The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has developed this Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan for Banks Lake National Wildlife Refuge in Lanier County, Georgia, to guide the refuge's management actions and direction over the next 15 years. Fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management, while wildlife-dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.

This Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was prepared to guide management actions and direction for the refuge. Fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management. Wildlife-dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.

This Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was prepared to guide management direction of the refuge over the next 15 years. Fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management. Wildlife-dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has developed this final comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) for Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge (the refuge). It meets the intent of the National Wildlife Refuge System (Refuge System) Improvement Act of 1997 (Improvement Act).

Bear Butte National Wildlife Refuge was established as a limited-interest refuge in the late 1930s with the acquisition of easements from private landowners, the state of South Dakota, and the War Department (now transferred to the Bureau of Land Management at Ft. Meade) to maintain an area for "migratory bird, wildlife conservation, and other purposes." The refuge is 374.20 easement acres and has no fee title.

The Fish and Wildlife Service has prepared this Comprehensive Conservation Plan to guide the management of Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The plan outlines programs and corresponding resource needs for the next 15 years, as mandated by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997.

The Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge consistis of 24,536 acres in three units located along the Pecos River, northwest of Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico. The North Tract occupies approximately 12,160 acres and encompasses the 9,620 acreas Salt Creek Wilderness

This Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for Black Bayou Lake National Wildlife Refuge (NWR), Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, was prepared to guide management actions and direction for the refuge. Fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management; wildlife-dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.

This Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Bogue Chitto National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in St. Tammany and Washington Parishes, Louisiana, and Pearl River County, Mississippi, (Figure 1) was prepared to guide management actions and direction for the refuge. Fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management; wildlife-dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.

This Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was prepared to guide future management actions and direction for the refuge. It is important to note throughout this document that as an overriding principle, fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management; wildlife dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.