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Chapter 4: Management Direction
We will maintain a list of research needs that will be provided to
prospective researchers or organizations upon request. Our support of
research directly relates to refuge objectives and may take the form of:
funding, in-kind services such as housing or use of other facilities, direct
staff assistance with the project in the form of data collection, provision of
historical records, conducting of management treatments, or other
assistance as appropriate.
All researchers on refuges, current and future, will be required to submit
research proposals which include a detailed research proposal following
Service Policy FWS Refuge Manual Chapter 4, Section 6. All proposals
must be submitted at least three months prior to the requested initiation
date of the project. Special Use Permits must also identify a schedule for
annual progress reports. The Regional Refuge biologists, other Service
Divisions and state agencies may be asked to review and comment on
proposals.
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