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Minidoka Planning Update 1.Indd Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service 961 E. Minidoka Dam Road Rupert, ID 83350-9471 Minidoka In This Issue: National Wildlife Refuge Your comments on the Minidoka National Planning Update 1, October 2011 Wildlife Refuge are requested. What natural resource issues are important to you? Tell us at our Public Open House Meetings, scheduled for October 25, 2011, in Pocatello, Idaho, and October 26, 2011 in Burley, Idaho. American white pelican / © Dr. Thomas G. Barnes Help Us Plan for the Future! 8 At Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge How Do I Contact the Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge Order of President Theodore fishing, environmental education, (Refuge) is initiating a planning Roosevelt: as a preserve and and interpretation. We invite Refuge or Provide process to develop a Comprehensive breeding ground for native birds. you to share your ideas with us Conservation Plan (CCP) that will by attending one of our public Comments? guide how the Refuge is managed As we work through the CCP meetings: October 25, 2011, in for a period of 15 years. This is process, we have the opportunity to Pocatello, or October 26, 2011 in As we plan for the future, we need to hear from you. the first in a series of planning look at the Refuge’s management Burley. You may also submit written What are your thoughts and ideas about the Refuge updates we will distribute to keep activities from fresh perspectives. comments by November 30, 2011 and the goals and issues described in this update. you informed and invite your We will review our habitat (for contact information, see page Please write to us at: participation in the CCP process. management and public use 8). We look for to hearing from you, programs, including the National Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge your thoughts are important to the The purpose of the Refuge will Wildlife Refuge System’s priority success of this effort! 961 E. Minidoka Dam Road remain the same as when it was public uses−wildlife observation Rupert, ID 83350-9471 established, in 1909, by Executive and photography, hunting, Jeffrey Krueger, Refuge Manager E-mail: [email protected]. Please include “Minidoka NWR CCP” in the subject line. Find Us On the Web: http://www.fws.gov/minidoka or Mule deer / USFWS Public Open House Meetings http://www.fws.gov/pacific/planning will be held October 25 & 26, 2011. See page 7 for details. We look forward to hearing from you! Comments are due to us by November 30, 2011 California gull and chicks / USFWS 2 7 Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge Overview Public Use Questions We May Minidoka Refuge is located on BOR to meet its mission to provide Other colonial nesting birds using the Snake River Plain of south- irrigation water and generate these islands include great blue Consider in the CCP central Idaho, 12 miles northeast hydroelectric power. herons, black-crowned night-herons, • How should we manage boat Draft Refuge Vision Statement of Rupert. Historically, the area double-crested cormorants, and access under BOR’s new water included a portion of the Snake River Minidoka Refuge is a wildlife oasis California gulls. management framework? Over 100 years ago, the lake and wetlands produced by surrounded by an expansive sea in the desert. Just over half of • How can we meet increasing Minidoka Dam created an oasis for waterbirds in Idaho’s the Refuge is comprised of Lake The significance of the Refuge as interest in recreational of sagebrush. In 1904 the Bureau arid Snake River Plain. President Theodore Roosevelt’s vision of Reclamation (BOR) impounded Walcott; the remaining acres are a sanctuary for molting waterfowl opportunities on the Refuge the Snake River and created Lake upland sagebrush and grassland cannot be overstated. Each year without increasing disturbance to preserve and enhance special places led to the creation of Walcott to store water for irrigation. habitats. This large expanse of enormous numbers of ducks, geese to wildlife? Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge. Here ducks, geese, and open water within the dry arid and grebes seek refuge in the closed • How can we reduce impacts to The Refuge was established in 1909, grebes gather during molting season; colonial birds raise their when President Theodore Roosevelt environment attracts numerous area to molt their flight feathers. wildlife? set aside Lake Walcott as a preserve migratory bird species, including They are attracted by the large, • How can we expand the young; and untold numbers of migrating birds stop to rest. and breeding grounds for native birds. waterfowl, shorebirds, and wading high quality beds of aquatic plants, Refuge’s priority public uses Upland species such as sage and sharp-tailed grouse, mule deer, birds. insects and small fish that occur in and provide environmental Today the Refuge extends 25 miles the shallow water on the eastern education and interpretive elk, and antelope also thrive. The Refuge provides opportunities upstream from Minidoka Dam and The Service has documented 243 side of the Refuge. The pondweed programs? for people of all ages and abilities to connect with nature, and species of migratory birds on the includes nearly 80 miles of Lake beds in this area also provide a • How would partnerships with pass on outdoor traditions to future generations. We will honor Walcott shoreline. Of the 20,700 acres Refuge, of which, 85 species are valuable food source for waterfowl the State of Idaho and BOR included in the Refuge, 86 percent known to nest within its boundaries. during migration; concentrations of help us with conduct quality and build upon President Roosevelt’s vision and work with are lands and waters owned by BOR. Among these birds are colonial up to 100,000 waterfowl have been visitor services programs in a partners to ensure that the Refuge continues to be an oasis for nesting waterbirds which use islands The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service observed. These areas will become manner that protects wildlife wildlife for another 100 years. (Service) has the authority over these within Lake Walcott for nesting. more important in the future as the from disturbances? lands and water as a national wildlife Currently, one of only two nesting demands on local water resources for • How should bass tournaments refuge, and therefore manages all colonies of American white pelicans, irrigation and recreation increase. be regulated? activities, except those conducted by in Idaho, occurs within the Refuge. continued on page 3 • Can hunting and fishing regulations be simplified? You’re Invited to Our Public Open House Meetings You heard from us, now we want to hear from you! The public open house meetings are an opportunity for you to help us identify issues to address in the CCP, and to have your questions answered about Refuge management issues. Open house details follow. Pocatello, Idaho Burley, Idaho Date: October 25, 2011 Date: October 26, 2011 Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Time: 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m Location: Location: Red Lion Hotel Best Western Inn and Convention Center 1555 Pocatello Creek Road 800 Overland Ave Pocatello, ID 83201 Burley, ID 83318 Minidoka Refuge is one of five refuges in the Southeast Idaho National Wildlife Refuge Complex 6 3 Refuge Management Issues and Opportunities Minidoka National Wildlife Refuge Overview continued from page 2 As part of the CCP process we Habitat degradation due to invasive • How can we work within Sagebrush steppe habitat in the Between the open water and the Fishing is allowed year-round will evaluate a range of alternative species is the biggest threat to the BOR’s new water management Snake River Plain has been greatly uplands is a thin ribbon of riparian from the shoreline, however, most management approaches, including Refuge’s biological integrity. More framework to provide quality reduced, and what is left is often habitat. Although it represents a anglers fish from April 1st through current management practices. The time and money is spent controlling habitat for waterbirds? degraded. Likewise, most of the small proportion of the Refuge, September 30th, when 40 percent effects of the various alternatives the Refuge’s ever expanding list of • What management actions can sagebrush habitat at the Refuge these emergent wetlands, willow of the lake is open to boating. on the biological resources and local invasive plants than on any other we take to improve riparian is in degraded condition due to thickets, and cottonwood trees Smallmouth bass and rainbow trout communities will be evaluated in management activity. Even then, habitat under BOR’s new water past livestock grazing, sagebrush provide important nest cover for are the most sought after species; an environmental assessment (EA) we are treating less than half of the management framework? eradication, increased fire frequency, grebes, marsh wrens, common however, panfish are plentiful. Ice in accordance with the National State listed noxious weeds known to • What is the Refuge’s role in and the introduction of nonnative yellowthroats, and other neotropical fishing is also allowed and is popular Environmental Policy Act. occur on the Refuge. restoring habitat for sagebrush grasses (e.g., cheatgrass) and other migrants such as Bullock’s oriole. during the winter months. dependent wildlife? invasive plants. The CCP planning team identified Nonnative invasive animals are • How can we prevent the Where wildlife abounds, opportunity Refuge staff provide interpretive and some potential issues we may a major management issue as introduction and dispersal of The Refuge does, however, contain for wildlife dependent activities are environmental education programs consider in the CCP/EA. We well. Carp found in Lake Walcott invasive species, and facilitate fragmented patches of sagebrush plentiful. Each year thousands of upon request, as time allows.
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