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The original ancestor of USFWS was the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries, more commonly referred to as the United States Fish Commission, created in 1871 by the United States Congress with the purpose of studying and recommending solutions to a noted decline in the stocks of food fish. [11]
The mission of the refuge system is "To administer a national network of lands and waters for the conservation, management, and where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife, and plant resources and their habitats within the United States for the benefit of the present and future generations of Americans" (National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997).
Date Established Area Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge [5] Baldwin County: AL 1980 6,816 acres (27.58 km 2) Cahaba River National Wildlife Refuge: Bibb County: AL September 25, 2002 2,997 acres (12.13 km 2) [6] Choctaw National Wildlife Refuge: Choctaw County: AL 1964 4,218 acres (17.07 km 2) Eufaula National Wildlife Refuge: Barbour County ...
The 1956 reorganization established two components of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, which focused primarily on commercial fisheries, whales, seals, and sea lions; and the Bureau of Sport Fisheries and Wildlife, which focused on migratory birds, game management, wildlife refuges, sport fisheries, and sea ...
In addition, the 1966 law established the standard of "compatibility," requiring that uses of refuge lands must be determined to be compatible with the purposes for which individual refuges were established. This standard was later strengthened and clarified in the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997.
Sixteen American bison were brought from the National Bison Range in Montana to an enclosed 1,400-acre (5.7 km 2) section of the refuge in March 2007 as part of the USFWS Pilot Bison Project. [11] The number of bison reached 87 in 2013, forcing the USFWS to reduce the herd to just 60 animals as the limited acreage could not support so many animals.
The Nisqually practiced cultural burning and, through managed modification, created a sustainable habitat for millenniums. [ 4 ] In the 1830s, a fort was built near the Nisqually basin and fur trading began in earnest, leading to the loss of beaver dams and the natural wetlands.
The refuge is one of only two that spans portions of four states (the other is Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge).As of 30 September 2007 the area per state was: Wisconsin: 89,637.54 acres (362.75 km 2), Iowa: 51,147.78 acres (206.99 km 2), Minnesota: 33,868.64 acres (137.06 km 2), Illinois: 33,489.57 acres (135.53 km 2).