This Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental Assessment (Draft CCP/EA) for Bond Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) was prepared to guide future management actions and direction for the refuge. It is important to note throughout this document that as an overriding principle, fish and wildlife conservation will receive first priority in refuge management; wildlife dependent recreation will be allowed and encouraged as long as it is compatible with, and does not detract from, the mission of the refuge or the purposes for which it was established.