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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R4–ES–2017–N004;
FXES11140400000–189–FF04E00000]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit
Applications
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit
applications; request for comment.
AGENCY:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications
to conduct certain activities with
endangered species. With some
exceptions, the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) prohibits activities with listed
species unless a Federal permit is issued
that allows such activities. The ESA
SUMMARY:
requires that we invite public comment
before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or
comments on the applications at the
address given in ADDRESSES by March
22, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Documents
and other information submitted with
the applications are available for review,
subject to the requirements of the
Privacy Act and Freedom of Information
Act, by any party who submits a written
request for a copy of such documents to
the following office within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice
(see DATES): U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service Regional Office, Ecological
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard,
Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to
comment, you may submit comments by
any one of the following methods:
• U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service’s Regional
Office (see above).
• Email: permitsR4ES@fws.gov.
Please include your name and return
address in your email message. If you do
not receive a confirmation from the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us
directly at the telephone number listed
in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404–679–7097 (telephone) or 404–679–
7081 (fax).
We invite
review and comment from local, State,
and Federal agencies and the public on
applications we have received for
permits to conduct certain activities
with endangered and threatened species
under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA),
and our regulations in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR
part 17. With some exceptions, the ESA
prohibits activities with listed species
unless a Federal permit is issued that
allows such activities. The ESA requires
that we invite public comment before
issuing these permits.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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.
PERMIT APPLICATIONS
Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit action
Enter hibernacula, salvage dead bats, capture with mist nets or
harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair
samples, band,
radio-tag, PIT-tag,
light tag, and wingpunch.
Capture, handle, identify, weigh, measure,
and release.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with
mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag,
light-tag, and wingpunch.
Renewal and
Amendment.
TE 63577A–2 ....
Mammoth Cave National Park, Mammoth Cave, KY.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, and Virginia.
Presence/absence surveys.
TE 57873C–0 ....
Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission, Little Rock, AR.
Jeremy L. Jackson,
Richmond, KY.
Yellowcheek darter
(Etheostoma moorei).
Arkansas ......................
Presence/absence surveys.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis), and
Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus).
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South
Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use,
and population monitoring.
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PERMIT APPLICATIONS—Continued
Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
Capture, band, construct, and monitor
artificial nest cavities
and restrictors,
translocate, and
buccal swab.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with
mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio tag,
light-tag, swab, and
wing-punch.
Renewal.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use,
population monitoring, and to evaluate potential impacts
of white-nose syndrome or other
threats.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with
mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio tag,
light-tag, swab,
fungal lift tape, and
wing-punch.
Renewal.
Anatomic and genetic
studies.
Collect leaf fragments,
root tips,
megaspores, and a
whole individual
voucher specimen.
Capture with mist nets,
handle, identify,
band, and radio-tag.
New.
J.W. Jones Ecological
Research Center,
Newton, GA.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis).
Georgia ........................
Population management and monitoring.
TE 56749B–2 ....
Patrick R. Moore, Harrison, AR.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis),
Ozark big-eared bats
(Corynorhinus
townsendii ingens),
and Virginia bigeared bats (C. t.
virginianus).
Joy M. O’Keefe, Indiana State University,
Terre Haute, IN.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis), and
Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus).
TE 61573C–0 ....
University of Southern
Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS.
Louisiana quillwort
(Isoetes
louisianensis).
Alabama, Arkansas,
Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania, South
Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia,
and Wisconsin.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use,
population monitoring, and to evaluate potential impacts
of white-nose syndrome or other
threats.
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TE 64393C–0 ....
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Vanesse Hangen
Brustlin, Inc., South
Burlington, VT.
Florida bonneted bat
(Eumops floridanus),
gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus).
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,
Louisiana, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,
Missouri, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North
Carolina, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
Presence/absence surveys.
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PERMIT APPLICATIONS—Continued
Permit
application No.
Applicant
Species/numbers
Location
Activity
Type of take
Permit action
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
Alabama, Ohio, and
Pennsylvania.
Presence/absence surveys, white-nose
syndrome and genetic research, studies to document
habitat use, and population monitoring.
Bats: Enter hibernacula
or maternity roost
caves, salvage, capture with mist nets or
harp traps, handle,
identify, collect hair
samples, band, pittag, radio-tag, lighttag, wing-punch, and
swab for white-nose
syndrome testing;
Carolina northern flying squirrel: Capture,
handle, ear-tag, pittag, radio-tag, collect
fur and tissue samples, and conduct
den surveys; Bog
turtle: Capture, mark,
pit-tag, and radio-tag.
Renewal.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to examine the impact of
fire management and
forest thinning on
these bat species,
and fall migration
studies.
Population management and monitoring.
Capture with mist nets,
handle, identify,
band, nano tag,
radio-tag, and wingpunch.
Renewal and
Amendment.
Capture, band, construct, install, and
monitor artificial nest
cavities and
restrictors, and
translocate.
Capture, band, monitor
nest cavities, and
translocate.
Trap and release .........
New.
TE 94704A–2 ....
Dorothy C. Brown,
Woodstock, GA.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis),
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis), Virginia big-eared bat
(Corynorhinus
townsendii
virginianus), Carolina
northern flying squirrel (Glaucomys
sabrinus coloratus),
and bog turtle
(Clemmys
muhlenbergii).
TE 56746B–3 ....
Joseph S. Johnson,
Ohio University, Athens, OH.
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis), and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
TE 64767C–0 ....
John H. Collins, Columbia, SC.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis).
Florida, Georgia, North
Carolina, and South
Carolina.
TE 37900B–1 ....
Sarah A. Lauerman,
Gainesville, FL.
Osceola National Forest, Florida.
Population management and monitoring.
TE 94728A–1 ....
Environmental Consulting Operations,
Inc., Benton, AR.
Ecological Solutions,
Inc., Roswell, GA.
Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis).
American burying beetle (Nicrophorus
americanus).
Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis), and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
Arkansas ......................
Presence/absence surveys.
Alabama, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida,
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maine, Maryland,
Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri,
Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire,
New Jersey, New
York, North Carolina,
North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont,
Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use,
population monitoring, and whitenose syndrome surveillance.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, salvage dead
bats, capture with
mist nets or harp
traps, handle, identify, collect hair samples, band, radio-tag,
light-tag, swab, and
wing-punch.
Renewal.
Presence/absence surveys, studies to document habitat use,
and population monitoring.
Enter hibernacula or
maternity roost
caves, capture with
mist nets, band, and
radio-tag.
Renewal.
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Gray bat (Myotis
grisescens), Indiana
bat (M. sodalis), and
northern long-eared
bat (M.
septentrionalis).
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Authority
We provide this notice under section
10(c) of the Act.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological
Services, Southeast Region.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[FWS–RX–ES–2017–N167];
[FXES11140800000–178–FF08E00000]
Notice of Availability; City of San
Diego Vernal Pool Habitat
Conservation Plan and Final
Environmental Impact Report/
Statement; San Diego County,
California
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability of final
environmental impact report/
environmental impact statement and
habitat conservation plan.
AGENCY:
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Availability of Documents
The City of San Diego
(applicant) has applied to the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service (Service) for an
incidental take permit under section
10(a)(1)(B) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The
Applicant is requesting a permit to
incidentally take 2 animal species and
seeking assurances for 5 plant species
(all are federally listed species) during
the term of the proposed 30-year permit.
The permit is needed to authorize take
of listed animal species (including
harm, death, and injury) resulting from
covered activities. The proposed Vernal
Pool Habitat Conservation Plan (VPHCP)
plan area encompasses 206,124 acres in
the southwestern portion of San Diego
County within the State of California.
Pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), we
advise the public of the availability of
the final Environmental Impact Report
(EIR)/Environmental Impact Statement
(EIS) analyzing the impacts of issuing an
incidental take permit based on the
City’s proposed VPHCP. The EIR
portion of the joint document was
prepared by the City in compliance with
the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA).
DATES: A record of decision will be
signed no sooner than 30 days after the
publication of the Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) notice of the
final EIS in the Federal Register. We
must receive any comments by 5 p.m.
on March 22, 2018.
SUMMARY:
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Please send written
comments to Mr. Mendel Stewart, Field
Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
Office, 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250,
Carlsbad, California 92008. You may
also submit comments by facsimile to
(760) 431–5901.
Information and comments related
specifically to the final EIR and the
California Environmental Quality Act
should be submitted to Myra Herrmann,
Senior Environmental Planner, City of
San Diego Planning Department, 1010
Second Avenue, East Tower, Suite 1200,
MS 413, San Diego, CA 92101. You may
also submit comments by email to
PlanningCEQA@sandiego.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: G.
Mendel Stewart, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250,
Carlsbad, California 92008; or by phone
at (760) 431–9440.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ADDRESSES:
Documents available for public
review include the final EIR/EIS with
response to public comments received
on the draft EIR/EIS, VPHCP, and the
Implementing Agreement.
• For copies of the documents, please
contact the Service by telephone at (760)
431–9440, or by letter to the Carlsbad
Fish and Wildlife Office (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies
of the final EIR/EIS, VPHCP also are
available for public review, by
appointment, during regular business
hours, at the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife
Office or at the City of San Diego.
Copies are also on the City’s website at
https://www.sandiego.gov/planning/
programs/mscp/vphcp.
Background
Section 9 of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.), and Federal regulations
prohibit the ‘‘take’’ of fish and wildlife
species federally listed as endangered or
threatened. Take of federally listed fish
or wildlife is defined under the Act as
to harass, harm, pursue, hunt, shoot,
wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect
listed species, or attempt to engage in
such conduct (16 U.S.C. 1538). ‘‘Harm’’
includes significant habitat modification
or degradation that actually kills or
injures listed wildlife by significantly
impairing essential behavioral patterns,
including breeding, feeding, and
sheltering (50 CFR 17.3). Under limited
circumstances, we may issue permits to
authorize incidental take, which is
defined under the Act as take that is
incidental to, and not the purpose of,
otherwise lawful activities. ‘‘Take’’
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under the ESA does not apply to plant
species, and is therefore not prohibited
under the ESA; however, the plant
species identified in the VPHCP are
listed on the Federal Permit as Covered
Species in recognition of the
conservation measures provided for
them under the Plan and receive ‘‘No
Surprises’’ regulatory assurances under
the Federal Permit.
The Applicant seeks incidental take
authorization for 2 animal species and
assurances for 5 plant species.
Collectively the 7 listed species are
referred to as ‘‘Covered Species’’ by the
VPHCP and include 2 crustaceans and
5 plant species (all listed). The permit
would provide take authorization for
both animal species and assurances for
all plant species identified by the
VPHCP as ‘‘Covered Species.’’ Take
authorized for listed covered animal
species would be effective upon permit
issuance.
The proposed permit would include
the following 2 federally listed animal
species: San Diego fairy shrimp
(Branchinecta sandiegonensis;
endangered) and Riverside fairy shrimp
(Streptocephalus woottoni; endangered).
The proposed permit would include
assurances for the following 5 plant
species included in the VPHCP: Otay
Mesa mint (Pogogyne nudiuscula;
endangered), San Diego mesa mint
(Pogogyne abramsii; endangered),
spreading navarretia (Navarretia
fossalis; threatened), San Diego buttoncelery (Eryngium aristulatum var.
parishii; endangered), and California
Orcutt grass (Orcuttia californica;
endangered).
The VPHCP Plan Area encompasses
206,124 acres and is intended to protect
and sustain viable populations of native
plant and animal species and their
habitats in perpetuity through
avoidance, minimization, and
mitigation measures. It includes
measures necessary to minimize and
mitigate the impacts, to the maximum
extent practicable, of potential proposed
taking of federally listed species to be
covered by the VPHCP, and the habitats
upon which they depend, resulting from
residential, commercial, and other
development activities within the
proposed plan area. The covered
activities under the VPHCP are expected
to include residential, commercial, and
industrial development; airport
operation; road and utility maintenance
and construction; trail use; and vernal
pool restoration and enhancement.
The VPHCP is a conservation plan for
vernal pools and seven threatened and
endangered vernal pool species that do
not currently have federal coverage
under the section 10(a)(1)(B) permit
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R4-ES-2017-N004; FXES11140400000-189-FF04E00000]
Endangered Species Recovery Permit Applications
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of permit applications; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, invite the public to
comment on the following applications to conduct certain activities
with endangered species. With some exceptions, the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) prohibits activities with listed species unless a Federal
permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA requires that we
invite public comment before issuing these permits.
DATES: We must receive written data or comments on the applications at
the address given in ADDRESSES by March 22, 2018.
ADDRESSES:
Reviewing Documents: Documents and other information submitted with
the applications are available for review, subject to the requirements
of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who
submits a written request for a copy of such documents to the following
office within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice (see
DATES): U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Regional Office, Ecological
Services, 1875 Century Boulevard, Atlanta, GA 30345 (Attn: Karen
Marlowe, Permit Coordinator).
Submitting Comments: If you wish to comment, you may submit
comments by any one of the following methods:
U.S. mail or hand-delivery: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service's Regional Office (see above).
Email: [email protected]. Please include your name and
return address in your email message. If you do not receive a
confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that we have
received your email message, contact us directly at the telephone
number listed in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Marlowe, Permit Coordinator,
404-679-7097 (telephone) or 404-679-7081 (fax).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We invite review and comment from local,
State, and Federal agencies and the public on applications we have
received for permits to conduct certain activities with endangered and
threatened species under section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species
Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; ESA), and our
regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 50 CFR part 17.
With some exceptions, the ESA prohibits activities with listed species
unless a Federal permit is issued that allows such activities. The ESA
requires that we invite public comment before issuing these permits.
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.
Permit Applications
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Permit application No. Applicant Species/numbers Location Activity Type of take Permit action
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TE 63577A-2............ Mammoth Cave Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Georgia, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula, Renewal and
National Park, grisescens), Kentucky, surveys. salvage dead bats, Amendment.
Mammoth Cave, KY. Indiana bat (M. Mississippi, North capture with mist
sodalis), northern Carolina, South nets or harp
long-eared bat (M. Carolina, traps, handle,
septentrionalis). Tennessee, and identify, collect
Virginia. hair samples,
band, radio-tag,
PIT-tag, light
tag, and wing-
punch.
TE 57873C-0............ Arkansas Natural Yellowcheek darter Arkansas........... Presence/absence Capture, handle, New.
Heritage (Etheostoma moorei). surveys. identify, weigh,
Commission, Little measure, and
Rock, AR. release.
TE 102292-13........... Jeremy L. Jackson, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula Renewal.
Richmond, KY. grisescens), Connecticut, surveys, studies or maternity roost
Indiana bat (M. Delaware, Florida, to document caves, salvage
sodalis), northern Georgia, Illinois, habitat use, and dead bats, capture
long-eared bat (M. Indiana, Iowa, population with mist nets or
septentrionalis), Kansas, Kentucky, monitoring. harp traps,
and Virginia big- Louisiana, Maine, handle, identify,
eared bat Massachusetts, collect hair
(Corynorhinus Michigan, samples, band,
townsendii Minnesota, radio-tag, light-
virginianus). Mississippi, tag, and wing-
Missouri, Montana, punch.
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
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TE 066980-5............ J.W. Jones Red-cockaded Georgia............ Population Capture, band, Renewal.
Ecological Research woodpecker management and construct, and
Center, Newton, GA. (Picoides borealis). monitoring. monitor artificial
nest cavities and
restrictors,
translocate, and
buccal swab.
TE 56749B-2............ Patrick R. Moore, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula Renewal.
Harrison, AR. grisescens), Delaware, Florida, surveys, studies or maternity roost
Indiana bat (M. Georgia, Illinois, to document caves, salvage
sodalis), northern Indiana, Iowa, habitat use, dead bats, capture
long-eared bat (M. Kansas, Kentucky, population with mist nets or
septentrionalis), Louisiana, monitoring, and to harp traps,
Ozark big-eared Maryland, evaluate potential handle, identify,
bats (Corynorhinus Michigan, impacts of white- collect hair
townsendii ingens), Minnesota, nose syndrome or samples, band,
and Virginia big- Mississippi, other threats. radio tag, light-
eared bats (C. t. Missouri, New tag, swab, and
virginianus). Jersey, New York, wing-punch.
North Carolina,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
TE 206872-9............ Joy M. O'Keefe, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula Renewal.
Indiana State grisescens), Connecticut, surveys, studies or maternity roost
University, Terre Indiana bat (M. Delaware, District to document caves, salvage
Haute, IN. sodalis), northern of Columbia, habitat use, dead bats, capture
long-eared bat (M. Florida, Georgia, population with mist nets or
septentrionalis), Illinois, Indiana, monitoring, and to harp traps,
and Virginia big- Iowa, Kansas, evaluate potential handle, identify,
eared bat Kentucky, impacts of white- collect hair
(Corynorhinus Louisiana, Maine, nose syndrome or samples, band,
townsendii Maryland, other threats. radio tag, light-
virginianus). Massachusetts, tag, swab, fungal
Michigan, lift tape, and
Minnesota, wing-punch.
Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
TE 61573C-0............ University of Louisiana quillwort DeSoto National Anatomic and Collect leaf New.
Southern (Isoetes Forest, genetic studies. fragments, root
Mississippi, louisianensis). Mississippi. tips, megaspores,
Hattiesburg, MS. and a whole
individual voucher
specimen.
TE 64393C-0............ Vanesse Hangen Florida bonneted bat Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Capture with mist New.
Brustlin, Inc., (Eumops Connecticut, surveys. nets, handle,
South Burlington, floridanus), gray Delaware, District identify, band,
VT. bat (Myotis of Columbia, and radio-tag.
grisescens), Florida, Georgia,
Indiana bat (M. Illinois, Indiana,
sodalis), northern Iowa, Kentucky,
long-eared bat (M. Louisiana, Maine,
septentrionalis), Maryland,
Virginia big-eared Massachusetts,
bat (Corynorhinus Michigan,
townsendii Minnesota,
virginianus). Mississippi,
Missouri, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
Ohio,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia, and
Wisconsin.
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TE 94704A-2............ Dorothy C. Brown, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Bats: Enter Renewal.
Woodstock, GA. grisescens), Connecticut, surveys, white- hibernacula or
Indiana bat (M. Delaware, District nose syndrome and maternity roost
sodalis), northern of Columbia, genetic research, caves, salvage,
long-eared bat (M. Florida, Georgia, studies to capture with mist
septentrionalis), Illinois, Indiana, document habitat nets or harp
Virginia big-eared Iowa, Kansas, use, and traps, handle,
bat (Corynorhinus Kentucky, population identify, collect
townsendii Louisiana, Maine, monitoring. hair samples,
virginianus), Maryland, band, pit-tag,
Carolina northern Massachusetts, radio-tag, light-
flying squirrel Michigan, tag, wing-punch,
(Glaucomys sabrinus Minnesota, and swab for white-
coloratus), and bog Mississippi, nose syndrome
turtle (Clemmys Missouri, Montana, testing; Carolina
muhlenbergii). Nebraska, New northern flying
Hampshire, New squirrel: Capture,
Jersey, New York, handle, ear-tag,
North Carolina, pit-tag, radio-
North Dakota, tag, collect fur
Ohio, Oklahoma, and tissue
Pennsylvania, samples, and
Rhode Island, conduct den
South Carolina, surveys; Bog
South Dakota, turtle: Capture,
Tennessee, mark, pit-tag, and
Vermont, Virginia, radio-tag.
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
TE 56746B-3............ Joseph S. Johnson, Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Ohio, and Presence/absence Capture with mist Renewal and
Ohio University, grisescens), Pennsylvania. surveys, studies nets, handle, Amendment.
Athens, OH. Indiana bat (M. to examine the identify, band,
sodalis), and impact of fire nano tag, radio-
northern long-eared management and tag, and wing-
bat (M. forest thinning on punch.
septentrionalis). these bat species,
and fall migration
studies.
TE 64767C-0............ John H. Collins, Red-cockaded Florida, Georgia, Population Capture, band, New.
Columbia, SC. woodpecker North Carolina, management and construct,
(Picoides borealis). and South Carolina. monitoring. install, and
monitor artificial
nest cavities and
restrictors, and
translocate.
TE 37900B-1............ Sarah A. Lauerman, Red-cockaded Osceola National Population Capture, band, Renewal.
Gainesville, FL. woodpecker Forest, Florida. management and monitor nest
(Picoides borealis). monitoring. cavities, and
translocate.
TE 94728A-1............ Environmental American burying Arkansas........... Presence/absence Trap and release... Renewal.
Consulting beetle (Nicrophorus surveys.
Operations, Inc., americanus).
Benton, AR.
TE 48579B-4............ Ecological Gray bat (Myotis Alabama, Arkansas, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula Renewal.
Solutions, Inc., grisescens), Connecticut, surveys, studies or maternity roost
Roswell, GA. Indiana bat (M. Delaware, District to document caves, salvage
sodalis), and of Columbia, habitat use, dead bats, capture
northern long-eared Florida, Georgia, population with mist nets or
bat (M. Illinois, Indiana, monitoring, and harp traps,
septentrionalis). Iowa, Kansas, white-nose handle, identify,
Kentucky, syndrome collect hair
Louisiana, Maine, surveillance. samples, band,
Maryland, radio-tag, light-
Massachusetts, tag, swab, and
Michigan, wing-punch.
Minnesota,
Mississippi,
Missouri, Montana,
Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York,
North Carolina,
North Dakota,
Ohio, Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
South Dakota,
Tennessee,
Vermont, Virginia,
West Virginia,
Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
TE 80381A-1............ Department of Gray bat (Myotis Fort Campbell, Presence/absence Enter hibernacula Renewal.
Defense (Army), grisescens), Kentucky. surveys, studies or maternity roost
Fort Campbell, KY. Indiana bat (M. to document caves, capture
sodalis), and habitat use, and with mist nets,
northern long-eared population band, and radio-
bat (M. monitoring. tag.
septentrionalis).
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Authority
We provide this notice under section 10(c) of the Act.
Leopoldo Miranda,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Southeast Region.
[FR Doc. 2018-03302 Filed 2-16-18; 8:45 am]
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