Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge - USFWS Alaska Region - U.S. Fish ...
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Contaminant Assessment Process<br />
The <strong>Alaska</strong> <strong>National</strong> Interest Lands Conservation Act<br />
(ANILCA) mandated that refuges develop a Comprehensive<br />
Conservation Plan (CCP; 16 U.S.C. § 304(g)(1)(1980)) that<br />
identify and describe “significant problems which may<br />
adversely affect the populations and habitats of fish and<br />
wildlife” ANILCA § 304(g)(2E)(1980). Implementation of<br />
the CAP in <strong>Alaska</strong> has made these issues part of the public<br />
record and helped managers incorporate contaminant issues<br />
into refuge CCPs.<br />
Five refuges in <strong>Alaska</strong> have received contaminant<br />
assessments; Kenai, <strong>Alaska</strong> Peninsula, Becharof, Togiak, and<br />
Izembek <strong>National</strong> <strong>Wildlife</strong> <strong>Refuge</strong>s. These comprehensive<br />
reports detailing contaminant issues on the refuges are<br />
available in hard copy, compact disc, and via the internet at<br />
http://alaska.fws.gov/fisheries/contaminants/process.htm.<br />
For further information about these reports, please contact<br />
the <strong>Region</strong>al Office in Anchorage, <strong>Alaska</strong> at 907/786-3483.<br />
Fireweed is one of the first<br />
species to move into a recently<br />
burned area. <strong>USFWS</strong><br />
Contaminant Assessment<br />
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