EP 1130-2-540
15 Nov 96
authorized activities (i.e., established by project specific authorities as well as general authorities
for stewardship responsibilities) which are to be conducted on the project. Master Plans will
reference the legal authorities and responsibilities which guide the project's role within the region,
watershed, and ecosystem. Natural resources related interpretive programs, such as Watchable
Wildlife, will be identified in Master Plans by either a specific resource objective and/or land use
classification.
d. Prepare and approve Operational Management Plans (OMP) in accordance with
paragraph 2-4c above: a summary of natural resources inventories and evaluations; the inventory
methodologies used; resource objectives; and site specific prescriptions for the management of the
resources. Specific (Level Two) inventories are developed and conducted to support approved
resource objectives and determine the existence of any "special status species" occurring on
project lands. General (Level One) inventories should be described in the OMP and conducted in
the absence of resource objectives and/or existing inventory information.
e. Prepare and approve General Plans for Fish and Wildlife Management (General Plans)
pursuant to the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act. General Plans are prepared when existing
project lands and waters are to be used for fish and wildlife purposes under the administration of
other agencies, and for lands acquired specifically for wildlife mitigation, whether managed by the
Corps or other agency. General Plans are not necessary for other lands and waters managed by
the Corps in the interest of good stewardship and where it has been determined that fish and
wildlife would share the use of project lands with other uses such as general recreation or where
interim use is contemplated. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Corps have
mutually agreed upon procedures for developing General Plans and the formats for General Plans.
These model formats are found in Appendix C of this EP.
(1) Procedures for Developing General Plans. The August 1954 agreement between the
FWS and the Corps, provides that General Plans for Fish and Wildlife Management, as specified
in Section 3 of the Coordination Act (PL 732, August 14, 1946) shall be developed jointly by the
Corps and the FWS, and the appropriate State agency for all project lands and waters where
management for fish and wildlife purposes is proposed. General Plans are prepared for the
purpose of designating the type of use, as between the national migratory bird management
programs of the Department of the Interior and the wildlife programs of the respective states, and
therein to define lands and waters to be administered by each. Such General Plans should be only
as detailed in those respects as may be necessary to indicate the agencies, the areas, and the
general purpose to be accomplished under each assignment. The General Plan should not be
burdened with operating details which are properly a part of the cooperative agreements
understood to be necessary between the Corps and the FWS or the State in making areas available
to the latter two agencies subsequent to the completion of the General Plans. In accordance with
Section 8 of the August 1954 agreement, the following procedures for the development of
General Plans for Fish and Wildlife Management have been developed jointly by the Corps and the
FWS.
(a) Reports prepared by the Fish and Wildlife Service in cooperation with the appropriate
State fish and game agency, in accordance with Section 2 of the Act of August 14, 1946, shall
specify, when appropriate, the necessity for a General Plan for Fish and Wildlife Management in
the recommendations of the reports. In accordance with previously established procedures, the
reports will be transmitted to the District Commander.
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