NEWS RELEASE
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Mountain-Prairie Region
134 Union Boulevard
Lakewood, Colorado 80228
August 26, 2008
Contacts: John Esperance, (303) 236-4369
Mike Spratt, (303) 236-4366
U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETINGS FOR COMPREHENSIVE CONSERVATION PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR NINE NORTH DAKOTA WETLAND MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will hold public scoping meetings for the release of the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for nine North Dakota Wetland Management Districts (Districts).
The planning effort for the Districts encompasses approximately 1,125,084 acres and consists of the following wetland management districts: Arrowwood, Audubon, Chase Lake, Crosby, Devils Lake, J. Clark Salyer, Kulm, Lostwood, and Valley City.
Nine scoping meetings are scheduled during the first two weeks of September 2008. These meetings are essential to receive comments from the public on the CCP that will guide the management of the Districts for the next 15 years. The meetings will follow an informal “open house” format. The public is invited to drop by anytime during the meetings to meet with Service personnel, learn more about the District’s CCP, and provide input. Meeting dates and locations are as follows:
September 9, 2008
Devils Lake, ND
Devils Lake District Complex headquarters
221 2nd Street NW, Suite 2
7:00-9:00 pm
September 9, 2008
McHenry, ND
McHenry Cafe
291 Johnson Street
5:00-7:00 pm
September 9, 2008
Upham, ND
J. Clark Salyer Refuge headquarters
681 Salyer Road
4:00-7:00 pm
September 9, 2008
Coleharbor, ND
Audubon Refuge Complex headquarters
3275 11th Street NW.
6:30-7:30 pm
September 10, 2008
Woodworth, ND
Chase Lake District headquarters
5924 19th Street SE
5:00 -7:00 pm
September 10, 2008
Kenmare, ND
Lostwood District headquarters
8315 Highway 8
1:00 – 6:00 pm
September 11, 2008
Kulm, ND
Kulm District headquarters
1 First Street SW
4:00 – 6:00 pm
September 11, 2008
Crosby, ND
Crosby District headquarters
10100 Highway 42 NW
1:00 – 6:00 pm
September 17, 2008
Valley City, ND
Valley City headquarters
11515 River Road
5:00 – 7:00 pm
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