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February 25, 2008
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-Cooperative farming on 1,150 refuge acres, with 20% of crops left in the field for wildlife food and cover.
-Impoundment management for waterfowl and wading birds. This includes two moist soil units, one green-tree-reservoir, and several flooded crop impoundments.
-Timber management, including selective thinning.
-Field border and old field management. These activities include planting native warm season grasses and annuals, discing areas to promote native vegetation, and leaving buffer strips on farm field edges.
-Prescribed burning to maintain and enhance refuge habitats, and to prevent wildfires.
-Deer herd management with public hunting.
-Bird banding, including wood ducks and migratory songbirds.
-Refuge Law Enforcement.
-Partnerships with various, agencies, and individuals to achieve landscape-based goals.
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