Description
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) prepared this Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Final Environmental Assessment (EA) to guide the management of Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) Complex with refuges located in Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison, and Morgan Counties, Alabama. The plan outlines programs and corresponding resource needs for the next 15 years, as mandated by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997. Before the Service began planning, it conducted a biological and public use review of the wildlife, habitat, and visitor services management programs at each refuge. Three public scoping meetings were then held to solicit public opinion of the issues the plan should address.
