The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is preparing a Land Protection Plan that will impact the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge in Bailey County.  

The Service is working with partners to create a conservation strategy, according to a news release. The strategy is focused on grassland and wetland habitats associated with the sandhill crane, lesser prairie chicken and pronghorn antelope.  

The LPP will help address current and future conservation needs for wildlife and wildlife habitats.  

The full text of the plan is available at www.fws.gov/refuge/muleshoe. Those who wish to see a physical copy can get one at the Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge at 1531 County Road 1248, Muleshoe, Texas, 79347 or at the Service’s Southwest Regional Headquarters at Dennis Chavez Federal Building, 500 Gold Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM, 87102. Those interested in sharing comments can do so by emailing r2_plancomments@FWS.gov. The deadline to share input is Feb. 3.