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National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve
System
Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment
Period for the Revised Management Plan
for the Wells (Maine) National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that
the Estuarine Reserves Division, Office
of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce is announcing
a thirty day public comment period on
the revised Wells (Maine) National
Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan which will begin on
the day this announcement is
published. Comments should be sent
within the comment period in hard
copy or e-mail to Doris Grimm at
Doris.Grimm@noaa.gov or NOAA’s
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910.
The Wells National Estuarine
Research Reserve was designated in
February 1984 pursuant to Section 315
of the Coastal Zone Management Act of
1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461.
Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state
must revise its management plan every
five years. The reserve has been
operating under a management plan
approved in 1996. The submission of
this plan fulfills this requirement and
sets a course for successful
implementation of the goals and
objectives of the reserve.
Since the last management plan, the
Wells Reserve acquired two key parcels
of land, changed its boundary,
constructed needed facilities, and has
implemented several system-wide
programs. It acquired the 27-acre
Alheim property and the 21⁄2-acre Lord
parcel, and changed its boundary to
include 359 acres of the watershed areas
of the Reserve. The Reserve built the
Maine Coastal Ecology Center, new
interpretive exhibits, the Alheim
Commons dormitory, and the Forest
Learning Shelter, and equipped and
opened the Coastal Resource Library.
This new management plan serves as
the primary guidance document for the
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operation of the Wells Reserve’s core
and system-wide programs in research
and monitoring, education and coastal
training, and resource management and
stewardship. The plan provides
guidance on the acquisition of land to
be added to the Reserve and on the
construction and renovation of
buildings and exhibits that support
NERR programs. It also guides the
Reserve in important related programs,
such as volunteerism and outreach to
communities to encourage stewardship
of coastal resources in southern Maine.
The Wells Reserve is a public/private
partnership whose administrative
oversight is vested in the Reserve
Management Authority (RMA). This
independent state agency was
established in 1990 to support and
promote the interests of the Wells
Reserve. The RMA has a Board of
Directors composed of representatives
having a property, management, or
program interest in the Wells Reserve.
The RMA members represent the Maine
Department of conservation, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, the Town of
Wells, the Laudholm Trust, the Maine
State Planning Office, and the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Doris Grimm at (301) 563–7107 or
Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563–1158 of
NOAA’s National Ocean Service,
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 EastWest Highway, N/ORM5, 10th floor,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of
the Wells Management Plan revision,
visit https://www.wellsreserve.org.
Dated: July 20, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
National Estuarine Research Reserve System
AGENCY: Estuarine Reserves Division, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of Public Comment Period for the Revised Management Plan
for the Wells (Maine) National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Estuarine Reserves Division,
Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National Ocean
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S.
Department of Commerce is announcing a thirty day public comment period
on the revised Wells (Maine) National Estuarine Research Reserve
Management Plan which will begin on the day this announcement is
published. Comments should be sent within the comment period in hard
copy or e-mail to Doris Grimm at Doris.Grimm@noaa.gov or NOAA's
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th
floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
The Wells National Estuarine Research Reserve was designated in
February 1984 pursuant to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 1461. Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c),
a state must revise its management plan every five years. The reserve
has been operating under a management plan approved in 1996. The
submission of this plan fulfills this requirement and sets a course for
successful implementation of the goals and objectives of the reserve.
Since the last management plan, the Wells Reserve acquired two key
parcels of land, changed its boundary, constructed needed facilities,
and has implemented several system-wide programs. It acquired the 27-
acre Alheim property and the 2\1/2\-acre Lord parcel, and changed its
boundary to include 359 acres of the watershed areas of the Reserve.
The Reserve built the Maine Coastal Ecology Center, new interpretive
exhibits, the Alheim Commons dormitory, and the Forest Learning
Shelter, and equipped and opened the Coastal Resource Library. This new
management plan serves as the primary guidance document for the
operation of the Wells Reserve's core and system-wide programs in
research and monitoring, education and coastal training, and resource
management and stewardship. The plan provides guidance on the
acquisition of land to be added to the Reserve and on the construction
and renovation of buildings and exhibits that support NERR programs. It
also guides the Reserve in important related programs, such as
volunteerism and outreach to communities to encourage stewardship of
coastal resources in southern Maine.
The Wells Reserve is a public/private partnership whose
administrative oversight is vested in the Reserve Management Authority
(RMA). This independent state agency was established in 1990 to support
and promote the interests of the Wells Reserve. The RMA has a Board of
Directors composed of representatives having a property, management, or
program interest in the Wells Reserve. The RMA members represent the
Maine Department of conservation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
the Town of Wells, the Laudholm Trust, the Maine State Planning Office,
and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doris Grimm at (301) 563-7107 or
Laurie McGilvray at (301) 563-1158 of NOAA's National Ocean Service,
Estuarine Reserves Division, 1305 East-West Highway, N/ORM5, 10th
floor, Silver Spring, MD 20910. For copies of the Wells Management Plan
revision, visit https://www.wellsreserve.org.
Dated: July 20, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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