A team of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) planners are developing a new 15-year management plan, known as a comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). The plan will address many issues that will affect wildlife and habitat management, administration and public uses of the refuge.
The planning team is developing alternatives that will guide management of the refuge to accomplish the refuge’s wildlife conservation mission, while promoting sustainable, compatible enjoyment of the refuge by over one million people who visit annually.
The August 2012 CCP newsletter is now available and can be found on the refuge website at: http://www.fws.gov/northeast/planning/Chincoteague/ccphome.html
The draft CCP is expected to be published for public review and comment at the end of 2012.
For more information, contact the refuge at 757.336.6122.
