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reduce hazardous fuel loading through
mechanical clearing and prescribed fire.
We would also continue to allow
limited environmental education and
interpretation programs under a SUP, or
led by refuge staff.
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Alternative B (Increased Ecosystem
Monitoring, Partnerships, and Public
Use; Service-Preferred Alternative)
Alternative B is the Service-preferred
alternative. It combines the actions we
believe would best achieve the refuge’s
purposes, vision, and goals and respond
to public issues. Alternative B
represents an extension and progression
of all areas of current refuge
management, including additional
biological work, increased visitor
services opportunities, and enhanced
outreach to local communities.
Alternative B places a greater emphasis
on the importance of the refuge in a
larger landscape context. This
alternative would expand habitat
management and monitoring for cooter
and other species on additional refugeowned parcels, and would include the
use of prescribed burning to increase the
structure and species composition of
upland habitats to benefit wildlife
resources of concern.
Alternative B would pursue the
Service’s administrative requirements to
evaluate potential hunting opportunities
on the Crooked Pond parcel. Wildlife
observation, photography,
interpretation, and environmental
education would be allowed on special
occasions when led by refuge staff or
partners working under a SUP. These
activities would allow visitors to gain a
better understanding of the unique
natural resources the refuge protects and
encourage visitors to become better
stewards and advocates for resource
conservation.
Under alternative B, refuge staff
would increase outreach to the local
community to raise the refuge’s
visibility and promote the relevancy of
the refuge and the Eastern
Massachusetts NWR Complex to
conservation in southeast
Massachusetts.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them in the form of a final CCP and, if
appropriate, finding of no significant
impact.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to any methods listed in
ADDRESSES, you can view or obtain
documents from the agency Web site at:
https://www.fws.gov/refuge/Massasoit/
what_we_do/conservation.html.
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Submitting Comments
We consider comments substantive if
they:
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
accuracy of the information in the
document.
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
adequacy of the EA.
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the EA.
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the EA.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Dated: March 13, 2017.
Wendi Weber,
Regional Director, Northeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting; Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Central
Montana Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The Central Montana RAC
meeting will be held on March 29 and
30, 2017, in Glasgow, Montana. The
meeting on March 29, 2017, will be held
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a 30-minute
public comment period at 12:30 p.m.
RAC members will take a field trip on
March 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be in the
Cottonwood Inn Conference Room,
54250 U.S. Hwy. 2, Glasgow, MT 59230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Mark Albers, North Central Montana
District Manager, 1220 38th Street
SUMMARY:
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North, Great Falls, MT 59401, (406)
791–7794, malbers@blm.gov. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–677–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, seven days a
week to leave a message or question
with the above individual. You will
receive a reply during normal business
hours.
This 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of management issues associated
with public land management in
Montana. During these meetings, the
RAC is scheduled to participate in,
discuss, and act upon these topics or
activities. All RAC meetings are open to
the public.
Agenda items for the March 29–30,
2017, sessions include, but are not
limited to: An update on
implementation of the existing Sweet
Grass Hills mineral withdrawal; an
update on the American Prairie Reserve
bison conversion proposal; information
on BLM travel management planning;
HiLine precipitation; a briefing on the
proposed Sandy Coal Boat Ramp;
regular business items such as planning
the next meeting’s agenda; and. a field
trip to a sage grouse lek.
The RAC meeting will also have time
allocated for oral public comments.
Depending on the number of persons
wishing to comment and time available,
the time for individual oral comments
may be limited.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comments, please be aware that your
entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–2.
Rick Hotaling,
Acting Associate State Director, BLM
Montana/Dakotas.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[LLMTM00000.L111100000.XP0000 17XL1109AF MO#4500082502]
Notice of Public Meeting; Central Montana Resource Advisory
Council
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act
and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972, the U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Central Montana Resource
Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The Central Montana RAC meeting will be held on March 29 and 30,
2017, in Glasgow, Montana. The meeting on March 29, 2017, will be held
from 12 p.m. to 5 p.m., with a 30-minute public comment period at 12:30
p.m. RAC members will take a field trip on March 30, 2017.
ADDRESSES: The meetings will be in the Cottonwood Inn Conference Room,
54250 U.S. Hwy. 2, Glasgow, MT 59230.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Albers, North Central Montana
District Manager, 1220 38th Street North, Great Falls, MT 59401, (406)
791-7794, malbers@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-
677-8339 to contact the above individual during normal business hours.
The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to leave a
message or question with the above individual. You will receive a reply
during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15-member council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of management issues
associated with public land management in Montana. During these
meetings, the RAC is scheduled to participate in, discuss, and act upon
these topics or activities. All RAC meetings are open to the public.
Agenda items for the March 29-30, 2017, sessions include, but are
not limited to: An update on implementation of the existing Sweet Grass
Hills mineral withdrawal; an update on the American Prairie Reserve
bison conversion proposal; information on BLM travel management
planning; HiLine precipitation; a briefing on the proposed Sandy Coal
Boat Ramp; regular business items such as planning the next meeting's
agenda; and. a field trip to a sage grouse lek.
The RAC meeting will also have time allocated for oral public
comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and
time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited.
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comments, please be
aware that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4-2.
Rick Hotaling,
Acting Associate State Director, BLM Montana/Dakotas.
[FR Doc. 2017-05386 Filed 3-16-17; 8:45 am]
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