A draft Sport Hunting Plan and Environmental Assessment for Durwin_Carter@fws.gov.
The Grand Bay National Wildlife Refuge is approximately 10,000 acres and is located in Jackson County, Mississippi and Mobile County, Alabama. The refuge is bisected by Interstate 10 to the north, the Escatawpa River to the west, and abuts the Gulf of Mexico to the south. Hunting opportunities are available, along with fishing, wildlife observation, photography, environmental interpretation and environmental education.
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.
