Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge Complex Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Impact Statement

              U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Petit Manan National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement
April 2004
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Cover Photos: Cross Island, USFWS
Harbor seal, USFWS
Atlantic puffin, USFWS
Roseate tern, Gil Lopez-Espina
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for
conserving, protecting, and enhancing fish, wildlife, plants, and their habitats for the
continuing benefit of the American people. The Service manages the 94-million acre
National Wildlife Refuge system comprised of more than 535 national wildlife refuges
and thousands of waterfowl production areas. It also operates 65 national fish
hatcheries and 78 ecological services field stations. The agency enforces Federal
wildlife laws, manages migratory bird populations, restores nationally significant
fisheries, conserves and restores wildlife habitat such as wetlands, administers the
Endangered Species Act, and helps foreign governments with their conservation
efforts. It also oversees the Federal Aid Program which distributes hundreds of
millions of dollars in excise taxes on fishing and hunting equipment to state wildlife
agencies.
Comprehensive Conservation Plans provide long term guidance for management
decisions and set forth goals, objectives, and strategies needed to accomplish refuge
purposes and identify the Service’s best estimate of future needs. These plans detail
program planning levels that are sometimes substantially above current budget
allocations and, as such, are primarily for Service strategic planning and program
prioritization purposes. The plans do not constitute a commitment for staffing
increases, operational and maintenance increases, or funding for future land
acquisition.
This goose, designed by J.N. “Ding”
Darling, has become a symbol of the
National Wildlife Refuge System.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Northeast Regional Office
300 Westgate Center Drive
Hadley, MA 01035
Petit Manan National
Wildlife Refuge Complex
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Impact Statement
April 2004
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge Complex
P.O. Box 279, Water Street
Milbridge, ME 04658-0279
207/546-2124
petitmanan@fws.gov
http://petitmanan.fws.gov
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April 2004