The North American Waterfowl Management Plan (NAWMP) is an international agreement signed by the United States Secretary of the Interior, the Canadian Minister of the Environment, and the Mexican Secretary of the Environment and Natural Resources. NAWMP lays out a strategy to restore waterfowl populations in North America through habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement. The 2012 revised goals of NAWMP focused for the first time on people as well as waterfowl and their habitats. Specifically, the plan states that "The needs and desires of people [as they relate to waterfowl] must be clearly understood and explicitly addressed" and calls for more human dimensions research with waterfowl hunters, viewers, and the general public. The plan recognizes the interconnectedness of waterfowl, their habitat, and stakeholders.
This collection will provide the NAWMP with real information about stakeholder values and opinions regarding wet land and waterfowl use at the local level. Without human dimensions information, NAWMP objectives may not reflect stakeholder and societal values, and management and policy decisions may lead to actions that could be either irrelevant or counter to stakeholder and societal expectations.
US Code:
16 USC 703-711
Name of Law: Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
US Code:
16 USC 742
Name of Law: Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956
This is a new collection and these are best estimates of the time and burden to complete the surveys. The two postcards contain a link to the web form survey, there is one non-response postcard that will be used as follow up for non-participants. No PII is collected or retained. The purchased mailing list will be used to generate mail labels, and they contain a unique number the participant will use to access their survey.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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