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animals in 1955. It was federally listed
as endangered in 1967 because of loss
of habitat due to residential and
commercial construction and high
human-related mortality. The current
Key deer population on Big Pine Key
and No Name Key is 453 to 517 animals.
Key deer utilize all local habitat types
including pine rocklands, hardwood
hammocks, buttonwood salt marshes,
mangrove wetlands, freshwater
wetlands, and disturbed and developed
areas. Pine rocklands are especially
important to Key deer conservation
because they hold year-round
freshwater.
The Lower Keys marsh rabbit is a
subspecies of the marsh rabbit and
occurs in many of the larger Lower
Keys, including Sugarloaf,
Saddlebunch, Boca Chica, and Big Pine
Keys, as well as in the small islands
near these keys. Lower Keys marsh
rabbits inhabit saltmarsh and
buttonwood transition areas, freshwater
wetlands, and coastal beach berms.
Suitable habitat for this species is highly
fragmented across all of the Lower Keys.
In the last few decades, development for
residential, commercial, or militaryrelated purposes has reduced the total
area of Lower Keys marsh rabbit habitat
in the Florida Keys. Habitat loss is the
main cause of the marsh rabbit’s
endangered status. Currently, the Lower
Keys marsh rabbit occurs in small,
relatively disjunct populations and has
a low population density because of
predation by domestic cats. Although
predation by domestic cats is the
principal cause of mortality, some road
mortality occurs as rabbits attempt to
move among increasingly isolated
Lower Keys marshes.
The eastern indigo snake is a large,
non-poisonous snake that grows to a
maximum length of eight feet.
Historically, the species ranged
throughout Florida, except in the
Marquesas and Dry Tortugas. The indigo
snake can occur in most types of
hammock in Florida, often near
wetlands. It is also known to occur in
mangrove swamps, seepage swamp,
flowing water swamp, pond swamp, wet
prairie, xeric pinelands and scrub,
flatwoods, dry glades, tropical
hardwood hammocks, beach dune/
coastal strand, pine rockland, and
muckland fields in southern Florida.
Gopher tortoise burrows, tree stumps,
piles of debris, land crab burrows, and
other subterranean cavities are
commonly used as dens and for egg
laying. The species has declined
throughout its range and has been
extirpated from some areas due to
habitat fragmentation, decline in the
gopher tortoise populations, and other
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factors. Indigo snakes have not been
documented in the Project Area for
several years, despite the presence of
suitable habitat throughout Big Pine and
No Name Keys.
There has been a building moratorium
on Big Pine Key since 1995 due to direct
and indirect impacts to the Key deer.
The HCP describes a plan for limited
development activities that is intended
to satisfy safety, functional, and
recreational needs of the community,
while maintaining the long-term
viability of Key deer and its habitat.
Activities covered under this HCP
include residential and commercial
development, as well as transportation
improvements to meet the community
needs of the Project area. The proposed
activities will result in harm to Key
deer, incidental to the carrying out of
these otherwise lawful activities.
Habitat alteration associated with the
proposed development activities will
impact no more than 168 acres and
reduce the availability of breeding,
foraging, and sheltering habitat for Key
deer. The Applicants propose to
minimize take of Key deer by classifying
all lands within the Project area and
directing development activities to the
lowest quality habitat. The impacts to
Lower Keys rabbit and eastern indigo
snake will be minimized by buffering
occupied habitat from development and
implementation of standard
construction practices, respectively.
Impacts to Key deer will be mitigated by
acquiring lands for conservation within
the Project area at a ratio of three to one
based on habitat quality and area. These
same conservation lands will also
provide protection for the Lower Keys
rabbit and eastern indigo snake.
The Service has made a preliminary
determination that issuance of the ITP is
not a major Federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment within the meaning of
section 102(2)(C) of NEPA. This
preliminary information may be revised
due to public comment received in
response to this notice and is based on
information contained in the EA and
HCP.
The Service will evaluate the HCP
and comments submitted thereon to
determine whether the application
meets the issuance criteria requirements
of section 10(a)(1)(B) of the Act. By
conducting an intra-Service section 7
consultation, the Service will also
evaluate whether issuance of the section
10(a)(1)(B) ITP would comply with
section 7 of the Act. The results of this
consultation, in combination with the
above findings, will be used in the final
analysis to determine whether or not to
issue the ITP for the Key deer, Lower
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Keys marsh rabbit, and eastern indigo
snake.
Dated: May 5, 2005.
Jacquelyn B. Parrish,
Acting Regional Director, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK–961–1410–HY–P; F–14838–A, F–14838–
A2; CAA–9]
Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY:
Bureau of Land Management,
DOI.
Notice of decision approving
lands for conveyance.
ACTION:
SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR
2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that an
appealable decision approving lands for
conveyance pursuant to the Alaska
Native Claims Settlement Act will be
issued to Bethel Native Corporation.
The lands are located within Townships
2, 3, and 4 N., Ranges 80 and 81 W.,
Seward Meridian, Alaska, in the vicinity
of Dall Lake, Alaska, and contain
86,453.75 acres. Notice of the decision
will also be published four times in The
Tundra Drums.
DATES: The time limits for filing an
appeal are:
1. Any party claiming a property
interest which is adversely affected by
the decision shall have until June 22,
2005 to file an appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the
decision by certified mail shall have 30
days from the date of receipt to file an
appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in
accordance with the requirements of 43
CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed
to have waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may
be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222
West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
Alaska 99513–7599.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron
Royer by phone at (907) 271–5677, or by
e-mail at Ron_Royer@ak.blm.gov.
Persons who use a telecommunication
device (TTD) may call the Federal
Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–
800–877–8330, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week, to contact Mr. Royer.
Ronald E. Royer,
Land Law Examiner, Branch of Land Transfer
Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AK-961-1410-HY-P; F-14838-A, F-14838-A2; CAA-9]
Alaska Native Claims Selection
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, DOI.
ACTION: Notice of decision approving lands for conveyance.
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SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that
an appealable decision approving lands for conveyance pursuant to the
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act will be issued to Bethel Native
Corporation. The lands are located within Townships 2, 3, and 4 N.,
Ranges 80 and 81 W., Seward Meridian, Alaska, in the vicinity of Dall
Lake, Alaska, and contain 86,453.75 acres. Notice of the decision will
also be published four times in The Tundra Drums.
DATES: The time limits for filing an appeal are:
1. Any party claiming a property interest which is adversely
affected by the decision shall have until June 22, 2005 to file an
appeal.
2. Parties receiving service of the decision by certified mail
shall have 30 days from the date of receipt to file an appeal.
Parties who do not file an appeal in accordance with the
requirements of 43 CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed to have
waived their rights.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may be obtained from: Bureau of Land
Management, Alaska State Office, 222 West Seventh Avenue, 13,
Anchorage, Alaska 99513-7599.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron Royer by phone at (907) 271-5677,
or by e-mail at Ron--Royer@ak.blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunication device (TTD) may call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8330, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to
contact Mr. Royer.
Ronald E. Royer,
Land Law Examiner, Branch of Land Transfer Services.
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