The Izembek National Wildlife Refuge is beginning a revision of its comprehensive conservation plan. The plan provides long-range guidance and management for the refuge. This plan will include management for Unimak Island, and the Pavlof and North Creek units of Alaska Peninsula NWR as well as Izembek Refuge. As an initial step in this process, the refuge will hold a public meeting at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Regional Office at 1011 East Tudor Road in Anchorage. The meeting will be held in the Gordon Watson Conference Room from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, May 18. Your comments will help determine specific issues the refuge should address as the planning process moves forward. The meeting will be the first of several opportunities for members of the public who are interested in Izembek to be involved. Future opportunities to comment will be in additional public meetings, through mailings, and online.
If you are unable to attend the meeting, you can simply mail your thoughts to: Maggi Arend, Planning Team Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Division of Conservation Planning & Policy, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS-231, Anchorage, AK 99503-6119. Comments can also be faxed to 907-786-3965, or submitted by email to fw7_izembek_planning@fws.gov .
Your comments will be most useful if received before July 1, 2005 .
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 544 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 69 national fish hatcheries, 64 fishery resources 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 and Native American tribal governments with their conservation efforts. It also oversees the Federal Assistance program, which distributes hundreds of millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state fish and wildlife agencies.
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