U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Announces Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge Will Remain in Refuge System

Kirwin National Wildlife Refuge in Kansas will remain in the National Wildlife Refuge System and is not being considered for transfer to the State or any other Federal agency, Ralph Morgenweck, Regional Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services Mountain Prairie Region in Denver, said today.

Over the past year and a half, Kirwin NWR has been in the process of developing a Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Refuge, in accordance with the 1997 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act. As part of that process, the Service assessed the management potential of the refuge for migratory birds and threatened and endangered species. This assessment led the Service