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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Long Island National Wildlife Refuge
Complex
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: Final
comprehensive conservation plan and
finding of no significant impact.
AGENCY:
The Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service) announces the availability of
the final Comprehensive Conservation
Plan (CCP) and Finding of No
Significant Impact for Long Island
National Wildlife Refuge (NWR)
Complex. Prepared in conformance with
the National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act of 1966, as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, and the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, the plan describes how we intend
to manage the complex over the next 15
years.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of
this CCP on compact disk or in print by
writing to Long Island National Wildlife
Refuge Complex, P.O. Box 21, 360
Smith Road, Shirley, NY 11967, or by
calling 631–286–0485. You may also
access and download a copy from the
Web sites
https://library.fws.gov/ccps.htm or
https://longislandrefuges.fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb
Long, Refuge Manager, Long Island
NWR Complex, at 631–286–0485, or by
e-mail at Deb_Long@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act, as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668
dd et seq.) requires CCPs for all refuges
to provide refuge managers with 15-year
strategies for achieving refuge purposes
and furthering the mission of the
National Wildlife Refuge System.
Developing CCPs is done according to
the sound principles of fish and wildlife
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science and laws, while adhering to
Service planning and related policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving refuge wildlife
and habitat, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation and photography,
and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and
update this CCP at least once every 15
years.
Long Island NWR Complex includes
Amagansett, Conscience Point,
Elizabeth A. Morton, Oyster Bay,
Seatuck, Target Rock, and Wertheim
NWRs, along with Lido Beach Wildlife
Management Area and the Sayville Unit.
The complex spans over 6,200 acres in
Suffolk and Nassau Counties of New
York State. Management focuses on
migratory birds, threatened and
endangered species, and their habitats.
The Service acquired most of the refuges
in the complex under authority of the
Migratory Bird Conservation Act of 1929
(16 U.S.C. 715–715r) for ‘‘use as an
inviolate sanctuary, or for any other
management purposes, for migratory
birds.’’ Three of the units were
established under authority of the
Transfer of Certain Real Property for
Wildlife Conservation Purposes Act (16
U.S.C. 667b–667d) for ‘‘particular value
in carrying out the national migratory
bird management program.’’
We distributed a draft CCP/EA for
public review and comment for 30 days
between June 19 and July 19, 2006. Its
distribution was announced in the
Federal Register on June 19, 2006 (71
FR 35283). That draft analyzed three
alternatives for managing the complex.
We also held three public meetings, on
June 26, 27, and 28, 2006, to obtain
public comments. We received 29
comments. Appendix I of the final CCP
includes a summary of those comments
and our responses to them.
We selected Alternative B (the
Service-proposed action) from the draft
CCP/EA as the alternative for
implementation. Our final CCP fully
describes its details. Staff from
Wertheim NWR headquarters office in
Shirley, New York, will continue to
administer all units of the complex.
Highlights of the final CCP include:
(1) Increasing existing programs to
protect habitats and manage for the
threatened piping plover, the
endangered Sandplain gerardia,
American eel, mud and box turtles,
wintering waterfowl, and neotropical
migratory songbirds;
(2) Intensifying efforts to control nonnative invasive species such as
phragmites, and evaluating and
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implementing new management
practices to decrease insecticide use in
marsh communities;
(3) Constructing a new headquarters
and visitor facility at Wertheim NWR
that will also serve as an office for
Region 5’s Long Island Field Office, part
of the Ecological Services program;
(4) Strengthening interpretive and
environmental education programs
throughout the refuges; and
(5) Expanding outreach efforts, such
as public relations and volunteer
programs;
(6) Initiating a regulated early-season
(September) hunt and other population
control measures to manage
overabundant populations of resident
Canada geese at Wertheim NWR.
The Service will actively pursue land
acquisition opportunities within the
refuges’ approved boundaries, as well as
other land protection opportunities.
However, the CCP does not propose
Service acquisition of additional lands
at this time.
Dated: August 30, 2006.
Richard O. Bennett,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability: Final comprehensive conservation plan
and finding of no significant impact.
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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the
availability of the final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) and
Finding of No Significant Impact for Long Island National Wildlife
Refuge (NWR) Complex. Prepared in conformance with the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, and the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, the plan describes how we
intend to manage the complex over the next 15 years.
ADDRESSES: You may obtain copies of this CCP on compact disk or in
print by writing to Long Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex, P.O.
Box 21, 360 Smith Road, Shirley, NY 11967, or by calling 631-286-0485.
You may also access and download a copy from the Web sites https://
library.fws.gov/ccps.htm or https://longislandrefuges.fws.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deb Long, Refuge Manager, Long Island
NWR Complex, at 631-286-0485, or by e-mail at Deb--Long@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Wildlife Refuge System
Administration Act, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668 dd et seq.) requires CCPs for
all refuges to provide refuge managers with 15-year strategies for
achieving refuge purposes and furthering the mission of the National
Wildlife Refuge System. Developing CCPs is done according to the sound
principles of fish and wildlife science and laws, while adhering to
Service planning and related policies. In addition to outlining broad
management direction on conserving refuge wildlife and habitat, CCPs
identify wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities available to the
public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation and photography, and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and update this CCP at least once every
15 years.
Long Island NWR Complex includes Amagansett, Conscience Point,
Elizabeth A. Morton, Oyster Bay, Seatuck, Target Rock, and Wertheim
NWRs, along with Lido Beach Wildlife Management Area and the Sayville
Unit. The complex spans over 6,200 acres in Suffolk and Nassau Counties
of New York State. Management focuses on migratory birds, threatened
and endangered species, and their habitats. The Service acquired most
of the refuges in the complex under authority of the Migratory Bird
Conservation Act of 1929 (16 U.S.C. 715-715r) for ``use as an inviolate
sanctuary, or for any other management purposes, for migratory birds.''
Three of the units were established under authority of the Transfer of
Certain Real Property for Wildlife Conservation Purposes Act (16 U.S.C.
667b-667d) for ``particular value in carrying out the national
migratory bird management program.''
We distributed a draft CCP/EA for public review and comment for 30
days between June 19 and July 19, 2006. Its distribution was announced
in the Federal Register on June 19, 2006 (71 FR 35283). That draft
analyzed three alternatives for managing the complex. We also held
three public meetings, on June 26, 27, and 28, 2006, to obtain public
comments. We received 29 comments. Appendix I of the final CCP includes
a summary of those comments and our responses to them.
We selected Alternative B (the Service-proposed action) from the
draft CCP/EA as the alternative for implementation. Our final CCP fully
describes its details. Staff from Wertheim NWR headquarters office in
Shirley, New York, will continue to administer all units of the
complex. Highlights of the final CCP include:
(1) Increasing existing programs to protect habitats and manage for
the threatened piping plover, the endangered Sandplain gerardia,
American eel, mud and box turtles, wintering waterfowl, and neotropical
migratory songbirds;
(2) Intensifying efforts to control non-native invasive species
such as phragmites, and evaluating and implementing new management
practices to decrease insecticide use in marsh communities;
(3) Constructing a new headquarters and visitor facility at
Wertheim NWR that will also serve as an office for Region 5's Long
Island Field Office, part of the Ecological Services program;
(4) Strengthening interpretive and environmental education programs
throughout the refuges; and
(5) Expanding outreach efforts, such as public relations and
volunteer programs;
(6) Initiating a regulated early-season (September) hunt and other
population control measures to manage overabundant populations of
resident Canada geese at Wertheim NWR.
The Service will actively pursue land acquisition opportunities
within the refuges' approved boundaries, as well as other land
protection opportunities. However, the CCP does not propose Service
acquisition of additional lands at this time.
Dated: August 30, 2006.
Richard O. Bennett,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Hadley,
Massachusetts.
[FR Doc. E6-15150 Filed 9-12-06; 8:45 am]
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