Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List and Approval for Conservation Projects, 25093-25094 [2013-10002]

Download as PDF emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 82 / Monday, April 29, 2013 / Notices We determined that, compared to the other two alternatives, alternative B includes the suite of actions that best meet the purpose of, and need for, the CCP; achieve refuge purposes and goals; contribute toward the mission of the NWRS; address the relevant issues, concerns, and opportunities identified in the planning process; and protect, preserve, and enhance natural resources on the refuge. Alternative B is also consistent with the sound principles of fish and wildlife and fulfills our statutory and regulatory guidance. We believe that alternative B uses the most balanced and integrated approach to refuge management, with due consideration for both the biological and human environment. 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[FR Doc. 2013–09754 Filed 4–26–13; 8:45 a.m.] BILLING CODE 4310–55–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service [FWS–HQ–MB–2012–N287; 91400–5110– 0000; 91400–9410–0000] Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List and Approval for Conservation Projects Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list and approval of projects. AGENCY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the fiscal year 2013 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation projects from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As required by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000, AFWA submits a list of projects to us each year to consider for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program. We have reviewed the list and have awarded all the grants from the list. SUMMARY: John C. Stremple, Multistate Conservation Grants Program Coordinator, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop WSFR–4020, Arlington, VA 22203. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, at the above address, or at (703) 358–2156 (phone) or John_Stremple@fws.gov (email). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106–408) amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669 et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777 et seq.) and established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program. The Improvement Act authorizes us to award grants of up to $3 million annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a total of up to $6 million annually. Projects can be funded from both funds depending on the project activities. We ADDRESSES: PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 25093 may award grants to projects from a list of priority projects recommended to us by the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The FWS Director, exercising the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, need not fund all projects on the list, but all projects funded must be on the list. Grantees under this program may use funds for sport fisheries and wildlife management and research projects, boating access development, hunter safety and education, aquatic education, fish and wildlife habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling legislation. To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit fish and/or wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, or in a majority of the States in any one FWS Region, or it must benefit a regional association of State fish and wildlife agencies. We may award grants to a State, a group of States, or one or more nongovernmental organizations. For the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may award grants to the FWS, if requested by AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. Also, AFWA requires all project proposals to address its National Conservation Needs, which AFWA announces annually at the same time as its request for proposals. Further, applicants must provide certification that no activities conducted under a Multistate Conservation grant will promote or encourage opposition to regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife, or to regulated angling or taking of fish. Eligible project proposals are reviewed and ranked by AFWA Committees and interested nongovernmental organizations that represent conservation organizations, sportsmen’s and women’s organizations, and industries that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping, recreational shooting, bowhunting, or archery. AFWA’s Committee on National Grants recommends a final list of priority projects to the directors of State fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote. By statute, AFWA then must transmit the final approved list to the FWS for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program by October 1 of the fiscal year. This year, we received a list of 17 projects recommended for funding by AFWA. We have awarded all of them for fiscal year 2013. The list follows: E:\FR\FM\29APN1.SGM 29APN1 25094 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 82 / Monday, April 29, 2013 / Notices MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM FY 2013 PROJECTS PR funding 1 Total 2013 grant request DJ funding 2 ID Title Submitter 1 ......... Coordination of State Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Authority to Manage Wildlife Resources in Concert With Federal Actions Required by International Treaties and Conventions. State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director Travel Administration and Coordination. Management Assistance Team ............................................ Building Capabilities within State Fish and Wildlife Agencies to Engage, Recruit, and Retain New Hunters and Shooters. Coordination of the Industry, Federal and State Agency Coalition. Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to Optimize Fish and Wildlife Benefits to the States. Implementation of Strategic Tools to Evaluate, Improve, and Develop Hunter Recruitment and Retention. Promoting Strategic Fish Habitat Conservation through Regionally-coordinated Science and Collaboration. Compilation of Reservoir Habitat Restoration Best Management Practices and Expansion of Local Partnerships. Expansion and Coordination of State Agencies’ Fish and Wildlife-related Recreation Initiation Programs. Understanding Greater Sage-grouse Response to Wind Energy Development at a Landscape Scale. Explore Bowhunting: National Implementation ..................... Enhancing Fishing Access Through a National Assessment of Recreational Boating Access. AFWA .................... $93,500 $93,500 $187,000 AFWA .................... 64,075 64,075 128,150 AFWA .................... Council to Advance Hunting and Shooting Sports. AFWA .................... 772,064 200,906 772,064 0 1,544,128 200,906 101,850 101,850 203,700 AFWA .................... 203,280 203,280 406,560 Wildlife Management Institute. AFWA .................... 215,600 0 215,600 0 490,617 490,617 Arkansas Game and Fish. AFWA .................... 0 250,000 250,000 112,500 112,500 225,000 WAFWA ................. 315,042 0 315,042 ATA ....................... States Organization for Boating Access. AFWA .................... 200,000 0 0 187,996 200,00 187,996 190,020 190,020 380,040 ASA ....................... 160,500 150,500 321,000 Wildlife Management Institute. U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation. 200,000 200,000 400,000 70,000 90,000 160,000 $2,899,337 $2,916,402 $5,815,739 2 ......... 3 ......... 4 ......... 5 ......... 6 ......... 7 ......... 8 ......... 9 ......... 10 ....... 11 ....... 12 ....... 13 ....... 14 ....... 15 ....... 16 ....... 17 ....... Improving the Conservation of Fish and Wildlife Populations and their Habitats During Energy Exploration, Development and Transmission. Exploring Data Collection and Cost Options for the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. 2013—Enhancing the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program. Trailblazer Adventure Program: Involving Youth and Families in Conservation. ........................................................................................... 1 PR Funding: Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds. Funding: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds. ASA: American Sport Fishing Association. ATA: Archery Trade Association. 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[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25093-25094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-10002]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

[FWS-HQ-MB-2012-N287; 91400-5110-0000; 91400-9410-0000]

Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List and Approval
for Conservation Projects

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list and approval of projects.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), announce the
fiscal year 2013 priority list of wildlife and sport fish conservation
projects from the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA). As
required by the Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Programs
Improvement Act of 2000, AFWA submits a list of projects to us each
year to consider for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant
program. We have reviewed the list and have awarded all the grants from
the list.

ADDRESSES: John C. Stremple, Multistate Conservation Grants Program
Coordinator, Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration Program, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop WSFR-4020,
Arlington, VA 22203.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, at the above
address, or at (703) 358-2156 (phone) or John_Stremple@fws.gov
(email).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Improvement Act, Pub. L. 106-408)
amended the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669
et seq.) and the Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C.
777 et seq.) and established the Multistate Conservation Grant Program.
The Improvement Act authorizes us to award grants of up to $3 million
annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a
total of up to $6 million annually. Projects can be funded from both
funds depending on the project activities. We may award grants to
projects from a list of priority projects recommended to us by the
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. The FWS Director, exercising
the authority of the Secretary of the Interior, need not fund all
projects on the list, but all projects funded must be on the list.
Grantees under this program may use funds for sport fisheries and
wildlife management and research projects, boating access development,
hunter safety and education, aquatic education, fish and wildlife
habitat improvements, and other purposes consistent with the enabling
legislation.
To be eligible for funding, a project must benefit fish and/or
wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, or in a majority of the
States in any one FWS Region, or it must benefit a regional association
of State fish and wildlife agencies. We may award grants to a State, a
group of States, or one or more nongovernmental organizations. For the
purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation, we may award grants to the FWS, if
requested by AFWA, or to a State or a group of States. Also, AFWA
requires all project proposals to address its National Conservation
Needs, which AFWA announces annually at the same time as its request
for proposals. Further, applicants must provide certification that no
activities conducted under a Multistate Conservation grant will promote
or encourage opposition to regulated hunting or trapping of wildlife,
or to regulated angling or taking of fish.
Eligible project proposals are reviewed and ranked by AFWA
Committees and interested nongovernmental organizations that represent
conservation organizations, sportsmen's and women's organizations, and
industries that support or promote fishing, hunting, trapping,
recreational shooting, bowhunting, or archery. AFWA's Committee on
National Grants recommends a final list of priority projects to the
directors of State fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by
majority vote. By statute, AFWA then must transmit the final approved
list to the FWS for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant
program by October 1 of the fiscal year.
This year, we received a list of 17 projects recommended for
funding by AFWA. We have awarded all of them for fiscal year 2013. The
list follows:

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Multistate Conservation Grant Program FY 2013 Projects
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Total 2013
ID Title Submitter PR funding \1\ DJ funding \2\ grant request
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1......... Coordination of State Fish and AFWA............. $93,500 $93,500 $187,000
Wildlife Agencies' Authority to
Manage Wildlife Resources in
Concert With Federal Actions
Required by International
Treaties and Conventions.
2......... State Fish and Wildlife Agency AFWA............. 64,075 64,075 128,150
Director Travel Administration
and Coordination.
3......... Management Assistance Team...... AFWA............. 772,064 772,064 1,544,128
4......... Building Capabilities within Council to 200,906 0 200,906
State Fish and Wildlife Advance Hunting
Agencies to Engage, Recruit, and Shooting
and Retain New Hunters and Sports.
Shooters.
5......... Coordination of the Industry, AFWA............. 101,850 101,850 203,700
Federal and State Agency
Coalition.
6......... Coordination of Farm Bill AFWA............. 203,280 203,280 406,560
Program Implementation to
Optimize Fish and Wildlife
Benefits to the States.
7......... Implementation of Strategic Wildlife 215,600 0 215,600
Tools to Evaluate, Improve, and Management
Develop Hunter Recruitment and Institute.
Retention.
8......... Promoting Strategic Fish Habitat AFWA............. 0 490,617 490,617
Conservation through Regionally-
coordinated Science and
Collaboration.
9......... Compilation of Reservoir Habitat Arkansas Game and 0 250,000 250,000
Restoration Best Management Fish.
Practices and Expansion of
Local Partnerships.
10........ Expansion and Coordination of AFWA............. 112,500 112,500 225,000
State Agencies' Fish and
Wildlife-related Recreation
Initiation Programs.
11........ Understanding Greater Sage- WAFWA............ 315,042 0 315,042
grouse Response to Wind Energy
Development at a Landscape
Scale.
12........ Explore Bowhunting: National ATA.............. 200,000 0 200,00
Implementation.
13........ Enhancing Fishing Access Through States 0 187,996 187,996
a National Assessment of Organization for
Recreational Boating Access. Boating Access.
14........ Improving the Conservation of AFWA............. 190,020 190,020 380,040
Fish and Wildlife Populations
and their Habitats During
Energy Exploration, Development
and Transmission.
15........ Exploring Data Collection and ASA.............. 160,500 150,500 321,000
Cost Options for the National
Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and
Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
16........ 2013--Enhancing the Wildlife and Wildlife 200,000 200,000 400,000
Sport Fish Restoration Program. Management
Institute.
17........ Trailblazer Adventure Program: U.S. Sportsmen's 70,000 90,000 160,000
Involving Youth and Families in Alliance
Conservation. Foundation.
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................................ $2,899,337 $2,916,402 $5,815,739
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\1\ PR Funding: Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds.
\2\ DJ Funding: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds.
ASA: American Sport Fishing Association.
ATA: Archery Trade Association.
WAFWA: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.

Dated: January 14, 2013.
Dan Ashe,
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 2013-10002 Filed 4-26-13; 8:45 am]
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