Oxbow NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Complex Goals........................................................................................................................ - 51 -
General Refuge Management .............................................................................................. - 66 -
Refuge Access and Fees ................................................................................................... - 66 -
Accessibility........................................................................................................................ - 67 -
Non-Wildlife Dependent Public Uses............................................................................. - 68 -
Fire Management .............................................................................................................. - 68 -
Land Protection ................................................................................................................. - 69 -
Resource Protection and Visitor Safety......................................................................... - 70 -
Special Use Permits and Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement ............ - 70 -
Research ............................................................................................................................. - 71 -
Chapter 5: Refuge Administration.......................................................................................... - 73 -
Refuge Staffing ...................................................................................................................... - 73 -
Refuge Funding ..................................................................................................................... - 73 -
Refuge Buildings and Facilities........................................................................................... - 74 -
Step-Down Management Plans ........................................................................................... - 75 -
Maintaining Existing Facilities ........................................................................................... - 75 -
Compatibility Determinations ............................................................................................. - 76 -
Monitoring and Evaluation .................................................................................................. - 77 -
Adaptive Management.......................................................................................................... - 78 -
Additional NEPA Analysis................................................................................................... - 78 -
Plan Amendment and Revision............................................................................................ - 79 -
Literature Cited......................................................................................................................... - 80 -
Glossary....................................................................................................................................... - 86 -
List of Preparers........................................................................................................................ - 96 -
Appendices.................................................................................................................................. - 98 -
Appendix A: Relevant Laws................................................................................................... - 100 -
Appendix B: U.S. Forest Service Content Analysis Team Summary Report ................ - 163 -
Appendix C: Responses to Substantive Comments............................................................ - 161 -
Appendix D: Species Lists...................................................................................................... - 175 -
Appendix E: RONS and MMS............................................................................................... - 203 -
Appendix F: Eastern Massachusetts National Wildlife Refuge Complex Staffing Chart- 207 -
Appendix G: Final Compatibility Determinations .............................................................. - 211 -
Appendix H: Draft Water Quality Report .......................................................................... - 242 -
List of Tables
Table 1-1: NAWMP Species Occurring at Oxbow NWR ..................................................- 6 -
Table 1-2: Bird Species of Concern Occurring on Oxbow NWR......................................- 9 -
Table 3-1: Revenue Sharing Payments for Towns Associated with Oxbow NWR......- 17 -
Table 3-2: Oxbow Pond Vegetation Communities............................................................- 29 -
Table 4-1: 2004 Massachusetts Hunting Seasons.............................................................- 63 -
Table D-1: Birds at Oxbow NWR ......................................................................................- 175 -
Table D-2: Mammals at Oxbow NWR...............................................................................- 176 -
Table D-3: Reptiles at Great Meadows NWR..................................................................- 178 -
Table D-4: Amphibians at Oxbow NWR...........................................................................- 178 -
Table D-5: Moths at Oxbow NWR.....................................................................................- 179 -
Table D-6: Butterflies at Oxbow NWR.............................................................................- 186 -
Table D-7: Dragonflies and Damselflies at Oxbow NWR ..............................................- 187 -