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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–MB–2015–N228; 91400–5110–
0000; 91400–9410–0000]
Multistate Conservation Grant
Program; Fiscal Year 2015 Priority List
and Approval for Conservation
Projects
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list
and approval of projects.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 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, 5275 Leesburg Pike,
MS: WSFR, Falls Church, VA 22041–
3808.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
C. Stremple, (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
SUMMARY:
Agencies. The Service 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 for at least 26 States, for a
majority of the States in any one Service
Region, or for one of the regional
associations 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 Service, 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 it
requests 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.
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 review
and rank eligible project proposals.
AFWA’s Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority
projects to the directors of the State fish
and wildlife agencies for their approval
by majority vote. By statute, AFWA then
transmits the final approved list to the
Service for funding under the Multistate
Conservation Grant program by October
1 of the fiscal year. This year, AFWA
sent us a list of 17 projects that they
recommended for funding. We have
awarded all of the recommended
projects for FY 2015. The list follows:
MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM
[FY 2015 Projects]
ID
Title
Submitter
1 ..
Multistate Conservation Grant Program Coordination.
AFWA ............................
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$87,120
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MULTISTATE CONSERVATION GRANT PROGRAM—Continued
[FY 2015 Projects]
PR Funding 1
DJ Funding 2
AFWA ............................
149,160
149,160
AFWA ............................
64,075
64,075
128,150
AFWA ............................
124,500
83,000
207,500
AFWA ............................
108,480
108,480
216,960
MAFWA & WAFWA ......
226,933.50
226,933.50
453,867
AFWA ............................
100,000
100,000
200,000
ID
Title
Submitter
2 ..
State Fish and Wildlife Agency Administration
and Coordination.
State Fish and Wildlife Agency Director Travel
Administration and Coordination.
Coordination of Farm Bill Program Implementation to Optimize Fish and Wildlife Benefits to
States.
Coordination of the Industry, Federal and State
Agency Coalition.
Understanding the Trends in Public Values toward Wildlife as a Key to Meeting Current and
Future Wildlife Management Challenges.
Educating Lawyers, Law Students, students of
all ages the judiciary and the general public on
state fish and wildlife management: Implementing AFWA’s 2013–2015 Strategic Plan
Goal 2.
Hunting, Fishing, and Sport Shooting Recruitment and Retention: A Practitioner’s Guide.
National Survey of Ownership and Use of Traps
by Trappers in the United States and evaluation of the use and implementation of BMPs
by state fish and wildlife agencies.
Promoting Strategic Fish Habitat Conservation
through Regionally-coordinated Science and
Collaboration.
Development and Implementation of a National
Initiative for Hunter and Shooting Sports Recruitment, Retention, and Reactivation.
Improving the Conservation of Fish and Wildlife
Populations and Habitats During Energy Exploration, Development and Transmission
Through Enhanced Industry/Agency Coordination.
Boosting Fishing Participation by Boat Owners ...
Professional Development Workshops for effective communication and outreach regarding
regulated trapping, established Best Management Practices, and furbearer management.
Coordination of the 2016 National Survey Efforts
(part A).
50 State Surveys Related to Fishing, Hunting,
and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (part B).
National-Level Results for the 2016 Survey of
Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (part A).
...............................................................................
.......................................
3 ..
4 ..
5 ..
6 ..
7 ..
8 ..
9 ..
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
NSSF ............................
69,865.05
69,865.05
0
145,500
NFHB ............................
0
521,600
521,600
WMI and CAHSS ..........
207,900
0
207,900
AFWA ............................
58,125
58,125
116,250
ASA ...............................
Max McGraw Wildlife
Foundation.
0
116,150
60,000
0
60,000
116,150
FWS ..............................
123,437
123,437
246,874
Rockville Institute
(Westat).
FWS/U.S. Census Bureau.
279,822
279,822
559,644
407,903
407,903
815,806
2,225,410.55
2,295,960.55
4,521,371.10
Funding: Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds.
Funding: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds.
AFWA: Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
ASA: American Sportfishing Association.
CAHSS: Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports.
NFHB: National Fish Habitat Board.
NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation.
MAFWA: Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
WAFWA: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
WMI: Wildlife Management Institute.
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Dated: December 15, 2014.
Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
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Collection: OMB Control Number
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the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery
Department of the Interior.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the
Office of the Secretary, Department of
the Interior announces the proposed
extension of a Generic Information
Collection Request (Generic ICR): ‘‘DOI
Generic Clearance for the Collection of
Qualitative Feedback on Agency Service
Delivery’’ and seeks public comments
on the provisions thereof.
DATES: Consideration will be given to all
comments received by May 18, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Mail or hand carry
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Interior; Office of Policy Analysis;
Attention: Don Bieniewicz; Mail Stop
3530; 1849 C Street NW., Washington,
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I. Abstract
This notice is for renewal of
information collection.
The Office of Management and Budget
(OMB) regulations at 5 CFR part 1320,
which implement the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq., require that interested members
of the public and affected agencies have
an opportunity to comment on
information collection and
recordkeeping activities (see 5 CFR
1320.8 (d)).
The information collection activity
will garner qualitative customer and
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stakeholder feedback in an efficient,
timely manner, in accordance with the
Administration’s commitment to
improving service delivery. By
qualitative feedback we mean
information that provides useful
insights on perceptions and opinions,
but are not statistical surveys that yield
quantitative results that can be
generalized to the population of study.
This feedback will provide insights into
customer or stakeholder perceptions,
experiences and expectations, provide
an early warning of issues with service,
or focus attention on areas where
communication, training or changes in
operations might improve delivery of
products or services. These collections
will allow for ongoing, collaborative and
actionable communications between the
Agency and its customers and
stakeholders. It will also allow feedback
to contribute directly to the
improvement of program management.
Feedback collected under this generic
clearance will provide useful
information, but it will not yield data
that can be generalized to the overall
population. This generic clearance for
qualitative information will not be used
for quantitative information collections
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trends over time or documenting
program performance. Such data uses
require more rigorous designs that
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(including stratification and clustering),
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(1) Title: DOI Generic Clearance for
the Collection of Qualitative Feedback
on Agency Service Delivery.
OMB Control Number: 1090–0011.
Current Expiration Date: June 30,
2015.
Type of Review: Information
Collection Renewal.
Affected Entities: Individuals and
Households, Businesses and
Organizations, State, Local or Tribal
Government.
Expected Annual Number of
Activities: 20.
Estimated annual number of
respondents: 11,000 for surveys, 6,000
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Frequency of responses: Once per
request.
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recordkeeping burden:
Average time per response: 15
minutes for surveys, 2 minutes for
comment cards, 2 hours for focus
groups.
Estimated total annual burden hours:
3,950 hours.
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the information: The information
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qualitative customer and stakeholder
feedback in an efficient, timely manner,
in accordance with the Administration’s
commitment to improving service
delivery. This feedback will provide
insights into customer or stakeholder
perceptions, experiences and
expectations, provide an early warning
of issues with service, or focus attention
on areas where communication, training
or changes in operations might improve
delivery of products or services. These
collections will allow for ongoing,
collaborative and actionable
communications between the Agency
and its customers and stakeholders.
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The Department invites comments on:
(a) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agencies, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(b) The accuracy of the agency’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of information and the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
(c) Ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
(d) Ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on
respondents, including through the use
of appropriate automated, electronic,
mechanical, or other collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
‘‘Burden’’ means the total time, effort,
and financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose, or provide information to or
for a Federal agency. This includes the
time needed to review instructions; to
develop, acquire, install, and use
technology and systems for the purposes
of collecting, validating, and verifying
information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing
and providing information; to train
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-MB-2015-N228; 91400-5110-0000; 91400-9410-0000]
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Fiscal Year 2015 Priority
List and Approval for Conservation Projects
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 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 (Service), announce the
Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 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, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: WSFR, Falls Church, VA 22041-
3808.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. Stremple, (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 Service 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 for at least 26 States, for a majority of the
States in any one Service Region, or for one of the regional
associations 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 Service, 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 it requests 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.
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 review and rank
eligible project proposals. AFWA's Committee on National Grants
recommends a final list of priority projects to the directors of the
State fish and wildlife agencies for their approval by majority vote.
By statute, AFWA then transmits the final approved list to the Service
for funding under the Multistate Conservation Grant program by October
1 of the fiscal year. This year, AFWA sent us a list of 17 projects
that they recommended for funding. We have awarded all of the
recommended projects for FY 2015. The list follows:
Multistate Conservation Grant Program
[FY 2015 Projects]
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ID Title Submitter PR Funding \1\ DJ Funding \2\ Total 2015 grant
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1....... Multistate Conservation AFWA............... $43,560 $43,560 $87,120
Grant Program
Coordination.
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2....... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............... 149,160 149,160 298,320.50
Agency Administration
and Coordination.
3....... State Fish and Wildlife AFWA............... 64,075 64,075 128,150
Agency Director Travel
Administration and
Coordination.
4....... Coordination of Farm AFWA............... 124,500 83,000 207,500
Bill Program
Implementation to
Optimize Fish and
Wildlife Benefits to
States.
5....... Coordination of the AFWA............... 108,480 108,480 216,960
Industry, Federal and
State Agency Coalition.
6....... Understanding the Trends MAFWA & WAFWA...... 226,933.50 226,933.50 453,867
in Public Values toward
Wildlife as a Key to
Meeting Current and
Future Wildlife
Management Challenges.
7....... Educating Lawyers, Law AFWA............... 100,000 100,000 200,000
Students, students of
all ages the judiciary
and the general public
on state fish and
wildlife management:
Implementing AFWA's
2013-2015 Strategic
Plan Goal 2.
8....... Hunting, Fishing, and NSSF............... 69,865.05 69,865.05 139,730.10
Sport Shooting
Recruitment and
Retention: A
Practitioner's Guide.
9....... National Survey of AFWA............... 145,500 0 145,500
Ownership and Use of
Traps by Trappers in
the United States and
evaluation of the use
and implementation of
BMPs by state fish and
wildlife agencies.
10...... Promoting Strategic Fish NFHB............... 0 521,600 521,600
Habitat Conservation
through Regionally-
coordinated Science and
Collaboration.
11...... Development and WMI and CAHSS...... 207,900 0 207,900
Implementation of a
National Initiative for
Hunter and Shooting
Sports Recruitment,
Retention, and
Reactivation.
12...... Improving the AFWA............... 58,125 58,125 116,250
Conservation of Fish
and Wildlife
Populations and
Habitats During Energy
Exploration,
Development and
Transmission Through
Enhanced Industry/
Agency Coordination.
13...... Boosting Fishing ASA................ 0 60,000 60,000
Participation by Boat
Owners.
14...... Professional Development Max McGraw Wildlife 116,150 0 116,150
Workshops for effective Foundation.
communication and
outreach regarding
regulated trapping,
established Best
Management Practices,
and furbearer
management.
15...... Coordination of the 2016 FWS................ 123,437 123,437 246,874
National Survey Efforts
(part A).
16...... 50 State Surveys Related Rockville Institute 279,822 279,822 559,644
to Fishing, Hunting, (Westat).
and Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (part B).
17...... National-Level Results FWS/U.S. Census 407,903 407,903 815,806
for the 2016 Survey of Bureau.
Fishing, Hunting and
Wildlife-Associated
Recreation (part A).
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........................ ................... 2,225,410.55 2,295,960.55 4,521,371.10
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\1\ PR Funding: Pitman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration funds.
\2\ DJ Funding: Dingell-Johnson Sport Fish Restoration funds.
AFWA: Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
ASA: American Sportfishing Association.
CAHSS: Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports.
NFHB: National Fish Habitat Board.
NSSF: National Shooting Sports Foundation.
MAFWA: Midwest Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
WAFWA: Western Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies.
WMI: Wildlife Management Institute.
Dated: December 15, 2014.
Stephen Guertin,
Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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