Coastal Delaware National Wildlife Refuge Complex Seeks Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determinations

May 20, 2025

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For immediate release Contact: Kate Toniolo
05/20/2025 Phone: 302-222-6309
Email: [email protected]

Bombay and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges Seek Public Comment on Draft Compatibility Determination

Bombay Hook and Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuges are seeking public review and comment on a Draft Compatibility Determination for wildlife observation, including commercial wildlife observation, and photography. The refuge proposes allowing these activities where they do not compromise the mission and operations of the national wildlife refuge national wildlife refuge
A national wildlife refuge is typically a contiguous area of land and water managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service�� for the conservation and, where appropriate, restoration of fish, wildlife and plant resources and their habitats for the benefit of present and future generations of Americans.

Learn more about national wildlife refuge . The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) will accept comments received or postmarked on or before June 4th, 2025.

The Service prepares Compatibility Determinations to ensure that public and economic uses of national wildlife refuges do not interfere with or detract from the purposes for which each refuge was established. Compatibility Determinations also describe how these uses would contribute towards achieving refuge purposes and the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Comments or requests for additional information may be made by email to [email protected] or U.S. Mail to 2591 Whitehall Neck Rd., Smyrna, DE 19977, Attn: Project Leader.
All comments received from individuals become part of the official public record. The Service’s practice is to make comments, including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public review during regular business hours. Individual respondents can request that we withhold their home address from the record, which we will honor to the extent allowable by law. If you wish to have your name and/or address withheld, you must state this prominently at the beginning of your comments.