Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan


Book Description

This is a summary of the comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for the Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Brown County, South Dakota. This plan, approved in 2005, will guide management of the refuge for the next 15 years. The restoration of a historical, well-functioning riverine system and provision of quality habitat for grassland-dependent birds were the key factors driving development of this CCP.




Comprehensive Conservation Plan Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge, September 2005


Book Description

This is a summary of the comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for the Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Brown County, South Dakota. This plan, approved in 2005, will guide management of the refuge for the next 15 years. The restoration of a historical, well-functioning riverine system and provision of quality habitat for grassland-dependent birds were the key factors driving development of this CCP.













Comprehensive Conservation Plan


Book Description

The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 requires the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to develop a comprehensive conservation plan by 2012 for each national wildlife refuge. In September 2008, the Service approved the plan for the 12 national wildlife refuges, which will guide management of the refuges for the next 15 years.







Comprehensive Conservation Plan Approval


Book Description

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed this comprehensive conservation plan to provide a foundation for the management and use of 89 limited-interested national wildlife refuges located primarily throughout eastern North Dakota. The CCP is intended as a working guide for management programs and actions over the next 15 years.