Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations

Nov 18, 2024

Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge Seeks Public Comment on Compatibility Determinations

Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge is seeking public review and comment on its Draft Compatibility Determinations for a variety of public uses. We propose to continue allowing these existing uses on the Refuge. Under USFWS policy, compatibility determinations for existing uses on National Wildlife Refuges must be periodically reviewed and updated. The Service will accept comments received or postmarked on or before November 3, 2024.

The Service prepares Compatibility Determinations to ensure that public and economic uses of National Wildlife Refuges do not interfere with or detract from the purposes for which each refuge was established. Compatibility Determinations also describe how these uses would contribute towards achieving Refuge purposes and the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

The following Draft Compatibility Determinations are available for review online:

You may submit comments or requests for additional information through any of the following methods:

Email

kelly_moroney@fws.gov
Include “Little Pend Oreille NWR Compatibility Determinations” in the subject line of the message.

Fax

509-235-4703
Attn: Little Pend Oreille NWR Compatibility Determinations.

U.S. Mail

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Attn: Project Leader
Inland Northwest National Wildlife Refuge Complex
26010 South Smith Rd, Cheney, WA 99004.

Public Record

All comments received from individuals become part of the official public record. The Service’s practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents can request that we withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments.