The Fish and Wildlife Journal is a web page news site for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Service staff contribute brief articles about current events on their wildlife refuges or other program area.
Refuge Newsletters
The Selawik National Wildlife Refuge mails out periodic newsletters with stories and updates about Refuge programs and projects. The newsletter is mailed to all box holders in the Northwest Arctic Borough and to other interested individuals and organizations. To view recent issues of the Selawik National Wildlife Refuge newsletter, click on the links below. If you would like to be added to our newsletter mailing list or receive a printed version of the newsletter, please e-mail your request to selawik@fws.gov.
Refuge Plans
The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980 requires a comprehensive conservation plan for all refuges in Alaska. The current plan for Selawik Refuge was completed in 1987. In fall 2008 we began the process of revising and updating this important management plan.
The Selawik Planning Team met in Kotzebue in September and December 2008 to kick off the two-year process that will be used to revise the plan. Representatives from the State of Alaska, the Northwest Arctic Borough, and NANA are working together with Refuge staff and regional planners on the nine-person team.
The new plan will provide direction for managing the Refuge for the next 15-20 years. We are in the public scoping phase of the project. We are working with stakeholders to identify the key issues that will drive the planning process. If you would like to provide input about issues at Selawik Refuge, please email your comments to Selawik_planning@fws.gov or call Jeffrey Brooks, Planning Team Leader, (907) 786-3839. We are accepting scoping comments through January 15, 2009.
