2- Refugee Management

::Your task in this short essay (800 – 1200 words) is to compare and contrast the framework for USFWS refuge management with the framework for at least one other federal land management agency (USFS, NPS, or BLM). So, for example, how is managing for allowable uses by the USFWS similar or different from how the Forest Service manages for multiple uses? What are the strengths and weaknesses of these different management approaches? Which one seems more effective? :::

This essaywill be graded on four criteria:

Content: 50% (7.5 points)

Sources: 20% (3 points)

Organization: 20% (3 points)

Mechanics: 10% (1.5 points)

The National Wildlife Refuge System (Links to an external site.) (NWRS) is dedicated primarily to the conservation of animals and plants. Other uses — hunting, fishing, recreation, timber harvest, grazing, etc. — are permitted only to the extent that they are compatible with the purposes for which the refuge was created. The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 from Congress established compatible wildlife-dependent recreation as a priority for the NWRS. This approach to determining allowable uses is different from the framework used by other land management agencies, such as the US Forest Service and the National Park Service (and the Bureau of Land Management).