Wildlife and Habitat Management - Seney National Wildlife Refuge provides habitat for a wide variety of organisms in multiple habitats. More than 200 species of birds, 26 species of fish, 50 species of mammals, 22 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 420 plant species have been recorded on the Refuge. To maintain Refuge biodiversity, management is directed at preserving, conserving and restoring ecosystem patterns and processes.

Wetlands - Water levels are managed on more than 6,400 acres of Refuge pools, with levels manipulated to provide a variety of wetland conditions for plants and animals. By raising and lowering these water levels, natural wetland cycles are mimicked.

Forests - Forest management is conducted on the Refuge to maintain habitat diversity and to restore forest ecosystem structure and composition. In some areas harvests are combined with prescribed fires. Many areas of the Refuge are managed as reference stands, where cutting is not permitted.

Fire - The fire history at Seney Refuge is largely responsible for the diversity of trees, shrubs and plant life present. Lightning-caused fires naturally occurred during dry years and created the present mix of community types. Today, prescribed fire and natural fire are used to maintain the Refuge's diversity.

Inventorying and Monitoring - Seney National Wildlife Refuge participates in a number of inventory and monitoring programs that help guide wildlife management actions by the Refuge and its conservation partners. Because most wildlife management is conducted indirectly by managing vegetation, the Refuge has a number of long-term vegetation monitoring plots established. Examples of monitoring programs that guide population-wide wildlife management goals and objectives include fall and spring Sandhill Crane Surveys, the American Woodcock Singing-ground Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey's Breeding Bird Survey. Monitoring programs that aid our state partners include the Frog and Toad Survey, the Sharp-tailed Grouse Lek Survey, and the Ruffed Grouse Drumming Survey.