"This is the fourth year we have conducted this special hunt, said Refuge Manager Rick Julian. "Thanks to assistance from partners such as Options, Inc., and the Fosston Sportsman Club, this has been a very successful program.
The application deadline to participate in the special hunt is Sept. 15.
Additional information or applications can be obtained by contacting the Refuge at 218-687-2229 or Options: Resource Center for Independent Living Inc., in East Grand Forks, Minn., at 218-773-6100.
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 Services manages the 93-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System of more than 520 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
