Copies of the proposed critical habitat designation and its draft economic analysis are available on the Internet at http://plover.fws.gov"> or by contacting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Field Supervisor at Ecological Services Field Office, c/o TAMU-CC, Campus Box 338, 6300 Ocean Drive, Corpus Christi, Texas, 78412. Comments may also be sent by facsimile to (361) 994-8262 or electronically to winterplovercomments@fws.gov">.
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.
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