Summary

Description

This EA for opening waterfowl hunting on salt ponds recently acquired by the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge proposes three alternatives. Under the preferred alternative, a selected number of ponds would be open to waterfowl hunting. Hunting would be allowed for three days each week following regulations, season and bag limits set by the California Department of Fish and Game under the Federal framework for hunting in the Pacific Flyway. A small, temporary decline in refuge waterfowl is expected under this alternative, but there would be no measurable effect on Pacific Flyway waterfowl populations. The proposed Hunt Plan Amendment would have no effect on the threatened and endangered species found on the refuge except the California Brown Pelican which was classified as may affect, but not likely to adversely affect.