The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has prepared this Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) to guide the management of Upper Ouachita and Handy Brake National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs) including 44 Farm Service Agency tracts (FSA) in northeastern Louisiana. The CCP outlines programs and corresponding resource needs for the next 15 years, as mandated by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (Improvement Act).