Wildlife Refuges : Changes in funding, staffing, and other factors create concerns about future sustainability : Report to congressional requesters
Vydavatel US Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior
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GAO was asked to 1 describe changing factors that the refuge system experienced from fiscal years 2002 through 2007, including funding and staffing changes, and 2 examine how habitat management and visitor services changed during this period. GAO surveyed all refuges; visited 19 refuges in 4 regions; and interviewed refuge, regional, and national officials. For fiscal years 2002 through 2007, funding and staffing levels for the refuge system fluctuated, several new refuge system policy initiatives were introduced, and the influence of external factors such as extreme weather and human development that affect refuge operations increased: funding, staffing, policy initiatives, external factors, habitat management, and visitor services.