Hydrogeomorphic Evaluation of Ecosystem Restoration and Management Options for Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge
Vydavatel US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
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This report provides a hydrogeomorphic HGM evaluationof ecosystem restoration and management options for CapeRomain National Wildlife Refuge CRNWR including therecent boundary expansion encompassing Jeremy Island andthe mainland White and King tracts. CRNWR encompasses66,287 acres and spans 22 miles of the South Carolina coast,and it protects critically important estuarine and islandhabitats used by diverse animal communities including manyspecies of concern birds, turtles, marine fisheries and shellfish,and mammals. CRNWR contains 29,000 acres of Class IWilderness Area and is recognized as one of only five NWRsincluded in the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Program. Despiteits exceptional resources, the refuge has been influenced bymany onand offsite developments that have degraded orreduced valuable habitats such as the diversion and reductionof freshwater and sediment inputs to the regional coast, bays,and islands; construction of the Atlantic Intracoastal WaterwayAIWW; coastal and bay development and contamination; andsea level rise. Specific recommendations to address and support restoration and management goals are provided in this report.