Partner organizations participating as members of the Friends of Silvio O. Conte Refuge (Friends of Conte) played an instrumental role in the creation of two landscape based documents:
Silvio O. Conte National Fish and Wildlife Refuge - Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) (see below)
Conte Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP)
Comprehensive Conservation Plans (CCPs) provide long-term guidance for management decisions on a refuge and set forth goals, objectives, and strategies needed to accomplish refuge purposes. CCPs also identify the Service’s best estimate of future needs. These plans detail program levels that are sometimes substantially above current budget allocations and, as such, are primarily for Service strategic planning and program prioritization purposes. CCPs do not constitute a commitment for staffing increases, operational and maintenance increases, or funding for future land acquisition.
Appendices from the Comprehensive Conservation Plan can be accessed below.