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Hartford, Kansas ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT OdO FLINT HILLS NATIONAL NILDLIFE REFUGE Hartford, Kansas ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT Calendar Year 1979 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR FLINT HILLS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Hartford, Kansas ANNUAL NARRATIVE REPORT Calendar Year 1979 NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE SYSTEM Fish and Wildlife Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR TABLE OF CONTENTS I. GENERAL PAGE A. Introduction ' * . 1 B. Climatic and Habitat Conditions 1 C. Land Acquisition 2 D. System Status 2 II. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE A. Construction ; 4 B. Maintenance ........ 7 C. Wildfire 9 III. HABITAT MANAGEMENT A. Croplands 10 B. Grasslands 11 C. Wetlands. ....... H D. Forestlands E. Other Habitat I . 13 F. Wilderness and Special Areas. 13 G. Easement for Waterfowl Management . 13 TV. WILDLIFE A. Endangered and Threatened Species 14 B. Migratory Birds 14 C. Mammals and Non-Migratory Birds 18 V. INTERPRETATION AND RECREATION A. Information and Recreation, . 19 B. Recreation T. , , , 21 C. Enforcement 21 V!. OTHER ITEMS A. Field Investigations 22 B. Cooperative Programs 22 C. Items of Interest 23 D. Safety 23 Five-Year History of Personnell 24 Attachment - Envelope % PERSONNEL 1. Carlton R. Freeburg Asst. Refuge Mgr. GS-9 (PFT) 2. Gerald K. Laws Tractor Operator WG-6 (PT) 3. Michael J. Long Refuge Mgr. GS~11 (PFT) 4. Ron E. Thuma Maintenance Worker WG-7 (PFT) 5. Earold E. Shepherd Eng. Equip. Oper. WG-8 (PT/CS) 6. Freida F. Arndt Adm. Clerk(Typing) GS-5 (PFT/CS) REVIEW AND APPROVALS Complex Office I. GENERAL 1. A. Introduction Flint Kills National Wildlife Refuge, established ih September 1966, is located in the broad flat Neosho River Valley with margins of the gently rolling Flint Hills of Eastern Kansas - a bluestem grass region of natural scenic beauty. The refuge is situated on 18,500 acres of John Redmond Reservoir lands through cooperative agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Kansas Fish and Game Commission manages an additional 1,500 acres of Corps of Engineers owned land at John Redmond Reservoir. The reservoir is fed by the Neosho River and its associated drainages above Burlington, Kansas, and is a flood control project. Up to 90% of Flint Hills NWR has been under water at some time, and portions flood routinely each year. Flint Hills NWR's primary purpose is to provide a feeding and rest­ ing area for migratory waterfowl in the Central Flyway. A secondary purpose of consumptive and non-consumptive wildlife recreation was given when management began. The refuge habitat is primarily agricultural land and grassland interspersed with stands of native hardwood timber, shallow marshes, and flooded sloughs. Flint Hills NWR is one of three National Wildlife Refuges in Kansas and is located approximately 60 miles southwest of Topeka. B. Climatic and Habitat Conditions Weather and reservoir level information are obtained from the Corps of Engineers Project Office near the reservoir dam. One of the most severe winters recorded in Kansas occurred in 1979. Temperatures fell below zero 13 times during January and February. Average daily temperatures for January and February are 28.0° and 33.40F respectively. In 1979, Januaryfs average dally temperature was 13.50F, while February's average daily temperature was 24.160F. Ice cover on the reservoir formed on January 1st and lasted until March 12, 1979. Eight inches of snow was the largest single snowfall recorded in 1979. Some snow could not be moved for 30 days by our John Deere 670 roadgrader. Normal reservoir elevation is 1039 Mean Sea Level (MSL). "Side roads" on the refuge are flooded at an elevation of 1040 MSL, 25% of refuge lands are under water at 1042 MSL, and at 1045 MSL, the main road that runs through the refuge is flooded. During 1979, a maximum pool elevation of 1050.57 was reached July 10th. The main road along with many "side roads" were closed for approximately 14 days in July. % Table I suinmarizes the weather conditions and reservoir elevations for 1979. TABLE I-WEATHER CONDITIONS AND, JOHN REDMOND RESERVOIR POOL ELEVATIONS FOR CY 1979 Inches Normal Temperature Lake Level Month Precip. Precip. Max. Min. Max. Min. January 1.37 1.24 40 -12 1035.07 1034.39 February .26 1.33 56 -22 1037.95 1035.09 March 1,82 2.25 76 20 1041.00 1038.04 April 2.28 3.38 81 25 1039.99 1038.92 May 3.52 4.91 83 37 1039.46 1038.77 June 9.55 4.68 91 51 1046.95 1038.00 July 6.78 3.48 95 51 1050.57 1039.93 August 3.36 2.96 94 52 1040.21 1039.04 September .65 4.13 92 40 1039.36 1038.92 October 3.00 2.71 90 32 1038.99 1038.59 November 3.11 1.64 68 16 1042.55 1039.02 December .08 1.51 27 - 2 ,1040.95 1038.96 TOTALS 35.78 34.22 - Land Acquisition 1. Fee Title All lands managed by the refuge are owned under fee title by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE). Meetings between the COE and an adjacent landowner in the Eagle Cfceek area were held during the year. Less than 10 acres are involved in Tract 7A6, Section 36, Township 20S, Range 13E. Land owned by Mr. Lloyd Paxton extends across Eagle Creek. Acquisition of the land from Mr. Paxton is desirable since he could possibly fence or limit access up or down Eagle Creek. 2. Easements % An easement across land owned by William Foster was needed to finish the hook-up of the refuge sewer system to the City of Hartford's system. Mr. Foster received $550 for granting the ,15 acre perpetual use easement to the FWS. 3. Other Nothing to report. System Status 1. Objectives. Flint Hills NWR's refuge master plan was privately 3. contracted, revision of refuge objectives is a part of this process. Existing refuge objectives were written in 1971. Revision of narrative portions only of the objectives was done in 1972. Objective levels listed for geese and ducks were .5 and 4.2 million use-days respectively. Actual use-days for geese have exceeded the objectives every year since 1971. Duck use-days have exceeded the objective level of 4.2 million only one time since 1971. In 1977, 5.1 million duck use-days were recorded. Refuge, Area, and Regional office personnel decided that the refuge objectives will eventually be raised to meet the current level of waterfowl use. Peak populations of 60,000 ducks and 30,000 geese were set as the new objective levels. 2. Funding Table II Illustrates the funding level for Flint Hills for the fiscal years 1977 thru 1980. TABLE II - FUNDING LEVEL FOR FLINT HILLS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1977 THRU 1980 YEAR 1110 1210 1220 1240 1340 8210 BLHP TOTAL FY-77 $300 $58,000 $ $ 8,000 $15,000 $36,500 $ $104,300 FY-78 400 90,000 1,000 15,000 1,000 36,000 135,200 278,600 FY-79 300 108,000 15,000 25,000 427,000 601,300 FY-80 500 101,000 13,000 36.000 150,500 Flint Hills NWR has a cooperative agreement with the Corps of Engineers which allows the sale of farm crops. Crops in excess of wildlife needs have been sold since 1974, $88,583.78 was collected in FY 1979. Only $900 was collected in FY 1974. Wheat is usually taken as the refuge share of'cooperator planted croplands. After migrating waterfowl have utilized the fields, the wheat is harvested in late June or early July. Refuge shares of milo, soybeans, or corn are left standing in strips all winter. After the spring migration the strips are harvested and the grain is sold. Table III shows the total budget and salary costs for the fiscal years 1975 thru 1979. Budget items such as revolving re­ habilitation and cyclical maintenance are not broken down within each sub-activity. Funds derived from sale of excess crops are shown under ,,8210,t. The 8210 sub-activity is for use only at Flint Hills NWR and it is "no year" money. Funds collected during one fiscal year are usually appropriated and annual work planned the following fiscal year. TABLE III - BUDGET AHD SALARY COSTS FOR FLINT HILLS HWE FY-75 THRU FY-79 % of Total Funds remaining Total Amount of 8210 Total Budget used for goods FY Budget funds collected Salary for salaries services 75 $ 56,700 $31,622.20 $33,149 64 $20,534 76 53,200 57,000.42 37,952 65 20,248 77 104,299 35,640.42 45,887 67 21,913 78 145,300 10,445.21 80,038 55 65,261 79 143,300 88,583.73 95,222 64 53,078 Funds collected for the "8210 fund source" will decrease as the number of cooperatively farmed acres are reduced from 6,000 to approximately 3,000 acres. II. CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE A. Construction During 1979, a 20* x 24* addition to the existing office headquarters building was started. The addition, and the adjoining 24* x 28* refuge shop room were to be utilised as additional office area, visitor contact station, and public restrooms. Also, the existing assistant manager*8 office was to be converted into a utility room as part of the package. Refuge headquarters building after starlf of VCS remodeling. CRF 11/80 5 The remodeling job was proposed, intended and started as a force account project. Work was halted after the foundation was poured because of unexpected conflicts with the Davis-Bacon Act.
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