RELATED SITES

UMN Forest Resources Department and USFWS Region 3

These listings include descriptions of and links to various sites related to our work.

Refuge Sites:

USFWS Region 3 Refuges Page		 Links and information about all of the National Wildlife Refuges located throughout USFWS Region 3.

USFWS Region 3 Planning Page		 Background information and updates regarding planning efforts for refuges within USFWS Region 3.

National Wildlife Refuge System Home Page		 Wide range of information about USFWS management activities related to wildlife, habitat and public use at National Wildlife Refuges; also links to other USFWS websites.
WPA Sites:
Minnesota Valley NWR WPAs Descriptions and locations of over 2,600 acres of waterfowl production areas (WPAs) within the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge (NWR).
Boundary Data Sites:
SOPs for Digital Boundary Creation Latest draft of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) document developed by the USFWS GIS Steering Committee for digitizing boundary information from hardcopy maps.
Additional Sites of Interest:
North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) Home Page The BBS is a roadside avian survey program designed to monitor the status and trends of breeding bird populations across North America. Data collected are widely used by researchers, governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations, and the general public for various management and research purposes.
"Internet Facilitated Open Modeling: A Keystone of Adaptive Management" (04/20 Draft) by John P. Felleman This paper advocates the use of Open Modeling or OM (i.e. increased public access to scientific and managerial models used in environmental decision-making processes) via the Internet, and suggests a preliminary OM classification scheme, system components, and applied research needs. Provides extensive links to reference sources.

USFWS Region 3 Home Page		 Descriptions and updates of wildlife, habitat, and public use management activities within USFWS Region 3; locations of ecological services offices, national wildlife refuges, private land offices, wetland management districts, national fish hatcheries, and fishery resource offices; also links to related sites.

UMN Forest Resources Department Home Page		 General information, people, prospective and current students, degree programs, student life, research and outreach programs, publications, conference information, positions available, and environmental events calendar.

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