The public is invited to learn about future management plans for Union Slough National Wildlife Refuge during a public meeting Feb.21, 2003, in Algona, Iowa.
Refuge Manager George Maze will be joined by staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services regional office at Fort Snelling, Minn., for a discussion on current and future management plans for the 3,300 acre refuge, located about 50 miles west of Mason City near Titonka, Iowa.
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 1501 East Walnut Street in Algona.
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 95-million-acre National Wildlife Refuge System, which encompasses 540 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resource offices and 81 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 programs and activities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Great Lakes-Big Rivers Region, visit our website at http://midwest.fws.gov
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