Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Draft Environmental Assessment: Ike’s Creek Restoration

A 30-day comment period for Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Restoration of Ike’s Creekbegins on October 8, 2024. This environmental assessment evaluates the restoration of Ike’s Creek as it relates to the ability to fulfill the missions of the refuge and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The proposed project will be evaluated relative to the refuge’s purposes; biological integrity, diversity and environmental health; and implications of future maintenance costs.

Copies of the Draft Environmental Assessment are available on-line on the refuge website. Paper copies are available at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge Bloomington Education and Visitor Center, located at 3815 American Blvd. East, Bloomington, MN 55425. See the refuge website for current visitor center hours. Comments should be provided in writing by November 6, 2024 to: Minnesota Valley NWR, ATTN: Ike’s Creek EA Comments, 3815 American Blvd. East, Bloomington, MN 55425, or by email to: minnesotavalley@fws.gov; subject line: Ike’s Creek EA Comments. 

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is the principal Federal agency responsible for conserving, protecting and enhancing fish, wildlife and plants and their habitats for the continuing benefit of the American people. The National Wildlife Refuge System, managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, is the world's premier system of public lands and waters set aside to conserve America's fish, wildlife and plants. Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Florida's Pelican Island as the first wildlife refuge in 1903, the System has grown to more than 150 million acres, 567 National Wildlife Refuges and other units of the Refuge System, plus 38 wetland management districts. Visit www.fws.gov.