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Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge,
Wood County, Texas; Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Draft Environmental Assessment
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request
for comments.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
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availability of a draft Comprehensive
Conservation Plan (dCCP) and the draft
Environmental Assessment (dEA) for
Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge
(NWR), located approximately 80 miles
east of Dallas, Texas, for public review
and comment. The dCCP/dEA describes
our proposal for managing the refuge for
the next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please
send your written comments by
February 23, 2017. We will announce
any potential upcoming public meetings
in local news media.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
or requests for copies or more
information by any of the following
methods. You may request hard copies
or a CD–ROM of the documents. Please
contact David Weaver, Refuge Manager,
or Joseph Lujan, Natural Resource
Planner.
Email: Joseph_Lujan@fws.gov. Include
‘‘Little Sandy NWR draft CCP and draft
EA’’ in the subject line of the message.
Fax: Attn: Joseph Lujan, 505–248–
6803.
U.S. Mail: Joseph Lujan, Natural
Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, NWRS, Division of
Planning, P.O. Box 1306 Room 4335,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.
In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or
Pickup: In-Person Drop-off: You may
drop off comments during regular
business hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at
500 Gold Avenue SW; 4th Floor, Room
4335; Albuquerque, New Mexico 87102.
Little Sandy NWR, CCP Project, P.O.
Box 340, Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Weaver, Refuge Manager, Little
Sandy NWR, CCP Project, P.O. Box 340,
Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728; phone:
580–584–6211.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the
Comprehensive Conservation Planning
(CCP) process for the Little Sandy NWR.
We started this process through a notice
in the Federal Register (72 FR 46095;
August 16, 2007).
The primary purpose of Little Sandy
NWR is to protect a remnant of the
bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem
along the Sabine River in East Texas.
The Little Sandy NWR was established
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in December 1986 as a permanent nondevelopment easement with the Little
Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club
(LSHFC). It is managed as a unit of the
National Wildlife Refuge System
(NWRS) out of the Little River NWR
Complex headquarters in Broken Bow
Oklahoma.
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Administration Act of
1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–668ee) (Refuge
Administration Act), as amended by the
National Wildlife Refuge System
Improvement Act of 1997, requires us to
develop a CCP for each national wildlife
refuge. The purpose for developing a
CCP is to provide refuge managers with
a 15 year plan for achieving refuge
purposes and contributing toward the
mission of the NWRS, consistent with
sound principles of fish and wildlife
management, conservation, legal
mandates, and FWS policies. In
addition to outlining broad management
direction on conserving wildlife and
their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities
available to the public, including
opportunities for wildlife observation
and photography, and environmental
education and interpretation. We will
review and update the CCP at least
every 15 years in accordance with the
Refuge Administration Act.
Public Outreach
Formal scoping began when we
published a notice of intent to prepare
a CCP and EA in the Federal Register
on August 16, 2007, and formally
invited the Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department (TPWD) to participate in the
development of the document. TPWD
has provided constant input and the
Service has continued to involve them
throughout the planning process.
Information sheets were sent to the
public, and news releases were sent to
a variety of media outlets. A public
open house meeting was held on
September 9, 2009, at Jarvis Christian
College in Hawkins, Texas. Additional
written comments were received prior
to the open house. A variety of
stakeholders contributed feedback at the
open house meeting and via written
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comments and we used the feedback in
development of the dCCP.
CCP Alternatives We Are Considering
The public raised multiple issues
during the public scoping process that
initiated this dCCP. Our dCCP addresses
them in detail. A full description of
each alternative is in the dEA. To
address these issues, we developed and
evaluated the following alternatives,
summarized below.
COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES
Issues and topics
Alternative A: Current management
Alternative B: Proposed action
I. Habitat Management
• Climate Change ...............
The Service has limited activities at Little Sandy NWR;
as such, the Refuge attempts to limit carbon footprints by consolidating trips from Caddo Lake NWR;
what few trips are made to the Refuge are offset by
the conservation of the bottomland hardwood habitat
found on the Refuge. There are no Service facilities
present on the Refuge; therefore, there is no effort to
utilize green products commonly associated with
such facilities.
• Land Acquisition ...............
The Service would work within the 10 percent rule
which allows Refuge expansion to occur up to 10
percent of the total Refuge establishment acres within the Refuge or up to 1 mile of the existing Refuge
boundary. This includes fee acquisition and conservation easements from willing sellers or donors.
An initial habitat assessment of the refuge was completed by refuge staff when Little Sandy was brought
into the Refuge System, and an additional ecological
community characterization survey was conducted by
the U.S. Geological Survey’s National Wetland Research Center. Current inventory activities are limited
to identification and confirmation of invasive flora
species when Little Sandy Hunting and Fishing Club
(LSHFC) members report them.
There is currently no prescribed fire plan or program on
Little Sandy NWR. A Fire program would mimic natural fire ecology and be beneficial to upland habitat.
• Flora Inventory .................
• Prescribed Burning ...........
• Invasive Species Management (Flora).
Limited management activities are present in the form
of chemical (Garlon 3A and Garlon4) treatments
when identified by LSHFC members..
In 2011 and 2012, limited funding was available to treat
Chinese tallow and privet.
• Water Body Management
Brumley and Overton Lake levels managed by LSHFC
for recreation and hunting purposes; the Refuge
serves in an advisory function only.
The Refuge would establish a baseline dataset for Refuge resources. To do so, the Refuge would use technologies including historical imagery and tabular
data, existing maps and records, LiDAR, contemporary ortho-rectified imagery, ground-truthing and
on-screen digitizing. This baseline dataset would enable the Refuge to develop a decision-based research and monitoring program to track potential impacts from climate change on the Refuge. There
would be no Service development of facilities on the
Refuge.
The Refuge will participate in a partnership driven Land
Protection Planning process that would guide land
acquisition efforts and provide the opportunity to acquire any adjacent lands from willing sellers. Both
bottomland and upland tracts would be considered in
the plan.
Same as Alternative A plus the development of a comprehensive species list for the Refuge would be beneficial for determining ecological integrity and habitat
diversity as well as providing a baseline dataset from
which any changes to habitat as a result of climate
change and management activities can be tracked.
The completion and implementation of a step-down fire
management plan would be focused on mimicking
natural fire ecology on the upland portions of the Refuge, controlling invasive flora species, reducing fuel
loads from wildfires and promote pine savanna habitat.
Same as Alternative A plus increased efforts to locate,
map, treat, and monitor these, as well as other
invasive species, which may be present on the Refuge. In addition, some stumps may be cut and
sprayed to minimize spread of invasive species. This
can be conducted in conjunction with the Flora Inventory as described above. Prescribed burning can also
be used to treat with the production of a fire management plan.
Same as Alternative A.
II. Wildlife Management
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Annual aerial waterfowl surveys were conducted between October and March, from 2008–2011, on a
monthly basis by the Region 2 pilot and a Refuge
staff member. Aerial surveys were halted in 2011
when the Region no longer had a airplane. In addition, annual bird point counts are conducted with assistance from Region 2 migratory bird biologist,
Texas Parks and Wildlife biologist and Refuge staff
each spring in May and June.
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Same as Alternative A, plus expand current wildlife
monitoring on the Refuge and coordinate with the Division of Biological Sciences. This alternative would
also provide an opportunity to utilize LiDAR to monitor changes in habitat throughout the Refuge. The
alternative includes; expansion of bird point counts
and monitoring to meet Service standards, continuation of on the ground waterfowl surveys and the collection of biological data from fauna harvested by the
LSHFC.
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COMPARISON OF ALTERNATIVES—Continued
Issues and topics
Alternative A: Current management
The LSHFC staff identifies and removes beaver dams
throughout the year from culverts and small drains to
promote drainage and maintain trails. Hunt club
members may take hogs during other hunting activities, but these circumstances are opportunistic and
relatively rare; there have been coordinated trapping
efforts between the Service and LSHFC since 2013.
• Nuisance and Invasive
Species Management
(Fauna).
Alternative B: Proposed action
Under this alternative, the Refuge will develop step
down management plans focused on nuisance and
invasive species management. Step Down Plans
would be initiated for an Invasive Species Management Plan, a Feral Hog and Beaver Management
Plan. Step Down Management Plans may initiate
management practices for nuisance species (beaver,
nutria), such as dam removal and trapping, reducing
the negative impacts to existing infrastructure. Additionally, the Refuge will utilize their own staff or contract services to conduct hunting and trapping of feral
hogs.
III. Staff Requirements Under the Two Alternatives
Zero (0) Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) Staff
2.5 FTE.
IV. Budgets Under the Two Alternatives
• Refuge Base Operational
Budget.
• Annual Maintenance ........
• Fire Operations ................
• Tallow/Forest Inventory ....
Total Budget .................
$0 ....................................................................................
$612,476.00.
$0 ....................................................................................
$0 ....................................................................................
$18,884.00 ......................................................................
$18,884.00 ......................................................................
$0.
$0.
$18,884.00.
$631,360.00.
Public Availability of Documents
In addition to using any methods in
you can view or obtain
documents at the following locations:
ADDRESSES,
• Little River NWR, P.O. Box 340,
Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728, between
the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.,
Monday through Friday.
• Our Web site: https://www.fws.gov/
southwest/refuges/texas/little_sandy/
CCP.
• The following public libraries:
Library
Address
Allen Memorial Public Library ...................................................
Tyler Public Library ...................................................................
121 East Blackbourn Street, Hawkins, Texas 75765 ..............
201 South College Avenue, Tyler, Texas 75702 .....................
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Submitting Comments/Issues for
Comment
We consider comments substantive if
they:
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
accuracy of the information in the
document;
• Question, with reasonable basis, the
adequacy of the dEA;
• Present reasonable alternatives
other than those presented in the dEA;
and/or
• Provide new or additional
information relevant to the dEA.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we
will analyze the comments and then
address them in the form of a final CCP
and The National Environmental Policy
Act decision document.
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
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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.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Benjamin Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
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Little Sandy National Wildlife Refuge, Wood County, Texas; Draft
Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Draft Environmental Assessment
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the
availability of a draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan (dCCP) and the
draft Environmental Assessment (dEA) for Little Sandy National Wildlife
Refuge (NWR), located approximately 80 miles east of Dallas, Texas, for
public review and comment. The dCCP/dEA describes our proposal for
managing the refuge for the next 15 years.
DATES: To ensure consideration, please send your written comments by
February 23, 2017. We will announce any potential upcoming public
meetings in local news media.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments or requests for copies or more
information by any of the following methods. You may request hard
copies or a CD-ROM of the documents. Please contact David Weaver,
Refuge Manager, or Joseph Lujan, Natural Resource Planner.
Email: Joseph_Lujan@fws.gov. Include ``Little Sandy NWR draft CCP
and draft EA'' in the subject line of the message.
Fax: Attn: Joseph Lujan, 505-248-6803.
U.S. Mail: Joseph Lujan, Natural Resource Planner, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, NWRS, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 1306 Room 4335,
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.
In-Person Drop-off, Viewing, or Pickup: In-Person Drop-off: You may
drop off comments during regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
at 500 Gold Avenue SW; 4th Floor, Room 4335; Albuquerque, New Mexico
87102. Little Sandy NWR, CCP Project, P.O. Box 340, Broken Bow,
Oklahoma 74728
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Weaver, Refuge Manager, Little
Sandy NWR, CCP Project, P.O. Box 340, Broken Bow, Oklahoma 74728;
phone: 580-584-6211.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
With this notice, we continue the Comprehensive Conservation
Planning (CCP) process for the Little Sandy NWR. We started this
process through a notice in the Federal Register (72 FR 46095; August
16, 2007).
The primary purpose of Little Sandy NWR is to protect a remnant of
the bottomland hardwood forest ecosystem along the Sabine River in East
Texas. The Little Sandy NWR was established in December 1986 as a
permanent non-development easement with the Little Sandy Hunting and
Fishing Club (LSHFC). It is managed as a unit of the National Wildlife
Refuge System (NWRS) out of the Little River NWR Complex headquarters
in Broken Bow Oklahoma.
Background
The CCP Process
The National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Administration Act
of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 668dd-668ee) (Refuge Administration Act), as amended
by the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997,
requires us to develop a CCP for each national wildlife refuge. The
purpose for developing a CCP is to provide refuge managers with a 15
year plan for achieving refuge purposes and contributing toward the
mission of the NWRS, consistent with sound principles of fish and
wildlife management, conservation, legal mandates, and FWS policies. In
addition to outlining broad management direction on conserving wildlife
and their habitats, CCPs identify wildlife-dependent recreational
opportunities available to the public, including opportunities for
wildlife observation and photography, and environmental education and
interpretation. We will review and update the CCP at least every 15
years in accordance with the Refuge Administration Act.
Public Outreach
Formal scoping began when we published a notice of intent to
prepare a CCP and EA in the Federal Register on August 16, 2007, and
formally invited the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) to
participate in the development of the document. TPWD has provided
constant input and the Service has continued to involve them throughout
the planning process. Information sheets were sent to the public, and
news releases were sent to a variety of media outlets. A public open
house meeting was held on September 9, 2009, at Jarvis Christian
College in Hawkins, Texas. Additional written comments were received
prior to the open house. A variety of stakeholders contributed feedback
at the open house meeting and via written
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comments and we used the feedback in development of the dCCP.
CCP Alternatives We Are Considering
The public raised multiple issues during the public scoping process
that initiated this dCCP. Our dCCP addresses them in detail. A full
description of each alternative is in the dEA. To address these issues,
we developed and evaluated the following alternatives, summarized
below.
Comparison of Alternatives
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Alternative A: Alternative B:
Issues and topics Current management Proposed action
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I. Habitat Management
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Climate Change..... The Service has The Refuge would
limited activities establish a
at Little Sandy baseline dataset
NWR; as such, the for Refuge
Refuge attempts to resources. To do
limit carbon so, the Refuge
footprints by would use
consolidating trips technologies
from Caddo Lake including
NWR; what few trips historical imagery
are made to the and tabular data,
Refuge are offset existing maps and
by the conservation records, LiDAR,
of the bottomland contemporary ortho-
hardwood habitat rectified imagery,
found on the ground-truthing and
Refuge. There are on-screen
no Service digitizing. This
facilities present baseline dataset
on the Refuge; would enable the
therefore, there is Refuge to develop a
no effort to decision-based
utilize green research and
products commonly monitoring program
associated with to track potential
such facilities. impacts from
climate change on
the Refuge. There
would be no Service
development of
facilities on the
Refuge.
Land Acquisition... The Service would The Refuge will
work within the 10 participate in a
percent rule which partnership driven
allows Refuge Land Protection
expansion to occur Planning process
up to 10 percent of that would guide
the total Refuge land acquisition
establishment acres efforts and provide
within the Refuge the opportunity to
or up to 1 mile of acquire any
the existing Refuge adjacent lands from
boundary. This willing sellers.
includes fee Both bottomland and
acquisition and upland tracts would
conservation be considered in
easements from the plan.
willing sellers or
donors.
Flora Inventory.... An initial habitat Same as Alternative
assessment of the A plus the
refuge was development of a
completed by refuge comprehensive
staff when Little species list for
Sandy was brought the Refuge would be
into the Refuge beneficial for
System, and an determining
additional ecological
ecological integrity and
community habitat diversity
characterization as well as
survey was providing a
conducted by the baseline dataset
U.S. Geological from which any
Survey's National changes to habitat
Wetland Research as a result of
Center. Current climate change and
inventory management
activities are activities can be
limited to tracked.
identification and
confirmation of
invasive flora
species when Little
Sandy Hunting and
Fishing Club
(LSHFC) members
report them.
Prescribed Burning. There is currently The completion and
no prescribed fire implementation of a
plan or program on step-down fire
Little Sandy NWR. A management plan
Fire program would would be focused on
mimic natural fire mimicking natural
ecology and be fire ecology on the
beneficial to upland portions of
upland habitat. the Refuge,
controlling
invasive flora
species, reducing
fuel loads from
wildfires and
promote pine
savanna habitat.
Invasive Species Limited management Same as Alternative
Management (Flora). activities are A plus increased
present in the form efforts to locate,
of chemical (Garlon map, treat, and
3A and Garlon4) monitor these, as
treatments when well as other
identified by LSHFC invasive species,
members.. which may be
In 2011 and 2012, present on the
limited funding was Refuge. In
available to treat addition, some
Chinese tallow and stumps may be cut
privet. and sprayed to
minimize spread of
invasive species.
This can be
conducted in
conjunction with
the Flora Inventory
as described above.
Prescribed burning
can also be used to
treat with the
production of a
fire management
plan.
Water Body Brumley and Overton Same as Alternative
Management. Lake levels managed A.
by LSHFC for
recreation and
hunting purposes;
the Refuge serves
in an advisory
function only.
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II. Wildlife Management
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Fauna Inventory.... Annual aerial Same as Alternative
waterfowl surveys A, plus expand
were conducted current wildlife
between October and monitoring on the
March, from 2008- Refuge and
2011, on a monthly coordinate with the
basis by the Region Division of
2 pilot and a Biological
Refuge staff Sciences. This
member. Aerial alternative would
surveys were halted also provide an
in 2011 when the opportunity to
Region no longer utilize LiDAR to
had a airplane. In monitor changes in
addition, annual habitat throughout
bird point counts the Refuge. The
are conducted with alternative
assistance from includes; expansion
Region 2 migratory of bird point
bird biologist, counts and
Texas Parks and monitoring to meet
Wildlife biologist Service standards,
and Refuge staff continuation of on
each spring in May the ground
and June. waterfowl surveys
and the collection
of biological data
from fauna
harvested by the
LSHFC.
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Nuisance and The LSHFC staff Under this
Invasive Species Management identifies and alternative, the
(Fauna). removes beaver dams Refuge will develop
throughout the year step down
from culverts and management plans
small drains to focused on nuisance
promote drainage and invasive
and maintain species management.
trails. Hunt club Step Down Plans
members may take would be initiated
hogs during other for an Invasive
hunting activities, Species Management
but these Plan, a Feral Hog
circumstances are and Beaver
opportunistic and Management Plan.
relatively rare; Step Down
there have been Management Plans
coordinated may initiate
trapping efforts management
between the Service practices for
and LSHFC since nuisance species
2013. (beaver, nutria),
such as dam removal
and trapping,
reducing the
negative impacts to
existing
infrastructure.
Additionally, the
Refuge will utilize
their own staff or
contract services
to conduct hunting
and trapping of
feral hogs.
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III. Staff Requirements Under the Two Alternatives
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Zero (0) Full-Time 2.5 FTE.
Equivalent (FTE)
Staff
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IV. Budgets Under the Two Alternatives
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Refuge Base $0.................. $612,476.00.
Operational Budget.
Annual Maintenance. $0.................. $0.
Fire Operations.... $0.................. $0.
Tallow/Forest $18,884.00.......... $18,884.00.
Inventory.
Total Budget............ $18,884.00.......... $631,360.00.
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Public Availability of Documents
In addition to using any methods in ADDRESSES, you can view or
obtain documents at the following locations:
Little River NWR, P.O. Box 340, Broken Bow, Oklahoma
74728, between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday.
Our Web site: https://www.fws.gov/southwest/refuges/texas/little_sandy/CCP.
The following public libraries:
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Library Address Phone number
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Allen Memorial Public Library.... 121 East Blackbourn 903-769-2241
Street, Hawkins,
Texas 75765.
Tyler Public Library............. 201 South College 903-593-7323
Avenue, Tyler,
Texas 75702.
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Submitting Comments/Issues for Comment
We consider comments substantive if they:
Question, with reasonable basis, the accuracy of the
information in the document;
Question, with reasonable basis, the adequacy of the dEA;
Present reasonable alternatives other than those presented
in the dEA; and/or
Provide new or additional information relevant to the dEA.
Next Steps
After this comment period ends, we will analyze the comments and
then address them in the form of a final CCP and The National
Environmental Policy Act decision document.
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.
Dated: January 11, 2017.
Benjamin Tuggle,
Regional Director, Southwest Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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