National Wildlife Refuge System / David Callihan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Callihan, David.

Series:

Novinka (Series)

Novinka

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S.)--Evaluation.

National Wildlife Refuge System (U.S.).

Wildlife refuges--United States--Management.

Wildlife refuges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (109 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The US National Wildlife Refuge System was created by Executive Order On March 14, 1903, when President Theodore Roosevelt established the country's first wildlife refuge on Florida's central Atlantic coast C the Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge (NWR). From its modest beginning on Pelican Island, the Refuge System has expanded into a network of over 550 distinct units that encompasses over 95 million acres. Alaska contains approximately 76.8 million acres of refuge lands, or about 80 per cent of the land in the total system. To accomplish its mission the Refuge System finalised a strategic plan in early 2007 that contains twelve strategic outcome goals (SOGs). These goals cover the areas of habitat and wildlife conservation, wildlife dependent recreation, law 1 National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; Public Law 105 57 enforcement, fire management, welcoming and orienting visitors, wilderness management, conservation planning, infrastructure and equipment maintenance, strategic growth and organisational excellence. The Refuge System is part of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, which is managed by the Department of Interior.

Contents:

Introduction

Effectiveness ratings

Operational context: budget and workload trends

Analysis of strategic outcome goals.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and cip data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1-61470-349-3

OCLC:

759177109