FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                     
 William J. Jones (302) 684-8419

UPDATE ON COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLANNING PROCESS
AT PRIME HOOK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge in Milton, Delaware recently issued a newsletter that provides an update on the status of its Comprehensive Conservation Planning process (CCP), including draft versions of the refuge vision statements and goals.  This electronic newsletter may be viewed in the “Refuge News and Updates” section of its website at http://primehook.fws.gov.  Refuge planners are looking for feedback and would gladly consider any comments and suggestions.  Written comments and questions are preferred. 

 If you have any questions, please call the Refuge at (302) 684-8419 or Tom Bonetti, Refuge Planner, in the Northeast Regional Office of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service at (413) 253-8307.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 94-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 535 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal wildlife laws, administers the Endangered Species Act, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, and helps foreign governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid program that distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.

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December 19, 2006