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Response to, Public Comments Received
on the Draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement (Draft CCP/EIS) for
Lake Umbagog National Wildlife
Refuge.’’ We present here some of the
changes we made in our final CCP/EIS,
which are also discussed in appendix O.
1. In response to concerns about local
economic impacts, our expansion
proposal replaces some fee acquisition
with easement acquisition in Maine,
and reduces the total number of acres.
We now propose to acquire from willing
sellers 47,807 acres (formerly, 49,718
acres), and change the acquisition ratio
to 56 percent in fee and 44 percent in
easement. Appendix A, ‘‘Land
Protection Plan,’’ shows our revised
proposal.
2. Two new maps clarify our proposal
on the roads and trails we would open
for public use on both current refuge
lands and refuge expansion lands.
Chapter 2, ‘‘Alternatives Considered,
Including the Service-preferred
Alternative,’’ clarifies them in maps 2.8
and 2.9. Item 6, below, describes them.
3. We propose to postpone our
decision on whether to manage
furbearer species, and whether that
management could include trapping.
We will conduct further analysis and
prepare a more detailed Furbearer
Management Plan. That change, which
we propose in both alternatives B and
C, is included in chapter 2, in the
section ‘‘Actions Common to
Alternatives B and C Only.’’ Before
trapping would be permitted under a
Furbearer Management Plan, we will
analyze the appropriateness of this use
and issue a compatibility determination,
if warranted, analyzing whether this use
is compatible with the mission of the
NWRS and refuge purposes, and under
what conditions.
4. We propose to postpone our
decision on whether to expand our
current hunt program to incorporate
bobcat hunting in Maine and turkey
hunting in Maine and New Hampshire.
That action would have made our hunt
program consistent with the states’ hunt
programs. However, we have
determined the need to conduct further
analysis, in conjunction with a revised
Hunt Plan and environmental
assessment, and include additional
public comment. We propose that
change in both alternatives B and C in
the same section of chapter 2. If our
hunt program is expanded in the future,
we will issue a new compatibility
determination with any changes to the
current program.
5. The same section of chapter 2 also
clarifies our hunting and fishing
programs. The public comments we
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received revealed the misunderstanding
that our implementing alternatives B
and C would result in new restrictions
in our programs. That is not the case.
We now provide a better explanation,
and point out that we intend to
implement the same programs on any
newly acquired lands.
6. We revise alternative B to allow
certain public uses in designated areas
that we originally planned not to allow.
Those include dog sledding, horseback
riding, bicycling, and collecting certain
berries, fiddleheads, mushrooms, and
shed antlers for personal use.
7. We modify our proposal in
alternatives B and C regarding boat
access, by eliminating our original
proposals for a boat launch at Sturtevant
Pond and major improvements at B
Pond. We are scaling back our proposal
at B Pond to include a small parking
area near the road, away from the shore.
We also propose keeping the boat
launch at the current refuge
headquarters on Route 16 North open to
public access, instead of closing it.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to the methods in
above, you can view or
obtain the documents at the following
locations.
• Our Web site, https://library.fws.gov/
ccps.htm.
• The Errol Town Library, during
regular hours.
ADDRESSES,
Dated: September 24, 2008.
Wendi Weber,
Acting Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, Hadley, MA 01035.
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Notice of Availability for the Record of
Decision on the Final General
Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement, Pipestone National
Monument, MN
National Park Service,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability for the
Record of Decision on the Final General
Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement, Pipestone National
Monument, Minnesota.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C)
of the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), the
National Park Service (NPS) announces
the availability of the Record of
Decision (ROD) for the Final General
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Management Plan and Environmental
Impact Statement (GMP/EIS), Pipestone
National Monument (national
monument), Minnesota. On September
30, the Midwest Regional Director
approved the ROD for the project. As
soon as practicable, the NPS will begin
to implement the preferred alternative
contained in the final EIS.
The NPS will implement the preferred
alternative as described in the Final
GMP/EIS issued on March 28, 2008.
Alternative 1, the preferred alternative,
will reduce the development in the
heart of the national monument,
preserving its setting, site history, and
spiritual significance as the source of
pipestone. The NPS will remove the
visitor center and parking, enabling
visitors to see the site much as it
appeared prior to 1937. The national
monument will acquire a parcel of
school district land to the northeast and
will seek a cooperative agreement with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and
the Minnesota Department of Natural
Resources to coordinate management of
the 100-acre Pipestone Wildlife
Management Area. American Indian
ceremonial use of the Three Maidens
area will be unchanged. The Hiawatha
Club will continue to use the Three
Maidens as a backdrop for its pageant
under permit restrictions, and the area
will be restored to prairie. Sun Dances
will continue, but modifications of use
might be made on the basis of impact
and the sustainability of resources.
Quarries will continue to be allocated
by permit.
The GMP/EIS evaluated this course of
action and two other action alternatives,
and a no action alternative. The full
range of foreseeable environmental
consequences were assessed and
appropriate mitigating measures were
identified.
The ROD includes a statement of the
decision made, synopses of other
alternatives considered, the basis for the
decision, a description of the
environmentally preferable alternative,
a finding on impairment of park
resources and values, a listing of
measures to minimize environmental
harm, and an overview of public
involvement in the decisionmaking
process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Glen Livermont, 36
Reservation Avenue, Pipestone,
Minnesota 56164–1269, or by calling
507–825–5464. Copies of the ROD are
available upon request from the above
address or may be viewed online at
https://parkplanning.nps.gov/pipe.
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Dated: September 30, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the Final
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Pipestone
National Monument, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability for the Record of Decision on the Final
General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement, Pipestone
National Monument, Minnesota.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 102(2)(C) of the National Environmental
Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4332(C)), the National Park Service (NPS)
announces the availability of the Record of Decision (ROD) for the
Final General Management Plan and Environmental Impact Statement (GMP/
EIS), Pipestone National Monument (national monument), Minnesota. On
September 30, the Midwest Regional Director approved the ROD for the
project. As soon as practicable, the NPS will begin to implement the
preferred alternative contained in the final EIS.
The NPS will implement the preferred alternative as described in
the Final GMP/EIS issued on March 28, 2008. Alternative 1, the
preferred alternative, will reduce the development in the heart of the
national monument, preserving its setting, site history, and spiritual
significance as the source of pipestone. The NPS will remove the
visitor center and parking, enabling visitors to see the site much as
it appeared prior to 1937. The national monument will acquire a parcel
of school district land to the northeast and will seek a cooperative
agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources to coordinate management of the 100-
acre Pipestone Wildlife Management Area. American Indian ceremonial use
of the Three Maidens area will be unchanged. The Hiawatha Club will
continue to use the Three Maidens as a backdrop for its pageant under
permit restrictions, and the area will be restored to prairie. Sun
Dances will continue, but modifications of use might be made on the
basis of impact and the sustainability of resources. Quarries will
continue to be allocated by permit.
The GMP/EIS evaluated this course of action and two other action
alternatives, and a no action alternative. The full range of
foreseeable environmental consequences were assessed and appropriate
mitigating measures were identified.
The ROD includes a statement of the decision made, synopses of
other alternatives considered, the basis for the decision, a
description of the environmentally preferable alternative, a finding on
impairment of park resources and values, a listing of measures to
minimize environmental harm, and an overview of public involvement in
the decisionmaking process.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Glen Livermont, 36
Reservation Avenue, Pipestone, Minnesota 56164-1269, or by calling 507-
825-5464. Copies of the ROD are available upon request from the above
address or may be viewed online at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/pipe.
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Dated: September 30, 2008.
Ernest Quintana,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
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