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This report outlines vegetation sampling procedures used on various refuges in Region 3. The importance of sampling the response of marsh vegetation to management is well recognized. Transects are commonly used. They are permanently established so that they may be used in future years to provide comparable data for evaluating changes. The lineintercept method, the belt transect method, the sample plot method, and the timelag transect method are discussed in this report. A description of how and when each method should be used is provided.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Chassahowitzka NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Chassahowitzka NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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This report summarizes the results of vegetation transects conducted in millet ponds A, B, and C; goose pasture; supply pond; and fields 4A, 4B, 21, and 22 of Clarence Cannon NWR. The purpose of the study was to determine the major plant species and their overall abundance within each of the studied areas. Each plant species was ranked and categorized as to a the number of plot sites it occurred on; b what percentage of the total sites it was found on; c total vegetation; and d what percentage of the total vegetative yield this would be for each site.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Delta and Breton NWRs for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the refuges vision and purpose and describes how Delta and Breton NWRs will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the refuges, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and refuge administration.

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We studied diurnal activity and habitat use patterns of waterfowl on Swan Lake in Calhoun County, IL during fall and spring migrations 199293. Swan Lake, a 1,255 ha backwater lake near the confluence of the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers Pool 26, was selected as a site for a Habitat Rehabilitation and Enhancement Project HREP under the Upper Mississippi River system Environmental Management Program. This study was conducted to obtain baseline data on waterfowl use of Swan Lake for comparison with results of postproject evaluations. Swan Lake was used primarily as a resting area during fall and spring migration; waterfowl populations peaked in early November, and in late February to midMarch. Dabbling ducks included mostly mallards Anas platyrhyncos , while lesser scaup Aythya affinis and ringnecked ducks Aythya collaris comprised the majority of diving ducks. Geese consisted mainly of snow geese Chen caerulescens. Divers were observed mostly in open water habitat during fall 98 and spring 70. Moist soil habitats received little use by waterfowl during fall, but 2154 of geese, dabblers and divers were observed there in spring. Dabbling ducks made the greatest use during fall 44 of nearshore habitats that were exposed at low lake levels in summer. Overall, resting was the predominant activity of waterfowl during fall and spring migration, but feeding activity increased in habitats where aquatic macroinvertebrates and macrophytes were more abundant. Less than 10 of ducks were observed feeding in open water habitats, but 6470 were observed feeding in submerged aquatic and moist soil habitats during fall. Very little feeding was observed among diving ducks in spring, but 28 of dabblers were observed feeding in moist soil and nearshore emergent habitats. If installation of levees and water control structures, combined with implementation of effective water level management, enhances aquatic plant and invertebrate communities, habitat conditions will improve for waterfowl. Waterfowl populations should respond numerically increased usedays andor functionally increased feeding and residence times to increased availability of food and cover.

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The Refuge Management Plan covers management of the Gregory Landing Division of the Annada District of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge. This first part of the plan provides background information.

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The Refuge Management Plan covers management of the Gregory Landing Division of the Annada District of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge. Refuge objectives, management strategies, waterfowl and migratory bird management, and avian management objectives are listed in this second part of the plan.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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This memo summarizes the 1969 trapping program at Mark Twain Refuge. The number of various furbearers present on each division of the refuge Delair, Keithsburg, Gardner, Louisa, Big TimberTurkey Islands, and Clarence Cannon is given, and the number to be removed by trappers is also listed.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Savannah Coastal NWR Complex for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how the Complex will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Complex, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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This memo summarizes the 1963 trapping program at Mark Twain Refuge. The number of various furbearers present on the Refuge is given, and the number to be removed by trappers is also listed.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on White River NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how White River NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: fish and wildlife population management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor service, administration, and wilderness review.

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This memo provides estimates of furbearer populations on Mark Twain and Clarence Cannon NWRs.

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This study was conducted on Clarence Cannon NWR to help determine and compare any trends in field succession due to various manipulations of the moist soil units. Plant species, types, and their relative abundance were determined for each of the fields studied. Each plant species was ranked and categorized as to a the number of plot sites it occurred on; b what percentage of the total sites it was found on; c how many individual plants of each species were found; and d what percentage of the total vegetative yield this would be for each field.

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This report for Lower Hatchie Wildlife Refuge in 1987 discusses management programs, including forestry, moistsoil programs, croplands. Waterfowl programs are also covered including population surveys, wood duck box program, bandingcollaring. A land acquisition log is also included.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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This plan provides information about management programs on Clarence Cannon NWR. Programs include wildlife and public use management.

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This plan provides information about objectives, a management deficit, and the management strategy for Clarence Cannon NWR.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Columbia NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Columbia NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about the environment, and consultation with others. Key planning issues include: habitats, waterfowl, sandhill cranes, shorebirds, threatened and endangered species, public use, cultural resources, and law enforcement.

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This report covers the proposed expansion of Holla Bend National Wildlife Refuge to increase the quantity and quality of wintering habitat primarily for mallards and Canada geese. The expansion would contribute to the goals and objectives outlined in the North American Waterfowl Management Plan by increasing the quantity and quality of food grown and made available to waterfowl and create an effective rest area. The report covers the proposition, justification and other considerations.

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This is the Section 7 evaluation that accompanies the Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Florida Panther NWR. This document provides an analysis of how the proposed actions in the Florida Panther CCP will affect threatened and endangered species and critical habitats on the Refuge.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Laguna Cartagena NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Laguna Cartagena NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, and Refuge administration.

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This land protection plan for Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge was prepared to guide Refuge staff in future actions that are necessary to protect the wildlife resources within the refuge. It provides guidance for Refuge staff in making decisions on wildlife protection techniques in conjunction with landowners. This will aid Lower Hatchie Refuges goals and objectives to protect important wintering areas for waterfowl.

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This Comprehensive Conservation Plan CCP was written to guide management on Cabo Rojo NWR for the next 15 years. This plan outlines the Refuge vision and purpose and describes how Cabo Rojo NWR will contribute to the overall mission of the Refuge System. The plan provides an introduction to the Refuge, an overview of the CCP process, information about plan development and the management direction, and strategies for implementation. Key planning issues include: wildlife management, habitat management, resource protection, visitor services, Refuge administration, and climate change.

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This document states that the proposed action for the Florida Panther NWR is found not to have significant environmental effects as determined by the environmental assessment EA and finding of no significant impact FONSI.