Summary

Description

In October of 1981, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service sent out a questionnaire to all field stations. The stations were requested to identify all fieldstation threats and conflicts. All Service field stations reported threats and conflicts of various levels of occurrence and magnitude. These reports were summarized in a July 1983 Report of Resource Problems on the national wildlife refuges, national fish hatcheries and research centers. Fourteen resource problems were identified at Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge. This comprehensive plan addresses current and planned actions to correct these problems by the staff of the Big Stone Refuge. The 1983 Jobs Bill, Service Construction Funds, and the Accelerated Refuge Maintenance Management ARMM Program have made some progress possible in addressing these identified problems. This plan was assembled in response to a request by the Washington Office in June of 1984. The corrective actions identified by Service managers reflect our best estimate of solutions at known levels of funding and manpower. The management summary which follows the section on resource problems is intended to summarize current and planned actions utilizing discretionary funds to address these problems.