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Alternative B: Optimize WildlifeDependent Public Use and Management
(Proposed Alternative)
The proposed alternative, Alternative
B, would emphasize management of the
natural resources of Clarks River NWR
based on maintaining and improving
wetland habitats, monitoring targeted
flora and fauna representative of the
surrounding Clarks River watershed,
and providing quality public use
programs and wildlife-dependent
recreational activities. All species
occurring on the refuge would be
considered, and certain targeted species
would be managed for and monitored in
addition to species of Federal
responsibility. These species would be
chosen based on the criteria that they
are indicators of the health of important
habitat or species of concern.
Information gaps in knowledge of the
refuge’s aquatic species would be
addressed.
Restoration efforts, habitat
management, a prescribed fire program,
and forest management would reflect
best management practices determined
after examination of historical regimes,
soil types and elevation, and the current
hydrological system. Management
actions would be monitored for
effectiveness and adapted to changing
conditions, knowledge, and technology.
A habitat management plan would be
developed to plan future habitat projects
and evaluate previous actions.
Overall public use would be
monitored to determine if any negative
impacts are occurring on resources from
overuse. Education programs would be
reviewed and improved to complement
current management and current
staffing. Public use programs would be
updated to support and teach the
reasons behind management actions,
and to provide quality experiences to
visitors. The refuge headquarters would
be developed to provide more visitor
services. In an increasingly developing
region, a balanced wildlife-dependent
recreational program would be a focus
under this alternative. A new visitor
center would be constructed.
Archaeological resources would be
surveyed.
The refuge currently has fee-title
ownership of about 8,634 acres with an
approved acquisition boundary of
19,605 acres. Lands are purchased on a
willing-seller basis only. Alternative B
includes a proposed expansion of
34,269 acres and would bring the total
refuge acquisition boundary to
approximately 53,874 acres, and would
protect lands along the east and west
forks of the Clarks River. Land
acquisitions within the existing and
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proposed expanded acquisition
boundaries would be based on
importance of the habitat for target
management species. We would offer
interpretation of refuge wildlife and
habitats, as well as demonstrate habitat
improvements for individual
landowners.
In general, under Alternative B,
management decisions and actions
would support wildlife species and
habitat occurring on the refuge based on
well-planned strategies and sound
scientific judgment. Quality wildlifedependent recreational uses and
environmental education and
interpretation programs would be
offered to support and explain the
natural resources of the refuge.
This alternative would add six new
positions to current staffing in order to
protect resources, provide visitor
services, and attain goals of facilities
and equipment maintenance in the
future. The biological environment
would improve as adaptive and best
management practices are utilized.
Socioeconomic values should also
increase as we offer increased wildlifedependent recreational opportunities.
Areas such as this are beneficial to local
ecotourism trade and residents
searching for natural landscapes and
associated benefits.
Alternative C: Maximize WildlifeDependent Recreation and Management
Alternative C would emphasize
maximizing wildlife-dependent
recreational uses on the refuge. The
increase of nine staff members in
addition to the existing employees
would support public use activities,
including hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and
environmental education and
interpretation. In general, the focus
would be on expanding public use
activities to the fullest extent possible,
while conducting only mandated
resource protection, such as
conservation of threatened and
endangered species, migratory birds,
and archaeological resources.
All management programs for
conservation of wildlife and habitat,
such as monitoring, surveying, and
researching, would support species and
resources of importance for public use
enhancement. Emphasis would be
placed more on interpreting and
demonstrating these programs than
actual implementation. Providing access
with trails would be maximized, as well
as providing public use facilities
throughout the refuge. Federal trust
species and archaeological resources
would be monitored as mandated, but
other species targeted for management
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would depend on which ones the public
is interested in utilizing. Habitat
restoration efforts would be based on
public use demands and criteria rather
than determined through methods using
a strategic habitat conservation
approach.
With the majority of staff time and
funds supporting a public use program,
wildlife-dependent recreation and
environmental education and
interpretation could be more successful
than in the other alternatives. Land
acquisitions within the approved
acquisition boundary would be based on
importance of the habitat for public use.
The refuge headquarters and visitor
center would be developed for public
use activities such as interpretation and
outreach.
Next Step
After the comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and address
them.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authority
This notice is published under the
authority of the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of
1997 (Pub. L. 105–57).
Dated: January 4, 2012.
Mark J. Musaus,
Acting Regional Director.
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Detailed Planning To Consider
Additional Land Protection on the
Missouri River From Fort Randall Dam
to Sioux City, IA; National
Environmental Policy Act Documents
Fish and Wildlife Service,
National Park Service, Interior.
AGENCY:
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Notice of intent; request for
comments.
ACTION:
This notice advises the public
that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) and the National Park Service
(NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior,
as lead agencies, intend to gather
information necessary to complete
detailed planning and prepare
associated documents under the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA) and its implementing
regulations, in order to consider
additional land protection on the
Missouri River from Fort Randall Dam
to Sioux City, Iowa. The FWS and NPS
are furnishing this notice in compliance
with the National Wildlife Refuge
System Administration Act of 1966, as
amended, and the National Park Service
Organic Act of 1916, as amended, to
advise other agencies, Tribal
governments, and the public of our
intentions and to obtain suggestions and
information on the scope of issues to
include in the environmental
documents. Special mailings,
newspaper articles, and other media
announcements will inform people of
the opportunities for input throughout
the planning process.
DATES: We are soliciting written
comments and will hold public scoping
meetings in February 2012. Information
on meeting dates and times will be
available at https://
parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca when
that information is available.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or
requests for more information by any of
the following methods.
Email: niobrara_ponca@fws.gov.
U.S. Mail: Nick Kaczor, USFWS,
Division of Refuge Planning, P.O. Box
25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick
Kaczor, Planning Team Leader, Division
of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O. Box
25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Introduction
With this notice, the FWS and NPS,
as lead agencies, propose to complete
detailed planning on a joint
comprehensive conservation strategy
and land protection plan (LPP) for the
Niobrara Confluence and Ponca Bluffs
areas of the Missouri River in southeast
South Dakota and northeast Nebraska
aimed to improve floodplain
management. The LPP would develop a
proposal for a comprehensive
conservation strategy, including a plan
aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat,
increasing recreational opportunities,
and improving floodplain management
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within the study area, by working with
willing landowners to strategically
protect land through acquisition and
conservation easements.
The Niobrara Confluence segment
between Fort Randall Dam and Lewis
and Clark Lake is one of the last
portions of the middle Missouri River
that remain un-channelized, relatively
free-flowing, and undeveloped. This
area of the Missouri River’s main
channel in the old, wider river valley
contains important habitat for at least 60
native and 26 sport fish. In addition, the
riparian woodlands and island
complexes are important for
approximately 25 year-round bird
species and 115 species of migratory
birds, including piping plovers, least
terns, and bald eagles.
The Ponca Bluffs segment between
Gavins Point Dam and Sioux City is a
diverse, relatively unaltered, riverine/
floodplain ecosystem characterized by a
main channel, braided channels,
wooded riparian corridor, pools, chutes,
sloughs, islands, sandbars, backwater
areas, wetlands, natural floodplain and
upland forest communities, pastureland,
and croplands. This area also supports
a wide variety of wildlife and fisheries
resources similar to the Niobrara
Confluence segment.
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997 outlines six
priority public uses (hunting, fishing,
wildlife observation, wildlife
photography, and environmental
education and interpretation) that are to
be facilitated on national wildlife
refuges, where compatible.
The river reaches are components of
the National Wild and Scenic River
System as designated by Congress in
1978 and 1991 under the Wild and
Scenic River Act (Pub. L. 90–542, as
amended). The National Park Service is
the river administering agency and is
tasked to protect and enhance the
outstandingly remarkable recreational,
fish and wildlife, and scenic or similar
values. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act
specifies that these river reaches shall
be preserved in free-flowing condition
and that their Outstandingly
Remarkable Values shall be protected
for the benefit and enjoyment of present
and future generations.
Public feedback into the land
protection planning process is essential
to ensure that the FWS and NPS include
society’s input into the proposed
project. FWS and NPS will request
public review and comment throughout
the planning process.
Background
The Missouri River basin
encompasses 530,000 square miles—
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approximately one-sixth of the
continental United States. The main
stem, stretching from Three Forks,
Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, is the
longest river in the United States, at
more than 2,300 miles long.
Historically, the Missouri River was a
dynamic ecosystem, characterized by a
changing interplay of open free-flowing,
braided channel, sandbar, prairie,
wetland, and forest habitats. Although
manmade structures and activities have
altered many of these natural processes,
important habitats still remain, for a
rich diversity of plants and animals. The
dynamic nature of the Missouri River
means that habitats change on a daily,
seasonal, annual, and long-term basis.
Erosive forces constantly transport
sediment down the river, creating and
modifying habitat and removing
terrestrial vegetation from some areas
while creating suitable conditions for
new plants to grow in other areas.
Seasonal river flow patterns flood riverbottom wetlands and maintain chutes,
backwaters, and lakes in the floodplain
that provide important wildlife breeding
and foraging habitat. The combination
of open water, floodplain wetlands, and
river vegetation is particularly
important for the large number of
migratory birds that use the Missouri
River during spring and fall migrations.
Despite significant alterations of
impoundment and stabilization,
portions of the Missouri River have
shown resiliency, exhibiting numerous
historical characteristics witnessed by
Lewis and Clark during their
explorations in the early 1800s. The
FWS and NPS will work with local
communities and willing landowners to
conserve significant stretches of the
Missouri River. The opportunity to
preserve and potentially improve
important processes and habitats for fish
and wildlife will provide benefits to
visitors, neighbors, and local
communities of these areas now and
into the future. The project proposal is
designed to improve conditions within
the channel migration zone, retaining
those habitat characteristics important
to federally managed species such as
pallid sturgeon, least tern, and piping
plover, while potentially mitigating
flooding impacts in the future. In
addition, the project proposal is also
designed to enhance recreation
opportunities such as boating, fishing,
hunting, and camping, while increasing
scenic values along the river and
protecting cultural resources.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
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comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Authorities
The FWS and NPS are furnishing this
notice in compliance with the National
Wildlife Refuge System Administration
Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee)
(Administration Act), as amended by
the National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997; the National
Park Service Organic Act of 1916, as
amended; and the National
Environmental Policy Act (42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq.) and its implementing
regulations.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Matt Hogan,
Acting, Deputy Regional Director, MountainPrairie Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Dated: December 20, 2011.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, NPS, Midwest Region.
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Notice of Resource Advisory Council
Meetings for the Dominguez-Escalante
Advisory Council
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Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Public Meetings.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) DominguezEscalante Advisory Council (Council)
will meet as indicated below.
DATES: Meetings will be held March 21,
2012; April 4, 2012; and May 2, 2012.
All meetings will begin at 3 p.m. and
will normally adjourn at 6 p.m. These
meetings are in addition to the alreadyscheduled meeting on March 7, 2012,
which was advertised through a
separate notice. Any adjustments to
duration of meetings will be advertised
on the Dominguez-Escalante RMP Web
site, https://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/
denca/denca_rmp.html. Field trips may
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May 2 will be held at the Delta County
Courthouse, Room 234, 501 Palmer,
Delta, Colorado. The meeting on April 4
will be held at the Mesa County
Courthouse Annex, Training Room A,
544 Rood, Grand Junction, Colorado.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Katie Stevens, Advisory Council
Designated Federal Official, 2815 H
Road, Grand Junction, CO 81506. Phone:
(970) 244–3049. Email:
kasteven@blm.gov. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
(TDD) may call the Federal Information
Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
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above individual. You will receive a
reply during normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 10member Council advises the Secretary
of the Interior, through the BLM, on a
variety of planning and management
issues associated with the resource
management planning process for the
Dominguez-Escalante National
Conservation Area and Dominguez
Canyon Wilderness.
Topics of discussion during the
meeting may include informational
presentations from various resource
specialists working on the resource
management plan, as well as Council
reports relating to the following topics:
recreation, fire management, land-use
planning process, invasive species
management, travel management,
wilderness, land exchange criteria,
cultural resource management and other
resource management topics of interest
to the Council raised during the
planning process.
These meetings are anticipated to
occur monthly, and may occur as
frequently as every two weeks during
intensive phases of the planning
process. Dates, times and agendas for
additional meetings may be determined
at future Advisory Council Meetings,
and will be published in the Federal
Register, announced through local
media and on the BLM’s Web site for
the Dominguez-Escalante planning
effort, www.blm.gov/co/st/en/nca/
denca/denca_rmp.html.
These meetings are open to the
public. The public may present written
comments to the Council. Each formal
Council meeting will have time
allocated at the beginning and end of
each meeting for hearing public
comments. Depending on the number of
persons wishing to comment and time
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available, the time for individual oral
comments may be limited at the
discretion of the chair.
Dated: February 9, 2012.
Helen M. Hankins,
State Director.
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Montana Resource Advisory Council
Bureau of Land Management,
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ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting.
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In accordance with the
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Act and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972, the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management (BLM) Western
Montana Resource Advisory Council
(RAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The meeting will be held March
14, 2012, beginning at 9 a.m. with a 30minute public comment period and will
adjourn at 3 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be in the
BLM’s Butte Field Office, 106 N.
Parkmont, in Butte, MT.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 15member council advises the Secretary of
the Interior on a variety of management
issues associated with public land
management in Montana. During these
meetings the council will participate in/
discuss/act upon several topics,
including the BLM’s Sage Grouse
Conservation Strategy, a report from the
RAC’s recreation fee subgroup, and
reports from the Butte, Missoula and
Dillon field offices.
All RAC meetings are open to the
public. The public may present written
comments to the RAC. Each formal RAC
meeting will also have time allocated for
hearing public comments. Depending on
the number of persons wishing to
comment and time available, the time
for individual oral comments may be
limited.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT:
David Abrams, Western Montana
Resource Advisory Council Coordinator,
Butte Field Office, 106 North Parkmont,
Butte, MT 59701, 406–533–7617,
dabrams@blm.gov. Persons who use a
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Detailed Planning To Consider Additional Land Protection on the
Missouri River From Fort Randall Dam to Sioux City, IA; National
Environmental Policy Act Documents
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION: Notice of intent; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: This notice advises the public that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (FWS) and the National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Department of
the Interior, as lead agencies, intend to gather information necessary
to complete detailed planning and prepare associated documents under
the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and its implementing
regulations, in order to consider additional land protection on the
Missouri River from Fort Randall Dam to Sioux City, Iowa. The FWS and
NPS are furnishing this notice in compliance with the National Wildlife
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended, and the National
Park Service Organic Act of 1916, as amended, to advise other agencies,
Tribal governments, and the public of our intentions and to obtain
suggestions and information on the scope of issues to include in the
environmental documents. Special mailings, newspaper articles, and
other media announcements will inform people of the opportunities for
input throughout the planning process.
DATES: We are soliciting written comments and will hold public scoping
meetings in February 2012. Information on meeting dates and times will
be available at https://parkplanning.nps.gov/niob-ponca when that
information is available.
ADDRESSES: Send your comments or requests for more information by any
of the following methods.
Email: niobrara_ponca@fws.gov.
U.S. Mail: Nick Kaczor, USFWS, Division of Refuge Planning, P.O.
Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO 80225.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nick Kaczor, Planning Team Leader,
Division of Refuge Planning, USFWS, P.O. Box 25486, DFC, Denver, CO
80225.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, the FWS and NPS, as lead agencies, propose to
complete detailed planning on a joint comprehensive conservation
strategy and land protection plan (LPP) for the Niobrara Confluence and
Ponca Bluffs areas of the Missouri River in southeast South Dakota and
northeast Nebraska aimed to improve floodplain management. The LPP
would develop a proposal for a comprehensive conservation strategy,
including a plan aimed at enhancing wildlife habitat, increasing
recreational opportunities, and improving floodplain management within
the study area, by working with willing landowners to strategically
protect land through acquisition and conservation easements.
The Niobrara Confluence segment between Fort Randall Dam and Lewis
and Clark Lake is one of the last portions of the middle Missouri River
that remain un-channelized, relatively free-flowing, and undeveloped.
This area of the Missouri River's main channel in the old, wider river
valley contains important habitat for at least 60 native and 26 sport
fish. In addition, the riparian woodlands and island complexes are
important for approximately 25 year-round bird species and 115 species
of migratory birds, including piping plovers, least terns, and bald
eagles.
The Ponca Bluffs segment between Gavins Point Dam and Sioux City is
a diverse, relatively unaltered, riverine/floodplain ecosystem
characterized by a main channel, braided channels, wooded riparian
corridor, pools, chutes, sloughs, islands, sandbars, backwater areas,
wetlands, natural floodplain and upland forest communities,
pastureland, and croplands. This area also supports a wide variety of
wildlife and fisheries resources similar to the Niobrara Confluence
segment.
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997
outlines six priority public uses (hunting, fishing, wildlife
observation, wildlife photography, and environmental education and
interpretation) that are to be facilitated on national wildlife
refuges, where compatible.
The river reaches are components of the National Wild and Scenic
River System as designated by Congress in 1978 and 1991 under the Wild
and Scenic River Act (Pub. L. 90-542, as amended). The National Park
Service is the river administering agency and is tasked to protect and
enhance the outstandingly remarkable recreational, fish and wildlife,
and scenic or similar values. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act specifies
that these river reaches shall be preserved in free-flowing condition
and that their Outstandingly Remarkable Values shall be protected for
the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations.
Public feedback into the land protection planning process is
essential to ensure that the FWS and NPS include society's input into
the proposed project. FWS and NPS will request public review and
comment throughout the planning process.
Background
The Missouri River basin encompasses 530,000 square miles--
approximately one-sixth of the continental United States. The main
stem, stretching from Three Forks, Montana, to St. Louis, Missouri, is
the longest river in the United States, at more than 2,300 miles long.
Historically, the Missouri River was a dynamic ecosystem, characterized
by a changing interplay of open free-flowing, braided channel, sandbar,
prairie, wetland, and forest habitats. Although manmade structures and
activities have altered many of these natural processes, important
habitats still remain, for a rich diversity of plants and animals. The
dynamic nature of the Missouri River means that habitats change on a
daily, seasonal, annual, and long-term basis. Erosive forces constantly
transport sediment down the river, creating and modifying habitat and
removing terrestrial vegetation from some areas while creating suitable
conditions for new plants to grow in other areas. Seasonal river flow
patterns flood river-bottom wetlands and maintain chutes, backwaters,
and lakes in the floodplain that provide important wildlife breeding
and foraging habitat. The combination of open water, floodplain
wetlands, and river vegetation is particularly important for the large
number of migratory birds that use the Missouri River during spring and
fall migrations.
Despite significant alterations of impoundment and stabilization,
portions of the Missouri River have shown resiliency, exhibiting
numerous historical characteristics witnessed by Lewis and Clark during
their explorations in the early 1800s. The FWS and NPS will work with
local communities and willing landowners to conserve significant
stretches of the Missouri River. The opportunity to preserve and
potentially improve important processes and habitats for fish and
wildlife will provide benefits to visitors, neighbors, and local
communities of these areas now and into the future. The project
proposal is designed to improve conditions within the channel migration
zone, retaining those habitat characteristics important to federally
managed species such as pallid sturgeon, least tern, and piping plover,
while potentially mitigating flooding impacts in the future. In
addition, the project proposal is also designed to enhance recreation
opportunities such as boating, fishing, hunting, and camping, while
increasing scenic values along the river and protecting cultural
resources.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your
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comment, you should be aware that your entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Authorities
The FWS and NPS are furnishing this notice in compliance with the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C.
668dd-668ee) (Administration Act), as amended by the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997; the National Park Service
Organic Act of 1916, as amended; and the National Environmental Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its implementing regulations.
Dated: December 2, 2011.
Matt Hogan,
Acting, Deputy Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie Region, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service.
Dated: December 20, 2011.
Michael T. Reynolds,
Regional Director, NPS, Midwest Region.
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