A volunteer helping the Refuge with a habitat restoration project. Photo
USFWS.
Project
Contacts:
For Information on the National Wildlife Refuge System
Nancy Curry, Refuge Manager
Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
26010 South Smith Road
Cheney, Washington 99004
Phone: 509/235-4723
Fax: 509/235-4703
For
Information on Land Acquisition
Georgia
Shirilla, Chief
Realty
Branch
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
911
NE 11th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: 503/231-2236
Fax: 503/231-6161
For
Information on the Planning Process
Sharon
Selvaggio
Comprehensive Conservation Planner
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
911
NE 11th Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97232
Phone: 503/231-6838
Fax: 503/231-6161
Turnbull
National Wildlife Refuge
Comprehensive
Conservation Plan
Current
Status:
Turnbull
National Wildlife Refuge's Comprehensive Conservation Plan has been completed.
A Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), included in the CCP,
documents the Service's decision to implement Alternative 3 in the CCP.
This concludes the planning process. Planning Update 6 and copies of the
CCP were mailed the week of June 17, 2007. The final documents are posted
below.
The Draft CCP and accompanying Environmental Assessment and Land Protection Plan were available for public review and comment. The public comment period began June 30, 2005, and remained open through August 2005.
Documents
Available Online:
It may take a few minutes
to read, print, or download the following documents online using Adobe
Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). A free copy of the Adobe software
is available from the Adobe
website.
CCP (final) May 2007 (13.5 mb)
Draft
CCP, July 2005 (60 kb)
(Click on the titles
to view the corresponding information)
Planning Updates
Planning
Update 1, January 2000 (560 kb)
Planning Update 2, November 2000 (83
kb)
Planning Update 3, December 2001 (1,252
kb)
Planning Update 6, May 2007 (1,195 kb)
Maps
Map
1: Refuge Vicinity (209 kb)
Map 2: Key Refuge and Study Area Features (2,263 kb)
Map 7: Surface Watersheds and Drainages (120 kb)
Map 8: Groundwater Zone and Features (93 kb)
Map 9: Historic and Current Wetlands (2,149 kb)
Map 10: Aspen/Riparian Habitat Quality (278 kb)
Map 11: Current and Historic Steppe Habitat (1,052 kb)
Map
12: Ponderosa Pine Forest Habitat (2,220 kb)
Fact Sheets
Fact
Sheet: Why is Turnbull NWR
Considering an Expanded Boundary?
Refuge Location:
The Refuge is near the City of Cheney, Washington.
View the official Turnbull NWR website for more information.
Information Updated: June 2007