Summary

Description

Habitat Management Plans HMPs are dynamic working documents that provide refuge managers a decisionmaking process; guidance for the management of the refuges habitats; and longterm vision, continuity, and consistency for habitat management on refuge lands. Each plan incorporates the role of the refuges habitats in international, national, regional, tribal, state, ecosystem, and refuge goals and objectives; guides the analysis and selection of specific habitat management strategies to achieve those habitat goals and objectives; and uses key data, scientific literature, expert opinion, and staff expertise. An HMP is a stepdown management plan of the refuges Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP. The CCP describes the desired future conditions of a refuge or planning unit and provides longrange guidance and management direction to achieve the purposes of the refuge; helps fulfill the mission of the System; maintains and, where appropriate, restores the biological integrity, diversity, and environmental health of each refuge within the System; helps achieve the goals of the National Wilderness Preservation System, if appropriate; and meets other mandates. The CCP for Clarks River National Wildlife Refuge NWR was completed in 2013 USFWS 2013.