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Guam National Wildlife Refuge Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Comprehensive Conservation Plan Conservation Comprehensive Refuge Wildlife National Guam Guam National Wildlife Refuge P.O. Box 8134, MOU-3 Dededo, Guam 96912 671/355 5096 Guam U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service http://www.fws.gov National Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge System Information 1 800/344 WILD Comprehensive Conservation Plan March 2010 Cover photo: Guam National Wildlife Refuge, Ritidian Unit USFWS, Christian Eggleston Inset photos: Sihek (Guam kingfisher) Guam Division of Aquatic and Wildlife Resources Pacific green turtle USFWS Coconut crab USFWS, Christian Eggleston March 2010 Guam National Wildlife Refuge Vision Statement Guam National Wildlife Refuge hosts a unique and fragile blend of native plants and animals found nowhere else in the world. It stands as a special place and source of pride for all. Here at Guam National Wildlife Refuge, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service works with others to conserve and restore the precious resources of both land and sea. Guam’s native wildlife flourish in the native limestone and coastal forests and sea creatures are bountiful in the tropical blue waters. Visitors seek out the beauty and tranquility provided and enjoy seeing and learning about wildlife. The refuge is a vital link between Guam’s cultural and natural heritage, a vibrant reminder of the place nature holds in all of our lives and a treasure for future generations. CCPs provide long-term guidance for management decisions and set forth goals, objectives and strategies needed to accomplish refuge purposes and identify the Service’s best estimate of future needs. These plans detail program planning levels that are sometimes substantially above current budget allocations and, as such, are primarily for Service strategic planning and program prioritization purposes. The plans do not constitute a commitment for staffing increases, operational and maintenance increases or funding for future land acquisition. Photo: Hermit crab. ©Isaac Chellman Guam National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Finding of No Significant Impact for the Guam National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Unincorporated U.S. Territory of Guam The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has completed the Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for Guam National Wildlife Refuge (Refuge), located on the Island of Guam, an unincorporated U.S. Territory. The CCP will guide management of the Refuge for the next 15 years. The CCP and EA describe the Service’s proposals for managing the Refuge and their effects on the human environment under two alternatives, including the no action alternative. Decision • Following comprehensive review and analysis, the Service selected Alternative B for implementation because it is the alternative that best meets the following criteria: • Achieves the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System. • Achieves the purposes of the Refuge. • Will be able to achieve the vision and goals for the Refuge. • Maintains and restores the ecological integrity of the habitats and populations on the Refuge. • Addresses the important issues identified during the scoping process. • Addresses the legal mandates of the Service and the Refuge. • Is consistent with the scientific principles of sound wildlife management and endangered species recovery. • Facilitates priority public uses compatible with the Refuge’s purposes and the Refuge System mission. Based upon comments received and additional consideration by Refuge staff, the preferred alternative as described in detail in the CCP and EA has been modified such that the Uranao right-of-way will remain in its existing location. Implementing this modified alternative will have no significant impacts on any of the environmental resources identified in the CCP and EA. Public Review The planning process incorporated a variety of public involvement techniques in developing and reviewing the CCP. This included two public open houses, planning updates, numerous meetings with partners, elected officials, and neighbors, and public review and comment on the planning documents. The details of the Service’s public involvement program are described in the CCP. Conclusions Based on review and evaluation of the information contained in the supporting references, I have determined that implementing Alternative B as described in the Draft CCP/EA, including modifications listed above, for management of Guam National Wildlife Refuge is not a major Federal action that would significantly affect the quality of the human environment within the iii Guam National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction .......................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.1 Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Agency Background ...................................................................................................................... 1-2 1.3 Refuge Establishment and Refuge Purposes ............................................................................ 1-8 1.4 Relationship to Regional, Ecosystem, and Species Recovery Plans ..................................... 1-10 1.5 Refuge Vision ............................................................................................................................... 1-18 1.6 Refuge Goals ................................................................................................................................ 1-18 Chapter 2. Planning Purpose, Need, and Issues .................................................................................. 2-1 2.1 Planning Process ........................................................................................................................... 2-1 2.1 Purpose and Need for the CCP ................................................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Planning and Management Guidance .......................................................................................... 2-2 2.3 Planning and Issue Identification ................................................................................................ 2-2 Chapter 3. Management Direction ........................................................................................................ 3-1 3.1 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 3-1 3.2 Description of Management Direction ........................................................................................ 3-3 3.3 Goals, Objectives, Strategies, and Rationale ............................................................................ 3-11 Goal 1. Restore, protect, and maintain native limestone forest representative of historic Guam and other Mariana Islands. ............................................................................................ 3-11 Goal 2. Restore, protect, and maintain the shoreline habitat community representative of historic Guam and other Mariana Islands. .............................................................................. 3-13 Goal 3. Conserve, protect, and maintain the native halophytic-xerophytic plant community representative of historic Guam and the other Mariana Islands. ......................................... 3-14 Goal 4. Conserve, protect, and maintain limestone cave habitat to meet the life-history needs of endemic, cave-dwelling species characteristic of historic Guam and other Mariana Islands. ........................................................................................................................................ 3-15 Goal 5. Restore, protect, and maintain native marine communities representative of historic Guam and other Mariana Islands. ............................................................................................ 3-16 Goal 6. Protect and promote the recovery of extirpated and/or federally listed threatened and endangered species that are endemic to Guam, along with benefits to locally listed species and species of greatest conservation need. ................................................................ 3-17 Goal 7. Gather scientific information (i.e., research, inventory, and monitoring) to contribute to our knowledge and understanding of Refuge resources, as well as the threats and impacts (such as global climate change) to Pacific Island ecosystems in support of management decisions associated with Goals 1-6. .................................................................. 3-18 Goal 8. Teach students and teachers the value of the Refuge’s ecology and the management practices necessary to recover and protect the Refuge’s natural and cultural resources.. 3-21 Goal 9. Provide opportunities for residents and visitors to enjoy, value, and support the Refuge.......................................................................................................................................... 3-22 Goal 10. Protect, preserve, evaluate, and when appropriate, interpret the Refuge’s Chamorro cultural resources and associated practices. ......................................................... 3-24 Chapter 4. Physical Environment .......................................................................................................... 4-1 4.1 Climate
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