Assabet River NWR Final CCP - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Population and Demographic Conditions.......................................................................- 44 -
Adjacent Communities and Land Uses..........................................................................- 44 -
Chapter 4: Management Direction..........................................................................................- 45 -
Refuge Complex Vision.........................................................................................................- 45 -
Refuge Complex Goals..........................................................................................................- 45 -
General Refuge Management ..............................................................................................- 59 -
Refuge Access and Fees ...................................................................................................- 59 -
Accessibility........................................................................................................................- 60 -
Fire Management ..............................................................................................................- 60 -
Land Protection .................................................................................................................- 61 -
Resource Protection and Visitor Safety.........................................................................- 62 -
Special Use Permits and Memorandum of Understanding and Agreement ............- 62 -
Research .............................................................................................................................- 63 -
Chapter 5: Refuge Administration..........................................................................................- 65 -
Refuge Staffing ......................................................................................................................- 65 -
Refuge Funding .....................................................................................................................- 65 -
Refuge Buildings and Facilities...........................................................................................- 66 -
Step-Down Management Plans ...........................................................................................- 66 -
Maintaining Existing Facilities ...........................................................................................- 67 -
Compatibility Determinations .............................................................................................- 68 -
Monitoring and Evaluation ..................................................................................................- 69 -
Adaptive Management..........................................................................................................- 70 -
Additional NEPA Analysis...................................................................................................- 71 -
Plan Amendment and Revision............................................................................................- 71 -
Literature Cited.........................................................................................................................- 73 -
Glossary.......................................................................................................................................- 79 -
List of Preparers........................................................................................................................- 89 -
Appendices..................................................................................................................................- 91 -
Appendix A: Relevant Laws.....................................................................................................- 93 -
Appendix B: U.S. Forest Service Content Analysis Team Summary Report ................- 101 -
Appendix C: Responses to Substantive Comments............................................................- 157 -
Appendix D: Species Lists......................................................................................................- 171 -
Appendix E: RONS and MMS...............................................................................................- 201 -
Appendix F: Existing and Proposed Staffing Charts for Assabet River, Great Meadows,
and Oxbow NWRs....................................................................................................................- 205 -
Appendix G: Final Compatibility Determinations ..............................................................- 209 -
List of Tables
Table 1-1: NAWMP Species Occurring at Assabet River NWR .....................................- 7 -
Table 1-2: Bird Species of Concern Occurring on Assabet NWR....................................- 8 -
Table 3-1: Revenue Sharing Payments to Towns within Assabet River NWR ...........- 18 -
Table 3-2: Cover Types and Acreage at Assabet River NWR .......................................- 30 -
Table 3-3: Rare Plant Species at Assabet River NWR ...................................................- 31 -
Table 3-4: Invasive Species at Assabet River NWR........................................................- 32 -
Table 3-5: State-listed Bird Species at Assabet River NWR .........................................- 33 -
Table 3-6: State-listed Amphibians and Reptiles at Assabet River NWR ...................- 35 -
Table 4-1: 2004 Massachusetts Hunting Seasons.............................................................- 56 -
Table D-1: Fish of Assabet River NWR ...........................................................................- 171 -