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Dated: August 3, 2007.
Ken Barton,
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Restoration, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
[FR Doc. E7–15464 Filed 8–7–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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 Great Bay (New Hampshire)
National Estuarine Research Reserve.
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AGENCY:
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 Great Bay 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 Great Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve was designated in
October 1989 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 1989. 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
Great Bay Reserve has constructed
needed facilities, increased its staff,
changed its boundary, implemented
several system-wide programs, and
acquired key parcels of land. The
original boundary included 4,471 acres
of open water and salt marsh in Great
Bay proper and 1,882 acres of upland.
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The boundary expansion includes 2,830
acres of additional open and salt marsh
in Little Bay and several tidal rivers as
well as 1,052 acres of upland. This
expansion also includes all of the
Federal lands under the Great Bay
National Wildlife refuge that was
established in 1992.
The expanded boundary is a more
comprehensive representation of the
natural communities within the
Southern Gulf of Maine province of the
Acadian bio-geographic region of the
United States. Great Bay serves as a
natural field laboratory for researchers
and the boundary expansion will
increase and diversify the areas capable
of supporting NERRS long-term research
and monitoring, including opportunities
for extensive upland research. The
boundary expansion also increases the
Reserve’s opportunities for educating
the public about the estuarine system.
This new management plan serves as
the primary guidance document for the
operation of the Great Bay 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 the Great Bay
area.
The Great Bay Reserve is
administered through the New
Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
The Reserve is a part of the Marine
Fisheries Division, which is based in
Durham, New Hampshire. The Reserve
also works closely with the New
Hampshire Coastal Program and the
New Hampshire Estuaries Project, as
well as many other partners, such as the
University of New Hampshire and the
New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services, to meet its
goals and objectives.
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.reserve.org.
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Dated: August 2, 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 Great Bay (New Hampshire) 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 Great Bay 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 Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve was designated in
October 1989 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 1989. 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 Great Bay Reserve has
constructed needed facilities, increased its staff, changed its
boundary, implemented several system-wide programs, and acquired key
parcels of land. The original boundary included 4,471 acres of open
water and salt marsh in Great Bay proper and 1,882 acres of upland. The
boundary expansion includes 2,830 acres of additional open and salt
marsh in Little Bay and several tidal rivers as well as 1,052 acres of
upland. This expansion also includes all of the Federal lands under the
Great Bay National Wildlife refuge that was established in 1992.
The expanded boundary is a more comprehensive representation of the
natural communities within the Southern Gulf of Maine province of the
Acadian bio-geographic region of the United States. Great Bay serves as
a natural field laboratory for researchers and the boundary expansion
will increase and diversify the areas capable of supporting NERRS long-
term research and monitoring, including opportunities for extensive
upland research. The boundary expansion also increases the Reserve's
opportunities for educating the public about the estuarine system.
This new management plan serves as the primary guidance document
for the operation of the Great Bay 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 the Great Bay area.
The Great Bay Reserve is administered through the New Hampshire
Fish and Game Department. The Reserve is a part of the Marine Fisheries
Division, which is based in Durham, New Hampshire. The Reserve also
works closely with the New Hampshire Coastal Program and the New
Hampshire Estuaries Project, as well as many other partners, such as
the University of New Hampshire and the New Hampshire Department of
Environmental Services, to meet its goals and objectives.
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.reserve.org.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-15483 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]
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