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of the water. Other threat is the illegal land crap trapping within the refuge and exotics species,<br />
such as mongoose, iguanas and rhesus monkey (Iris Alameda, Forest Manager pers. comm.).<br />
Conservation Recommendations:<br />
This CWA needs some modifications in or<strong>de</strong>r to allow a shift of the Refuge from a<br />
constant level, high nutrient freshwater system highly supportive to cattails to a more natural<br />
system with variable levels of water, periodic inputs of both fresh water and salt water and less<br />
susceptible to dominance by cattails. Open water waterfowl habitat and fishery habitat should be<br />
maintained and improved. Active management of the Refuge would be easier than un<strong>de</strong>r current<br />
conditions, but it is not expected that the system would be entirely self-sustaining (Iris Alameda,<br />
Forest Manager pers. comm.; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2001).<br />
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acuáticas <strong>de</strong> caza y sus hábitats. DRN, Área <strong>de</strong> Investigaciones Científicas. 46 pp.<br />
Departamento <strong>de</strong> Recursos Naturales. 1982. Plan para el manejo <strong>de</strong>l Refugio <strong>de</strong> Aves <strong>de</strong><br />
Boquerón. Proyecto FW-6-1. DRN, Area <strong>de</strong> Planificación, Sección <strong>de</strong> Pesca y Vida<br />
Silvestre. 49 pp.<br />
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naturales <strong>de</strong> pesca y vida silvestre. Borrador. <strong>Gobierno</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>, <strong>DRNA</strong>,<br />
Administración <strong>de</strong> Recursos Naturales, Negociado <strong>de</strong> Pesquería y Vida Silvestre.<br />
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_____. 1999. Refugio <strong>de</strong> Vida Silvestre <strong>de</strong> Boquerón. División <strong>de</strong> Reservas Naturales y<br />
Refugios <strong>de</strong> Vida Silvestre, <strong>DRNA</strong>. Folleto informativo. Revisado por Aleida Cruz<br />
Alonso.<br />
Scott, Derek A., and M. Carbonell. 1986. Inventario <strong>de</strong> Humedales <strong>de</strong> la Región Neotropical.<br />
IWRB Slimbridge and UICN Cambridge.<br />
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 2001. Section 206 Preliminary Restoration Plan, Boquerón<br />
<strong>Wildlife</strong> Refuge, <strong>Puerto</strong> <strong>Rico</strong>. USCE, South Atlantic Division, Jacksonville District. 8<br />
pp.<br />
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