FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] Draft Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Strategy Availablefor Review (Virginia

[AnnettePoore@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

  The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries has posted Virginia's 
draft strategy on their website, http://www.vawildlifestrategies.org/ , and 
are inviting review and comment on it.  This is the first time that a statewide 
assessment and strategy of this magnitude has been developed.  For those 
interested, thier letter pasted below provides more detail.

Annette Poore
Abingdon, VA

Dear Wildlife Supporter:

The Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) is pleased to 
announce that a draft of the Virginia Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation 
Strategy (CWCS) is complete. The CWCS was developed with extensive input from 
other 
state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private 
citizens. While the plan focuses on species and habitats of greatest 
conservation 
need, we believe it is an action plan for the conservation of all of Virginia's 
wildlife, and it will take all of Virginians interested in wildlife 
conservation to effectively implement the recommended actions. The strategy 
reaches 
beyond the boundaries of DGIF to provide a comprehensive picture of wildlife 
conservation in the Commonwealth. 

The CWCS is a 10-year strategic plan required for continued funding through 
the State Wildlife Grant Program administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service. Once completed and approved, the CWCS will help direct wildlife 
conservation efforts via the State Wildlife Grants Program, other programs of 
DGIF, 
and hopefully through the programs of many partners, statewide.

We invite you to review and comment on the draft of the CWCS available 
through the following website: 

http://www.vawildlifestrategies.org/

If you are unable to access the Internet, please contact Frances Greenway at 
804-367-4335, and we will make arrangements to provide you the document for 
comment. 

All comments submitted through August 26, 2005 will be considered. 


Sincerely,

 

David Whitehurst, Director
Wildlife Diversity Division

DKW/SAM/fg
cc:  Colonel W. Gerald Massengill