A Sport Hunting Plan, draft Environmental Assessment, and Compatibility Determination for http://www.fws.gov/bayouteche/ and at the following library:
St. Mary Parish Library:
206 Iberia St.,
Franklin, LA
Written comments or questions can be directed to Paul Yakupzack, Refuge Manager, at 3599 Bayou Black Drive, Houma, LA 70360; (985) 853-1078. Email comments can be provided to the following address: barret_fortier@fws.gov.
The Bayou Teche National Wildlife Refuge is currently over 9,000 acres of bottomland hardwood forest and cypress/tupelo swamp and is located in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. The refuge lies to the north of Centreville, LA and south of Franklin, LA.
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 94 million acre National Wildlife Refuge System which encompasses more than 542 national wildlife refuges, thousands of small wetlands and other special management areas. It also operates 70 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.
