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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for Pea
Island National Wildlife Refuge in Dare
County, NC.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: This notice announces that a
Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan
and Environmental Assessment for Pea
Island National Wildlife Refuge are
available for review and comment. The
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires the
Service to develop a comprehensive
conservation plan for each national
wildlife refuge. The purpose in
developing a comprehensive
conservation plan is to provide refuge
managers with a 15-year strategy for
achieving refuge purposes and
contributing toward the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System,
consistent with sound principles of fish
and wildlife management, conservation,
legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, the plan identifies
wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public,
including opportunities for hunting,
fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation.
DATES: Open house style meeting will be
held in early 2006 in Hatteras Island
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and Manteo, North Carolina, to present
the plan to the public. Mailings,
newspaper articles, and postings on the
refuge Web site will be the avenues to
inform the public of the dates and times
of the meetings. Individuals wishing to
comment on the Draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental
Assessment for Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge should do so no later
than March 8, 2006. Public comments
were requested, considered, and
incorporated throughout the planning
process in numerous ways. Public
outreach has included scoping
meetings, a review of the biological
program, an ecosystem planning
newsletter, and a Federal Register
notice.
Request for copies of the
draft comprehensive conservation plan
and environmental assessment should
be addressed to Bonnie Strawser, P.O.
Box 1969, Manteo, North Carolina
27954. Comments on the draft plan may
also be submitted via electronic mail to:
bonnie_strawser@fw.gov. Our practice is
to make comments, including names
and home addresses of respondents,
available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual
respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the
record, which we will honor to the
extent allowed by law.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Service analyzed five alternatives for
future management and chose
Alternative 2, an alternative that
addresses the refuge’s highest priorities.
Proposed goals for the refuge include:
• Protect, maintain, and enhance
healthy and viable populations of
indigenous migratory birds, wildlife,
fish, and plants, including Federal and
State threatened and endangered
species.
• Restore, maintain, and enhance the
health and biodiversity of barrier island
upland and wetland habitats to ensure
optimum ecological productivity.
• Provide the public with safe,
quality wildlife-dependent recreational
and educational opportunities that focus
on barrier island wildlife and habitats of
the refuge.
• Continue to participate in local
efforts to sustain economic health
through nature-based tourism.
• Protect refuge resources by limiting
the adverse impacts of human activities
and development.
• Acquire and manage adequate
funding, human resources, facilities,
equipment, and infrastructure to
accomplish the other refuge goals.
Also available for review are draft
compatibility determinations for
ADDRESSES:
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recreational hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation.
Alternatives
Alternative 1 proposes to maintain the
status quo. The refuge would manage
very intensively the water levels of the
impoundments and the vegetation to
create optimum habitat for migrating
waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds,
and aquatic organisms. It would manage
marshes with prescribed fire. The staff
would survey sea turtles, waterfowl,
shorebirds, and wading birds on a
routine basis. The refuge would allow
five of the six priority public use
activities: Fishing, wildlife observation,
wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation. The staff would conduct
extensive environmental education and
interpretation programs with the
assistance of 25,000 hours of volunteer
service every year. There would be one
staff public use specialist stationed at
the refuge. Staff from the Alligator River
National Wildlife Refuge would manage
the refuge, administer budgets and
contracts, maintain the facilities,
manage impoundment and marsh
habitats, and conduct wildlife surveys.
Alternative 2 proposes moderate
program increases. The refuge would
continue to manage very intensively the
water levels of the impoundments and
the vegetation to create optimum habitat
for migrating waterfowl, shorebirds,
wading birds, and aquatic organisms. It
would manage for fall shorebird habitat.
It would also manage marshes with
prescribed fire. The staff would survey
a wider range of wildlife on the refuge,
adding regular surveys of land birds.
The refuge would continue to allow five
of the six priority public use activities,
but would have the capacity to increase
the number of opportunities. The staff
would continue to conduct extensive
environmental education and
interpretation programs with the
assistance of 30,000 hours of volunteer
service every year. There would be five
staff members stationed at the refuge,
including an assistance refuge manager,
biologist, two public use specialists, and
a maintenance worker. Staff from the
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
would still administer budgets and
contracts and manage impoundment
and marsh habitats.
Alternative 3 proposes optimum
program increases. The refuge would
continue to manage very intensively the
water levels of the impoundments and
the vegetation to create optimum habitat
for migrating waterfowl, shorebirds,
wading birds, and aquatic organisms. It
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would manage for fall shorebird habitat.
It would also manager marshes with
prescribed fire. The staff would survey
a wider range of wildlife on the refuge,
adding regular surveys of land birds,
wading birds, mammals, invertebrates,
reptiles, and amphibians. The refuge
would continue to allow five of the six
priority public use activities, but would
have the capacity to increase the
number of opportunities. The staff
would continue to conduct extensive
environmental education and
interpretation programs with the
assistance of 35,000 hours of volunteer
service every year. There would be
twelve staff members stationed at the
refuge, including an assistant refuge
manager, biologist, three biological
technicians, two public use specialists,
and five maintenance workers. Staff
from the Alligator River National
Wildlife Refuge would still administer
budgets and contracts and manage
marsh habitat.
Alternative 4 assumes vehicular
access to the refuge on a paved road
would be eliminated from the north, but
access would be maintained from the
south as far north as the visitor center.
The alternative assumes that natural
processes would dominate the area
north of the visitor center and habitat
for colonial nesting shorebirds would
increase. The refuge would continue to
manage impoundments and marshes.
The staff would survey all wildlife on
the refuge. The refuge would provide
public use opportunities, but the
number of visitors would decrease due
to the limited access. Staffing would be
the same as Alternative 3.
Alternative 5 assumes access to the
refuge on a paved road would be totally
eliminated. The Service would provide
other means of accessing the refuge. The
alternative assumes that natural
processes would dominate the entire
refuge and habitat for colonial nesting
shorebirds would increase substantially.
The refuge would continue to manage
impoundments and marshes. The staff
would survey all wildlife on the refuge.
The refuge would provide public use
opportunities, but the number of visitors
would decrease due to the limited
access. Staffing would be the same as
Alternative 3.
Actions Common to All Alternatives
All five alternatives share the
following concepts and techniques for
achieving the goals of the refuge:
• Cooperating with State and Federal
agencies, and non-government
organizations, to evaluate the effects of
dredging on Oregon Inlet and placement
of dredge material on the refuge
beaches;
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• Cooperating with State and Federal
agencies, and non-government
organizations, to evaluate the effects of
the maintenance of North Carolina
Highway 12 on the refuge resources;
• Utilizing volunteers to execute the
public use, biological, and maintenance
programs on the refuge;
• Providing extensive public use
opportunities in fishing, environmental
education, interpretation, wildlife
observation, and wildlife photography;
• Monitoring populations of
waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading
birds, and vegetation in the refuge
impoundments;
• Maintaining the vegetation in the
marsh with prescribed fire; and
• Encouraging scientific research on
the refuge.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge,
in northeastern North Carolina, consists
of 5,000 acres, or which 1,375 acres are
salt marsh, 790 acres are managed
wetlands (impoundments), 565 acres are
maritime scrub/shrub, and 450 acres are
dune. These habitats support a variety
of wildlife species including waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds, sea turtles,
and neotropical migratory songbirds.
The refuge hosts more than two
million visitors annually, who
participate in fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation.
Authority: This notice is published under
the authority of the National Wildlife Refuge
System Improvement Act of 1997, Public
Law 105–57.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
Note: This document was received at the
office of the Federal Register February 1,
2006.
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Protection Act of 2000, the Federal Land
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Federal Advisory Committee Act of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of the Draft Comprehensive Conservation
Plan and Environmental Assessment for Pea Island National Wildlife
Refuge in Dare County, NC.
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SUMMARY: This notice announces that a Draft Comprehensive Conservation
Plan and Environmental Assessment for Pea Island National Wildlife
Refuge are available for review and comment. The National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, requires the Service to
develop a comprehensive conservation plan for each national wildlife
refuge. The purpose in developing a comprehensive conservation plan is
to provide refuge managers with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge
purposes and contributing toward the mission of the National Wildlife
Refuge System, consistent with sound principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal mandates, and Service policies. In
addition to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife
and their habitats, the plan identifies wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public, including opportunities for
hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and interpretation.
DATES: Open house style meeting will be held in early 2006 in Hatteras
Island and Manteo, North Carolina, to present the plan to the public.
Mailings, newspaper articles, and postings on the refuge Web site will
be the avenues to inform the public of the dates and times of the
meetings. Individuals wishing to comment on the Draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment for Pea Island National
Wildlife Refuge should do so no later than March 8, 2006. Public
comments were requested, considered, and incorporated throughout the
planning process in numerous ways. Public outreach has included scoping
meetings, a review of the biological program, an ecosystem planning
newsletter, and a Federal Register notice.
ADDRESSES: Request for copies of the draft comprehensive conservation
plan and environmental assessment should be addressed to Bonnie
Strawser, P.O. Box 1969, Manteo, North Carolina 27954. Comments on the
draft plan may also be submitted via electronic mail to: bonnie_
strawser@fw.gov. Our practice is to make comments, including names and
home addresses of respondents, available for public review during
regular business hours. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their home addresses from the record, which we will honor to
the extent allowed by law.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Service analyzed five alternatives for
future management and chose Alternative 2, an alternative that
addresses the refuge's highest priorities.
Proposed goals for the refuge include:
Protect, maintain, and enhance healthy and viable
populations of indigenous migratory birds, wildlife, fish, and plants,
including Federal and State threatened and endangered species.
Restore, maintain, and enhance the health and biodiversity
of barrier island upland and wetland habitats to ensure optimum
ecological productivity.
Provide the public with safe, quality wildlife-dependent
recreational and educational opportunities that focus on barrier island
wildlife and habitats of the refuge.
Continue to participate in local efforts to sustain
economic health through nature-based tourism.
Protect refuge resources by limiting the adverse impacts
of human activities and development.
Acquire and manage adequate funding, human resources,
facilities, equipment, and infrastructure to accomplish the other
refuge goals.
Also available for review are draft compatibility determinations
for
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recreational hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental education and interpretation.
Alternatives
Alternative 1 proposes to maintain the status quo. The refuge would
manage very intensively the water levels of the impoundments and the
vegetation to create optimum habitat for migrating waterfowl,
shorebirds, wading birds, and aquatic organisms. It would manage
marshes with prescribed fire. The staff would survey sea turtles,
waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading birds on a routine basis. The refuge
would allow five of the six priority public use activities: Fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and environmental education
and interpretation. The staff would conduct extensive environmental
education and interpretation programs with the assistance of 25,000
hours of volunteer service every year. There would be one staff public
use specialist stationed at the refuge. Staff from the Alligator River
National Wildlife Refuge would manage the refuge, administer budgets
and contracts, maintain the facilities, manage impoundment and marsh
habitats, and conduct wildlife surveys.
Alternative 2 proposes moderate program increases. The refuge would
continue to manage very intensively the water levels of the
impoundments and the vegetation to create optimum habitat for migrating
waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, and aquatic organisms. It would
manage for fall shorebird habitat. It would also manage marshes with
prescribed fire. The staff would survey a wider range of wildlife on
the refuge, adding regular surveys of land birds. The refuge would
continue to allow five of the six priority public use activities, but
would have the capacity to increase the number of opportunities. The
staff would continue to conduct extensive environmental education and
interpretation programs with the assistance of 30,000 hours of
volunteer service every year. There would be five staff members
stationed at the refuge, including an assistance refuge manager,
biologist, two public use specialists, and a maintenance worker. Staff
from the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge would still
administer budgets and contracts and manage impoundment and marsh
habitats.
Alternative 3 proposes optimum program increases. The refuge would
continue to manage very intensively the water levels of the
impoundments and the vegetation to create optimum habitat for migrating
waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, and aquatic organisms. It would
manage for fall shorebird habitat. It would also manager marshes with
prescribed fire. The staff would survey a wider range of wildlife on
the refuge, adding regular surveys of land birds, wading birds,
mammals, invertebrates, reptiles, and amphibians. The refuge would
continue to allow five of the six priority public use activities, but
would have the capacity to increase the number of opportunities. The
staff would continue to conduct extensive environmental education and
interpretation programs with the assistance of 35,000 hours of
volunteer service every year. There would be twelve staff members
stationed at the refuge, including an assistant refuge manager,
biologist, three biological technicians, two public use specialists,
and five maintenance workers. Staff from the Alligator River National
Wildlife Refuge would still administer budgets and contracts and manage
marsh habitat.
Alternative 4 assumes vehicular access to the refuge on a paved
road would be eliminated from the north, but access would be maintained
from the south as far north as the visitor center. The alternative
assumes that natural processes would dominate the area north of the
visitor center and habitat for colonial nesting shorebirds would
increase. The refuge would continue to manage impoundments and marshes.
The staff would survey all wildlife on the refuge. The refuge would
provide public use opportunities, but the number of visitors would
decrease due to the limited access. Staffing would be the same as
Alternative 3.
Alternative 5 assumes access to the refuge on a paved road would be
totally eliminated. The Service would provide other means of accessing
the refuge. The alternative assumes that natural processes would
dominate the entire refuge and habitat for colonial nesting shorebirds
would increase substantially. The refuge would continue to manage
impoundments and marshes. The staff would survey all wildlife on the
refuge. The refuge would provide public use opportunities, but the
number of visitors would decrease due to the limited access. Staffing
would be the same as Alternative 3.
Actions Common to All Alternatives
All five alternatives share the following concepts and techniques
for achieving the goals of the refuge:
Cooperating with State and Federal agencies, and non-
government organizations, to evaluate the effects of dredging on Oregon
Inlet and placement of dredge material on the refuge beaches;
Cooperating with State and Federal agencies, and non-
government organizations, to evaluate the effects of the maintenance of
North Carolina Highway 12 on the refuge resources;
Utilizing volunteers to execute the public use,
biological, and maintenance programs on the refuge;
Providing extensive public use opportunities in fishing,
environmental education, interpretation, wildlife observation, and
wildlife photography;
Monitoring populations of waterfowl, shorebirds, and
wading birds, and vegetation in the refuge impoundments;
Maintaining the vegetation in the marsh with prescribed
fire; and
Encouraging scientific research on the refuge.
Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, in northeastern North
Carolina, consists of 5,000 acres, or which 1,375 acres are salt marsh,
790 acres are managed wetlands (impoundments), 565 acres are maritime
scrub/shrub, and 450 acres are dune. These habitats support a variety
of wildlife species including waterfowl, shorebirds, wading birds, sea
turtles, and neotropical migratory songbirds.
The refuge hosts more than two million visitors annually, who
participate in fishing, wildlife observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and interpretation.
Authority: This notice is published under the authority of the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, Public Law
105-57.
Dated: April 1, 2005.
Cynthia K. Dohner,
Acting Regional Director.
Note: This document was received at the office of the Federal
Register February 1, 2006.
[FR Doc. 06-1047 Filed 2-3-06; 8:45 am]
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