stewardship of wildlife resources in the refuge through partnerships with public and private conservation groups, private landowners, State and local entities.