After gathering input from the public during a scoping process, the team developed three alternatives for the management of the Gorge Refuges. These are described in a draft CCP released to the public for a 30-day comment period ending September 19, 2004. Alternative A is the No action alternative. Alternative B, the preferred alternative, would focus managmenet on restoring and maintaining biological diversity. Alternative C has many features in common with Alternative B, but would also seek to restore more of the historic vegetative cover present in the areas of the Refuges before the construction of the Bonneville Dam on the Columbia River. The core team is evaluating and incorporating information from the comments into the final CCP, with a target completion date of winter 2004-05.

The Ridgefield NWR Complex is headquartered in Ridgefield, Washington, at 301 N. Third Avenue. Ridgefield NWR is also located along the Washington Columbia River shoreline, approximately 30 miles north of Portland, Oregon. Conboy Lake NWR,located near Glenwood, Washington, is also managed as part of the Ridgefield NWR Complex. Further information can be obtaind by contacting the Gorge Refuge office at (360) 835-8767.