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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2007 To U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Strategic Plan Fiscal Year 2007 to 2011 Region 5 Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program Coastal Program August 2007 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Regional Office 300 Westgate Center Drive Hadley, MA 01035 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction..................................................................................................................................... 1 Goal One: Conserving Habitat....................................................................................................... 2 Partners for Fish and Wildlife and Coastal Program Focus Areas ................................................. 9 Gulf of Maine Coastal Focus Area ............................................................................................. 9 Inland Maine Focus Area (Crystal Bog)................................................................................... 19 Western Maine Native American Focus Area .......................................................................... 21 Lake Champlain Valley Focus Area......................................................................................... 23 Connecticut River System Focus Area ..................................................................................... 27 Southern Gulf of Maine/Nantucket Sound Focus Area ............................................................ 39 Long Island/Narragansett Bay Focus Area............................................................................... 47 New York/New Jersey Harbor Focus Area .............................................................................. 63 Central New York State Focus Area......................................................................................... 72 Great Lakes New York and Pennsylvania Focus Area............................................................. 78 Susquehanna River Focus Area ................................................................................................ 89 New Jersey Embayments Focus Area....................................................................................... 96 Delaware River Focus Area.................................................................................................... 103 Delaware Bay Focus Area ...................................................................................................... 115 Chesapeake Bay Focus Area................................................................................................... 129 Potomac River and Highlands Focus Area ............................................................................. 155 Ohio River Focus Area ........................................................................................................... 169 James River Focus Area.......................................................................................................... 175 Region 5 5-year Performance Targets ........................................................................................ 181 Goal Two: Broaden and Strenthen Partnerships........................................................................ 184 Regional Objectives................................................................................................................ 184 Key Strategic Activities .......................................................................................................... 185 Performance Measures............................................................................................................ 187 Goal Three: Improve Information Sharing and Communication............................................... 187 Regional Objectives................................................................................................................ 187 Key Strategic Activities .......................................................................................................... 187 Performance Measures............................................................................................................ 189 Goal Four: Enhance Our Workforce.......................................................................................... 189 Regional Objectives................................................................................................................ 189 Key Strategic Activities .......................................................................................................... 190 Performance Measures............................................................................................................ 191 Goal Five: Iincrease Accountability .......................................................................................... 191 Regional Objectives................................................................................................................ 192 Key Strategic Activities .......................................................................................................... 192 Performance Measures............................................................................................................ 194 Stakeholder and Partner Involvement......................................................................................... 194 List of stakeholders involved in Part I of Region 5’s Strategic Planning Process...................... 195 I. Introduction The primary focus of the Partners for Fish and Wildlife (Partners) and Coastal Programs is on the conservation of Federal Trust Resources; i.e., priority and critical habitat types (e.g. coastal and inland wetlands, native grasslands, rivers and streams) and their associated species of concern: migratory birds; threatened, endangered and candidate species; inter-jurisdictional fish; and other species of conservation concern. In addition to the varied inland habitats in the Northeast, Region 5 is comprised of an extensive coastline extending from Maine to Virginia. These coastal areas and shorelines support a myriad of terrestrial and marine ecosystems and, as a result, are critical to human endeavors. Each year our country's coastal resources contribute nearly $100 billion to the national economy. Fisheries, tourism, and recreation are just several of the industries that are absolutely dependent upon healthy, functioning coastal areas. Fish and wildlife resources and associated habitats serve as a beacon for ecosystem health. Healthy habitats, untouched spaces, and enduring populations of fish, birds, and other wildlife add to the value of inland and coastal resources. Unfortunately, our coastal resources are under an increasing amount of stress from development, loss of wetlands, nutrient over-enrichment, pollutants, and blockages of fish migration, to name just a few. As coastal and shoreline areas fall under increasing pressure, cumulative impacts mount and our natural resources become diminished. The Partners and Coastal Programs are voluntary habitat conservation programs based on the premise that fish and wildlife conservation is a responsibility shared by citizens and local State and Federal governments. Region 5’s approach is to engage willing private landowners and other partners through non-regulatory incentives that conserve and protect valuable fish and wildlife habitat. Working collaboratively with partners, we target actions on a landscape approach by implementing our activities under the framework of Strategic Habitat Conservation. Using this framework, we improve our abilities to define desired biological outcomes and identify the consequences of site-scale actions on landscape scale functions. Through Strategic Habitat Conservation, we work in collaboration with others to: • inventory and assess the status of habitats and their living resources; • identify and assess threats to these habitats and living resources; • develop regional or watershed-wide partnership strategies to protect, restore, and enhance habitats and living resources; • coordinate and facilitate the implementation of these strategies; and • promote public awareness of the value of important habitats and living resources, the threats they face, and the opportunities available for the public to become involved in finding solutions. 1 GOAL ONE: CONSERVING HABITAT The overarching goals of the Partners and Coastal Programs are to develop partnerships, within and external to the Service, to restore and protect priority habitats for the benefit of Service trust resources: (1) Migratory birds; (2) national wildlife refuges; (3) threatened and endangered species; and (4) diadromous and interjurisdictional fisheries. Tools used for this purpose include the establishment of habitat-based partnerships, community education, biological technical assistance, and financial assistance. The Partners and Coastal Programs in Region 5 currently consists of 13 established programs in the Service’s Ecological Services, National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), and Fisheries Offices. The Northeast, Region 5, consists of 13 states – all of which have coastlines or riverine areas linked to major estuaries. The Region hosts both densely populated urban and rural agricultural areas. Partnership challenges derive from the fact that terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems overlap state boundaries. The urbanization, which characterizes New York Harbor, Long Island Sound, and the ports of Baltimore, Norfolk, Philadelphia, and Boston, is in direct contrast to the rural nature of West Virginia, upper-state New York, western Pennsylvania, and northern Maine. The demographics of Region
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