Franz Lake NWR.

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Refuge Manager
Ridgefield NWR Complex
PO Box 457
Ridgefield, WA 98642
Phone: 360/887-4106
FAX: 360/887-4109

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Link to the Refuges' Website

Information Updated: August 2004

Project Profile

Current Status:
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has developed a Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and Environmental Assessment (EA) for the Steigerwald Lake, Franz Lake, and Pierce National Wildlife Refuges (Gorge Refuges). The Draft CCP/EA is available below for public review and comments. A brief summary of the Draft CCP/EA is provided in Planning Update #3.

Documents Available Online:
The following documents may take a few minutes to download using Adobe Acrobat's Portable Document Format (PDF). A free copy of the Adobe software is available from the Adobe website.

The Gorge Refuges Draft CCP/EA Documents Follow:
Draft CCP/EA

Other Gorge Refuges Documents
Referred to in the Draft CCP/EA Follow:
Steigerwald Lake National Wildlife Refuge Gateway Center Environmental Assessment issued June 1999 (116kb)

Draft Fire Management Plan for the Steigerwald Lake, Franz Lake, and Pierce National Wildlife Refuges (PDF 62 KB)

The Planning Updates and Public Notices,
Listed Chronologically According to Date, Follow:
Notice of Intent to Prepare a Draft CCP and EA, and Notice of Public Meetings, issued August 2000 (HTML 15kb)

Planning Update #1, issued September 2000 (PDF 413kb)

Planning Update #2, issued May 2001 (PDF 573kb)

Planning Update #3, issued August 2004 (PDF 590kb)

Notice of Availability of the Draft CCP and EA issued August 2004 (PDF 15kb)