San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center

Services

• IPaC Digital Planning ToolInformation for Planning and Consultation (IPaC) is a digital project planning tool that provides information to anyone who needs information to help determine whether a project will have effects on federally listed species or designated critical habitat, as well as other sensitive resources managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service).
• Fish Passage Technical and Planning AssistanceThe National Fish Passage Program provides financial and technical assistance for projects that improve the ability of fish or other aquatic species to migrate by reconnecting habitat that has been fragmented by a barrier such a a damn or culvert.
• National Fish Habitat Partnership CoordinationThe National Fish Habitat Partnership is a national investment strategy that leverages funds through regional partnerships to address the nation's biggest fish habitat challenges.
• ESA Section 7 ConsultationSection 7 of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is titled Interagency Cooperation. It identifies the responsibilities of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS), and other federal agencies to use their authorities in furtherance of the purposes of the ESA.
• Technical Assistance for Broadband ProjectsFind Best Management Practices (BMPs) for project proponents to consider early in the planning and project development process to avoid and minimize impacts to wildlife populations and habitats.
• Technical Assistance to Protect Breeding and Nesting BirdsPlan ahead to minimize disruption to breeding birds during nesting season.
• Incidental Take Authorizations for Marine MammalsUpon request by U.S. citizens who engage in a specified activity (other than commercial fishing) within a specified geographic region, the Service may authorize the incidental, but not intentional, take of small numbers of marine mammals of a species or stock if the taking will have a negligible impact on such species or stock(s) and will not have an unmitigable adverse impact on the availability of such species or stock(s) for subsistence uses.
• Habitat Conservation PlansThe Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) program creates creative partnerships that allow public and private sectors to work with the Service to address listed and at-risk species in an ecosystem context, generate long-term commitments to conserve such species, and deliver regulatory assurances to project proponents.
• Integrated Natural Resources Management PlansThe Sikes Act requires most military installations within the United States to develop and implement a comprehensive plan for natural resource conservation and management (e.g., fish and wildlife, forestry, land management, outdoor recreation) on the installation.
• Technical Assistance to Prevent Bird-Vessel Strike in the Alaska Marine EnvironmentThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides technical assistance to help reduce human vessel interactions with avian species listed under U.S. Endangered Species Act and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
• Alaska Streambank/Lake Shore Restoration Cost-ShareThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife service provides funding and technical expertise for projects that restore and protect fish habitat in Alaska.
• Missouri ESA Consultation and Technical AssistanceMissouri’s Threatened and Endangered Species Determination Key (Dkey) is a tool for aiding IPaC users in assessing project impacts on listed species, streamlining ESA compliance and consultation processes and generation of concurrence or technical assistance letters
• Coastal Barrier Resources Act Project ConsultationThe Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) established the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS), a defined set of geographic units along the Atlantic, Gulf of America, Great Lakes, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico coasts. The CBRA encourages the conservation of hurricane prone and biologically rich coastal barriers .
• Coastal Barrier Resources System Property DocumentationThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) maintains the official maps of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS).
• The Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act (FRIMA)FRIMA is a voluntary fish screening and passage program targeted to Pacific Ocean drainage areas of Idaho, western Montana, Oregon, and Washington. Eligible projects include fish screens, fish passage devices, and related inventories by the States.
• Midwest Region section 7 ConsultationsFind resources related to section 7 consultations in the Midwest.
• Pacific Southwest Region Section 7 ConsultationFind resources related to section 7 consultations in the Pacific Southwest.
• Safe Harbor AgreementsSafe Harbor Agreements (SHAs) are voluntary agreements between private or other non-federal property owners whose actions contribute to the recovery of species listed as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). In exchange, participating property owners receive formal assurances from the Service that if they fulfill the conditions of the SHA, the Service will not require any additional or different management activities.
• Conservation BankingConservation banks are permanently protected lands that contain natural resource values. These lands are conserved and permanently managed for species that are endangered, threatened, candidates for listing as endangered or threatened, or are otherwise species-at-risk. In exchange for permanently protecting the land and managing it for these species, the Service approves a specified number of habitat or species credits that bank owners may sell.
• Candidate Conservation AgreementsCandidate Conservation Agreements (CCAs) are voluntary conservation agreements between the Service and one or more public or private parties. The Service works with its partners to identify threats to candidate species, plan the measures needed to address the threats and then monitor their effectiveness.
• Candidate Conservation Agreements with AssurancesCandidate Conservation Agreements with Assurances (CCAAs) are voluntary agreements that provide incentives for non-federal landowners to conserve endangered and at-risk species on non-federal land.
• Grassland EasementsA grassland easement (also known as a habitat easement) is a legal agreement that pays landowners to permanently keep their land in grass.
• Wetland EasementsA wetland easement is a legal agreement signed with the United States of America, through the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, that pays landowners to permanently protect wetlands.
• Conservation Benefit AgreementsConservation Benefit Agreements (CBAs) are voluntary agreements that provide incentives for non-Federal property owners to conserve endangered and at-risk species. For the length of the agreement, property owners agree to undertake specific conservation measures for the net conservation benefit of the agreements covered species.
• Commercial Activities Special Use Permit Application (FWS Form 3-1383-C)For commercial activities such as guiding hunters, anglers or other outdoor users, commercial filming, agriculture, and cabins (see also the General Special Use Application and Permit described below). For recreational cabin and camping reservations and permits, please visit Recreation.gov. Trapping.
• Research and Monitoring Special Use Permit Application (FWS Form 3-1383-R)For research and monitoring activities by students, universities, or other non-FWS organizations.
• General Activity Special Use Permit Application (FWS Form 3-1383-G)For woodcutting, miscellaneous events (fishing tournaments, one-time events, other special events), cabins/subsistence cabins (depending on the information use requirement, you may need the commercial form), education activity, and any other activity not mentioned above.
• Oil and Gas Operations Special Use Permit Application (FWS Form 3-2469)For operations associated with non-federal oil and gas rights and may only be conducted by operators who have demonstrated a bona fide property right to conduct temporary activities such as reconnaissance surveys, geophysical exploration, drilling, production, and plugging and abandoning well and site reclamation.
• Grants and FundingThe U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issues Grants & Other Financial Assistance through grants and cooperative agreement awards to a variety of groups and organizations.
• Consultation and Technical AssistanceConsultation with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ensures activities are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of listed species, destroy, or adversely modify their critical habitat.
• Investigational New Animal Drugs (INADS)Investigational New Animal Drugs are drugs that are in the approval pipeline but are not yet approved by FDA for use in the United States.
• Partners for Fish and WildlifeThe Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program provides free technical and financial assistance to landowners, managers, tribes, corporations, schools and nonprofits interested in improving wildlife habitat on their land.
• Fish StockingThe National Fish Hatchery System raises and stocks over 98 million aquatic species every year to support recreational fishing, Tribal subsistence fisheries, and the recovery and restoration of imperiled species.
• Cooperative AgricultureCooperative agriculture — partnering with farmers and ranchers to meet wildlife management objectives — is a long-standing practice on national wildlife refuges.
• Land Management and Conservation AssistanceThe National Wildlife Refuge System is the nation’s largest collection of public lands and waters conserved for fish and wildlife. Planning is essential to ensure that the Refuge System meets this conservation commitment.

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10:00 – 14:00

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