U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service Environmental Assessment, Visitor Center for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge PDF Download

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Category : Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (Mich.)
Languages : en
Pages : 35

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"The USFWS prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA) to evaluate three alternatives concerning a future visitor center for the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge (Refuge). The EA examined the environmental consequences that each management alternative could have on the quality of the physical, biological, and human environment, as required by the NEPA. The preferred alternative (Alternative 1) proposes construction of a new facility at the Refuge Gateway in Trenton, Michigan, consistent with the Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the Detroit River Refuge that identified the adjacent Refuge Gateway as 'the proposed site of a future headquarters and visitor center'. The Refuge Gateway, owned by Wayne County, is 44 acres in size and is subject to development restrictions pursuant to a NOAA financial assistance award. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service investigated options, including a possible land exchange of 4.2 acres at the Refuge Gateway, for construction of a new facility and is working with Wayne County on those details. The Refuge Gateway is a former automotive manufacturing site that has been cleaned up and restored to meet all applicable state and federal standards for human health and wildlife. The proposed location is currently undergoing earthworks to complete wildlife habitat projects onsite. The land exchange would enable the USFWS to construct the Visitor Center on suitable land while protecting (through the NOAA restriction) equivalent acreage of upland habitat within the Humbug Marsh Unit for long-term conservation "--Summary from cover letter.