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Appendix B Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations Appendix B USFWS Visitors paddle along Sunkhaze Stream at Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations Sunkhaze Meadows NWR Compatibility Determination Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental B-1 Education and Interpretation Compatibility Determination Fishing B-19 Compatibility Determination Hunting B-31 Compatibility Determination Furbearer Management B-47 Findings of Appropriateness Ice Skating B-59 Findings of Appropriateness Recreational Gathering B-61 Compatibility Determination Recreational Gathering B-63 Findings of Appropriateness Boating B-77 Compatibility Determination Boating B-79 Findings of Appropriateness Privately-owned Recreational Cabin B-87 Compatibility Determination Privately-owned Recreational Cabin B-89 Findings of Appropriateness Bicycling B-93 Compatibility Determination Bicycling B-95 Findings of Appropriateness Dog Walking on Trails B-105 Compatibility Determination Dog Walking on Trails B-107 Findings of Appropriateness Geocaching B-115 Compatibility Determination Geocaching B-117 Findings of Appropriateness Commercial Guiding for Wildlife-dependent B-125 Recreation Compatibility Determination Commercial Guiding for Wildlife-dependent B-127 Recreation Findings of Appropriateness Commercial Haying B-141 Compatibility Determination Commercial Haying B-143 Findings of Appropriateness Orienteering B-157 Compatibility Determination Orienteering B-159 Findings of Appropriateness Cross-country Skiing and Snowshoeing B-167 Compatibility Determination Cross-country Skiing and Snowshoeing B-169 Findings of Appropriateness Snowmobiling B-179 Compatibility Determination Snowmobiling B-181 Findings of Appropriateness Research Conducted by Non-Service Personnel B-205 Compatibility Determination Research Conducted by Non-Service Personnel B-209 Carlton Pond WPA Compatibility Determination Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental B-215 Education and Interpretation Compatibility Determination Fishing B-229 Compatibility Determination Hunting B-241 Compatibility Determination Furbearer Management B-253 Findings of Appropriateness Retriever Hunt Test and Field Trial B-263 Compatibility Determination Retriever Hunt Test and Field Trial B-265 Findings of Appropriateness Boating B-275 Compatibility Determination Boating B-277 Compatibility Determination–Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation at Sunkhaze Meadows NWR COMPATIBILITY DETERMINATION USE: Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation REFUGE NAME: Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge DATE ESTABLISHED: November 22, 1988 ESTABLISHING AUTHORITIES: 1. Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a-742j; 70 Stat. 1119) 2. Refuge Recreation Act of 1962 (16 U.S.C. 460k-406k-4; 76 Stat. 653) PURPOSE(S) FOR WHICH ESTABLISHED: 1. "... for the development, advancement, management, conservation, and protection of fish and wildlife resources ..." (16 U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)) "... for the benefit of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, in performing it activities and services. Such acceptance may be subject to the terms of any restrictive or affirmative covenant, or condition of servitude ..." ((16 U.S.C. 742f(b)(1) (Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956)) 2. "... suitable for -- (1) incidental fish and wildlife-oriented recreational development, (2) the protection of natural resources, (3) the conservation of endangered species or threatened species ..." ((16 U.S.C. 460k-1) (Refuge Recreation Act)) MISSION OF THE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM: “To administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of the fish, wildlife and plant resource and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.” (16 U.S.C. 668dd- 668ee) (National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966) DESCRIPTION OF USE: (a) What are the uses? Are they priority public uses? The uses are wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, and interpretation. These four uses are among the six priority public uses of the National Wildlife Refuge System under the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd- 668ee), and the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105- 57). (b) Where will the uses be conducted? Wildlife observation, photography, environmental education and interpretation will be allowed to occur throughout the Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (NWR, refuge), including the Sunkhaze Unit, Benton Unit, and Sandy Steam Unit, during open hours. Designated trails exist on the various units and most visitor use is focused on and around these trails. Visitors also use canoes or kayaks to access the various streams and other wetland areas within the refuge. There is one elevated structure at the end of the Carter Meadow Trail to provide a panoramic Appendix B. Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations B-1 Compatibility Determination–Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation at Sunkhaze Meadows NWR view of the wetland, but no structures provided specifically as photography blinds, as none of the refuge’s units have high concentrations of wildlife in a given location. The exact locations of environmental education and interpretation activities and events by outside groups will be at the discretion of the refuge manager through required special use permits (SUP). (c) When will the uses be conducted? Wildlife observation, photography, environmental education and interpretation will be allowed on all the units of the Sunkhaze Meadows NWR daily, year-round, from sunrise to sunset, unless a conflict with a management activity or an extenuating circumstance necessitates deviating from this. Closures for snow or ice storms, or other events affecting human safety, or for nesting season and other sensitive times of the year are examples of times when the refuge may require these uses be temporarily suspended or require temporary spatial closures of certain areas. (d) How will the uses be conducted? Refuge staff will be responsible for providing law enforcement; maintaining boundaries and signs; meeting with adjacent landowners and the interested public or responding to their inquiries; recruiting and supervising volunteers; preparing information on these uses to be delivered via Web sites, brochures, and other means; developing necessary signs; monitoring and evaluating impacts; regulating the use of the area by groups through SUPs; and, if sufficient staff exists, preparing and delivering environmental education and interpretation programs. Visitors participating in approved public uses are allowed off-trail; however, off-trail use is limited to pedestrian access only (e.g., walking, snowshoeing, skiing). (e) Why are these use(s) being proposed? Wildlife observation, wildlife photography, environmental education, and interpretation are priority public uses as defined by the National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C 668dd-668ee), and the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-57). If compatible, they are to be facilitated on refuges. These uses will be conducted to provide compatible educational and recreational opportunities for visitors to enjoy the resources and to gain understanding and appreciation for fish and wildlife and habitats, ecology and wildlife management. These uses provide opportunities for visitors to relax and enjoy wildlife in a wholesome, safe, unstructured outdoor environment at their own pace, and to provide the psychological and health benefits attendant to that type of outdoor enjoyment. As visitors enjoy the recreational aspects of these activities, they may be drawn to engage in the more structured educational opportunities offered, and thereby, enhance their understanding of natural resource management programs and ecological concepts. This, in turn, will enable them to better understand ecological issues and problems affecting refuge resources and become better advocates and stewards for those resources. Photographs that are taken on refuges are sometimes shared with others by the photographer or shared with the refuge staff and donated for use in U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service outreach materials and can provide the public increased exposure to refuge assets. B-2 Sunkhaze Meadows NWR and Carlton Pond WPA Comprehensive Conservation Plan Compatibility Determination–Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation at Sunkhaze Meadows NWR Map B.1. Current and proposed infrastructure for the Sunkhaze Meadows Unit of Sunkhaze Meadows NWR. Appendix B. Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations B-3 Compatibility Determination–Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation at Sunkhaze Meadows NWR Map B.2. Current and planned infrastructure for the Benton Unit of Sunkhaze Meadows National Wildlife Refuge. B-4 Sunkhaze Meadows NWR and Carlton Pond WPA Comprehensive Conservation Plan Compatibility Determination–Wildlife Observation and Photography, Environmental Education and Interpretation at Sunkhaze Meadows NWR Map B.3. Current and planned infrastructure within the Sandy Stream Unit of Sunkhaze Meadows NWR. Appendix B. Findings of Appropriateness and Compatibility Determinations
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