This group, called the Fox River Intergovernmental Partnership, will host two opportunities in the near future for public comment and input into clean up and restoration issues of the Lower Fox River and Green Bay environment. A public meeting will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 9. An open house will be held the following day, Wednesday December 10, from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Both events will be held at the Apple Creek Inn, 3177 Lawrence Drive, DePere, Wisconsin.
A presentation on sediment clean up options will be given at the public meeting, followed by an opportunity for public comment and discussion. At the open house, exhibits will be on display and subject experts will be on hand to answer questions and hear concerns in an informal setting.
For directions to the Apple Creek Inn, contact the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Northeast Regional Headquarters at 920, 492-5822; or the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Ecological Services Office at 920/465-7440.
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 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 530 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 66 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. For further information about the programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, please visit our home page at: http://midwest.fws.gov
