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The Service’s selected alternative is
reflected in the final CCP.
The selected alternative focuses on
continued participation in the
interagency coaster brook trout
restoration program in Whittlesey Creek.
The quantity and quality of coldwater
stream, forest, and coastal wetland
habitat for native fish, migratory birds,
and other wildlife will increase.
Floodplain and watershed hydrology
will better emulate natural seasonal and
long-term variability. Service
participation in the Northern Great
Lakes Visitor Center (NGLVC)
partnership will continue. Refuge staff
will participate in NGLVC programs that
align with the NWRS mission and
Refuge purposes. A detailed description
of objectives and actions included in
this selected alternative is found in
chapter 4 of the final CCP.
Charles M. Wooley,
Acting Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 2015–31987 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX16EN05ESB0500]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection, Are literature searches
finding your publications?
AGENCY:
We (the U.S. Geological
Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to
approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the
Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, and as part of our continuing
efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite the
general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to
comment on this IC.
DATES: To ensure that your comments
are considered, we must receive them
on or before February 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
on this information collection to the
Information Collection Clearance
Officer, U.S. Geological Survey, 12201
Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston,
VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648–7197 (fax);
or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email).
Please reference ‘Information Collection
1028–NEW, Are literature searches
finding your publications? in all
correspondence.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Abigail Lynch, Research Fish Biologist,
at (703) 648–4097 or ajlynch@usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Inland fisheries are especially
vulnerable to the impacts of climate
change at a global scale; although inland
fish are vital to ecosystem health and
function and provide invaluable
ecosystem services to communities
worldwide, much research remains to
be done. Researchers have been
projecting and documenting impacts of
climate change on fisheries since the
1980s; thus, there is a large body of
literature available online. Traditional
search engines provide large outputs of
studies and reports that must be
individually screened for relevance
when searching for climate change
effects on fisheries. This large output
could result in the exclusion of some
studies in analyses of the effects of
climate change on inland fisheries. Our
goal is to compare traditional literature
search methods with using a network of
fisheries professionals to identify
relevant climate change and fisheries
studies to determine if both methods
yield similar or dissimilar results.
We plan to query research scientists
belonging to major professional fisheries
societies via electronic correspondence
and request a list of their already
published references to include in the
collection. We are specifically looking
for published studies addressing
projected and documented effects of
climate change on fisheries. The
information will be used to generate a
scientific manuscript. The only Personal
Identifiable Information we will collect
is the scientist’s name. Our information
collection request directly aligns to the
mission of the USGS National Climate
Change and Wildlife Science Center
(NCCWSC). One of NCCWSC’s goals is
to deliver products, information, and
tools to scientists and stakeholders on
climate change and wildlife science,
and the resulting manuscript aligns with
these goals.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
Title: Are literature searches finding
your publications?
Type of Request: New information
collection.
Affected Public: English-speaking
research scientists.
Respondent’s Obligation: None.
Participation is strictly voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 100. Respondents will be
made up of mostly academics (i.e.,
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university professors). Some will have
federal affiliations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual
Responses: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 5
minutes per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8.3
hours.
Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping ‘‘Non-Hour Cost’’
Burden: None.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments as to: (a)
Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the agency
to perform its duties, including whether
the information is useful; (b) the
accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the
burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the
quality, usefulness, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d) how
to minimize the burden on the
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments
submitted in response to this notice are
a matter of public record. Before
including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address,
or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you
should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally
identifiable information, may be made
publicly available at any time. While
you can ask us in your comment to
withhold your personally identifiable
information from public view, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Shawn Carter,
Senior Scientist, National Climate Change
and Wildlife Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2015–31983 Filed 12–18–15; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[ Geological Survey
[GX16EN05ESB0500]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Request for Comments
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS),
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information
collection, Climate Change Effects on
Wildlife Virtual Library
AGENCY:
We, U.S. Geological Survey,
will ask the Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) to approve the
information collection (IC) described
below. As required by the Paperwork
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX16EN05ESB0500]
Agency Information Collection Activities: Request for Comments
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Interior.
ACTION: Notice of a new information collection, Are literature searches
finding your publications?
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: We (the U.S. Geological Survey) will ask the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) to approve the information collection (IC)
described below. As required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of
1995, and as part of our continuing efforts to reduce paperwork and
respondent burden, we invite the general public and other Federal
agencies to take this opportunity to comment on this IC.
DATES: To ensure that your comments are considered, we must receive
them on or before February 19, 2016.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments on this information collection to
the Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. Geological Survey,
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive MS 807, Reston, VA 20192 (mail); (703) 648-
7197 (fax); or gs-info_collections@usgs.gov (email). Please reference
`Information Collection 1028-NEW, Are literature searches finding your
publications? in all correspondence.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abigail Lynch, Research Fish
Biologist, at (703) 648-4097 or ajlynch@usgs.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Abstract
Inland fisheries are especially vulnerable to the impacts of
climate change at a global scale; although inland fish are vital to
ecosystem health and function and provide invaluable ecosystem services
to communities worldwide, much research remains to be done. Researchers
have been projecting and documenting impacts of climate change on
fisheries since the 1980s; thus, there is a large body of literature
available online. Traditional search engines provide large outputs of
studies and reports that must be individually screened for relevance
when searching for climate change effects on fisheries. This large
output could result in the exclusion of some studies in analyses of the
effects of climate change on inland fisheries. Our goal is to compare
traditional literature search methods with using a network of fisheries
professionals to identify relevant climate change and fisheries studies
to determine if both methods yield similar or dissimilar results.
We plan to query research scientists belonging to major
professional fisheries societies via electronic correspondence and
request a list of their already published references to include in the
collection. We are specifically looking for published studies
addressing projected and documented effects of climate change on
fisheries. The information will be used to generate a scientific
manuscript. The only Personal Identifiable Information we will collect
is the scientist's name. Our information collection request directly
aligns to the mission of the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife
Science Center (NCCWSC). One of NCCWSC's goals is to deliver products,
information, and tools to scientists and stakeholders on climate change
and wildlife science, and the resulting manuscript aligns with these
goals.
II. Data
OMB Control Number: 1028-NEW.
Title: Are literature searches finding your publications?
Type of Request: New information collection.
Affected Public: English-speaking research scientists.
Respondent's Obligation: None. Participation is strictly voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: One time.
Estimated Annual Number of Respondents: 100. Respondents will be
made up of mostly academics (i.e., university professors). Some will
have federal affiliations.
Estimated Total Number of Annual Responses: 100.
Estimated Time per Response: 5 minutes per response.
Estimated Annual Burden Hours: 8.3 hours.
Estimated Reporting and Recordkeeping ``Non-Hour Cost'' Burden:
None.
III. Request for Comments
We are soliciting comments as to: (a) Whether the proposed
collection of information is necessary for the agency to perform its
duties, including whether the information is useful; (b) the accuracy
of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of
information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, usefulness, and clarity
of the information to be collected; and (d) how to minimize the burden
on the respondents, including the use of automated collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
Please note that the comments submitted in response to this notice
are a matter of public record. Before including your personal mailing
address, phone number, email address, or other personally identifiable
information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire
comment, including your personally identifiable information, may be
made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personally identifiable information from
public view, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Shawn Carter,
Senior Scientist, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2015-31983 Filed 12-18-15; 8:45 am]
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