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the education, stewardship, and
research goals of the reserve; and the
plans for future land acquisition and
facility development to support reserve
operations. The reserve management
goals and objectives can be categorized
within the following five management
challenges: Public use, habitat and
species management, watershed land
use, cultural preservation and
interpretation, and global processes.
These issues can be directly or
indirectly linked to anthropogenic land
use of increasing population densities
accompanied by increasing
development, recreation and economic
pressures.
The Guana Tolomato Matanzas
Environmental Education Center is a
notable addition since the last
management plan and serves as the
administrative, education, research, and
stewardship facility for the northern
component of the Reserve. The facility
will provide an opportunity for further
outreach to the community and serve as
a center of excellence for regional
science, education and stewardship
forums.
This management plan calls for a
boundary expansion incorporating 8,865
acres of publicly owned land in the
southern component of the reserve.
Approximately 4,166 acres of the FaverDykes State Park adding to the 1,333
acres of Faver-Dykes State Park
incorporated at designation. The
additional park lands will provide new
resources and allow for an extension of
the existing partnership. Additionally,
4,699 acres of the Matanzas State Forest
will be added to the Reserve boundary.
This property will be incorporated to
further protect the last remaining
undisturbed salt marsh within the
Reserve and is part of a 16,000 acre
continuous conservation corridor. This
land is comprised 75% by upland pine
and 25% by wetlands. The area serves
as an important bird habitat and
contains significant natural and cultural
resources. These additions will bring
the total Reserve acreage to 73,352 acres
protected for long-term research,
education and stewardship.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Erica Seiden at (301) 563–1172 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
Guana Tolomato Matanzas, FL
Management Plan revision, visit https://
www.dep.state.fl.us/coastal/sites/gtm/
plan/.
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Dated: June 30, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–15351 Filed 7–3–08; 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 Padilla Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
AGENCY:
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 management plan for the
Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research
Reserve.
The Padilla Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve is located in Skagit
County, Washington. The Reserve was
designated in 1980 pursuant to Section
315 of the Coastal Zone Management
Act of 1972, as amended, 16 U.S.C.
1461. The reserve is revising their plan
pursuant to 15 CFR. The submission of
this revised plan sets a course for
successful implementation of the goals
and objectives of the reserve. New
facilities, a focus on broad Puget Sound
issues and climate change, and updated
programmatic objectives are notable
revisions to the previous approved
management plan.
The revised management plan
outlines the administrative structure;
the education, stewardship, and
research goals of the reserve; and the
plans for future land acquisition and
facility development to support reserve
operations. Since 2002, the reserve has
added a coastal training program that
delivers science-based information to
key decision makers in Washington
State. The reserve has realized nearly all
aspects of the original plan and
expanded its programs dramatically
since the original plan. The reserve has
completed major facility expansion and
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renovation projects that provide
classrooms, lab space, exhibit space,
dormitory, and office space. The reserve
has expanded, but not yet completed, its
ownership of in-holdings within its
boundary and increased staff which
have resulted in the implementation of
research, education, stewardship, GIS,
and volunteer activities at the reserve.
This management plan calls for
continued land acquisition within its
boundaries from willing sellers,
implementation of a habitat mapping
and change plan, responsiveness to
existing and emerging regional
partnerships focusing on the
management of Puget Sound, a focus on
climate change within all reserve
programs, implementation of the
National Estuarine Research Reserve’s
K–12 Estuarine Education Program and
continued implementation of the
graduate research fellowship, coastal
training, and system-wide monitoring
programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nina Garfield at (301) 563–1171 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 Padilla Bay Management Plan
revision, visit https://
www.padillabay.gov/.
Dated: June 30, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal
Resource Management, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E8–15362 Filed 7–3–08; 8:45 am]
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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 Padilla Bay 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 management plan for the Padilla Bay National Estuarine
Research Reserve.
The Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve is located in
Skagit County, Washington. The Reserve was designated in 1980 pursuant
to Section 315 of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended,
16 U.S.C. 1461. The reserve is revising their plan pursuant to 15 CFR.
The submission of this revised plan sets a course for successful
implementation of the goals and objectives of the reserve. New
facilities, a focus on broad Puget Sound issues and climate change, and
updated programmatic objectives are notable revisions to the previous
approved management plan.
The revised management plan outlines the administrative structure;
the education, stewardship, and research goals of the reserve; and the
plans for future land acquisition and facility development to support
reserve operations. Since 2002, the reserve has added a coastal
training program that delivers science-based information to key
decision makers in Washington State. The reserve has realized nearly
all aspects of the original plan and expanded its programs dramatically
since the original plan. The reserve has completed major facility
expansion and renovation projects that provide classrooms, lab space,
exhibit space, dormitory, and office space. The reserve has expanded,
but not yet completed, its ownership of in-holdings within its boundary
and increased staff which have resulted in the implementation of
research, education, stewardship, GIS, and volunteer activities at the
reserve.
This management plan calls for continued land acquisition within
its boundaries from willing sellers, implementation of a habitat
mapping and change plan, responsiveness to existing and emerging
regional partnerships focusing on the management of Puget Sound, a
focus on climate change within all reserve programs, implementation of
the National Estuarine Research Reserve's K-12 Estuarine Education
Program and continued implementation of the graduate research
fellowship, coastal training, and system-wide monitoring programs.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nina Garfield at (301) 563-1171 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 Padilla Bay
Management Plan revision, visit https://www.padillabay.gov/.
Dated: June 30, 2008.
David M. Kennedy,
Director, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-15362 Filed 7-3-08; 8:45 am]
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