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Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–R6–ES–2019–N156;
FXES11140600000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife
and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for
Mosquito Range Mustard
AGENCY:
Fish and Wildlife Service,
Interior.
Notice of document availability
for review and comment.
ACTION:
We, the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of a draft recovery plan for
Mosquito Range mustard, a plant
species listed as threatened under the
Endangered Species Act. We are
requesting review and comment from
the public on this draft plan.
SUMMARY:
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We must receive any comments
on the draft recovery plan on or before
September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Document availability: Copies of the
draft recovery plan are available at
https://www.fws.gov/endangered/
species/recovery-plans.html.
Alternatively, you may request a copy
by U.S. mail from the Western Colorado
Ecological Services Field Office; 445 W
Gunnison Ave. #240; Grand Junction,
CO 81501; or by telephone at 970–243–
2778. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339.
Submitting comments: If you wish to
comment on the draft recovery plan,
you may submit your comments in
writing by email to Ann Timberman, at
ann_timberman@fws.gov, or by U.S.
mail to Ann Timberman, Western Slope
Field Supervisor, at the above U.S. mail
address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann
Timberman, Western Slope Field
Supervisor, at the above U.S. mail
address or by telephone at 970–243–
2778. Persons who use a
telecommunications device for the deaf
may call the Federal Relay Service at
800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service),
announce the availability of a draft
recovery plan for Mosquito Range
mustard (Eutrema penlandii), a plant
listed as threatened under the
Endangered Species Act, as amended
(Act; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.). The draft
recovery plan includes objective,
measurable criteria, and site-specific
management actions as may be
necessary to remove the species from
the Federal List of Endangered and
Threatened Plants. We are requesting
review and comment from the public on
this draft recovery plan.
DATES:
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Species Information
On August 12, 1993, we listed
Mosquito Range mustard as a threatened
plant (July 28, 1993; 58 FR 40539). We
did not designate critical habitat due to
risk associated with vandalism.
Mosquito Range mustard is a small,
herbaceous plant in the mustard family
(Brassicaceae), with white flowers and
stout leaves. The species is found in
high-elevation, alpine habitats of the
Mosquito Mountain Range, in Lake,
Park, and Summit Counties in central
Colorado. The Mosquito Mountain
Range is one of the driest and highest
elevation mountain ranges in Colorado;
therefore, temperatures are cold, winds
are strong, and winters are long. The
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alpine areas where Mosquito Range
mustard lives range in elevations from
3,600 to 4,050 meters (11,800 to 13,280
feet) and are generally moist, fed by
melting snowbanks, and contain a
diverse and abundant moss community.
Mosquito Range mustard is found
primarily on public lands managed by
the U.S. Forest Service (approximately
51 percent) and the Bureau of Land
Management (17 percent).
Approximately 31 percent of the overall
range is privately owned, with the
remaining 1 percent owned by the State
of Colorado. There is no overlap of
occupied habitat with Tribal lands.
Currently, there are 26 known
populations of the mosquito range
mustard, distributed across
approximately 100 hectares (246 acres)
of habitat. Only 11 out of the 26 total
known populations are characterized as
relatively large, with high or moderate
resiliency, each with 200 or more
individuals. These 11 populations
account for over 95 percent of the
known number of individuals across the
species’ range and are considered to be
the most resilient populations. The
remaining 15 populations have fewer
than 200 individuals and are considered
to have low resiliency.
The primary threats to Mosquito
Range mustard, both at the time of
listing and currently, are small and
geographically isolated populations,
climate change, the inadequacy of
regulatory mechanisms, disturbances
related to recreation, such as hiking,
biking, camping, and off-highway
vehicle use, disturbances related to
mining, and alteration of hydrology.
Please refer to our biological report for
additional discussion and full analyses
of the life history, ecology, and
biological status for Mosquito Range
mustard (Service 2021, entire).
Recovery Planning Process
Restoring an endangered or
threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, selfsustaining member of its ecosystem is a
primary goal of the Service’s
endangered species program. Recovery
means improving the status of a listed
species to the point at which listing is
no longer necessary according to the
criteria specified under section 4(a)(1) of
the Act. The Act requires recovery plans
for listed species unless such a plan
would not promote the conservation of
a particular species. To help guide
recovery efforts, we prepare recovery
plans to promote the conservation of the
species.
The purpose of a recovery plan is to
provide a recommended framework for
the recovery of a species so that
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protection of the Act is no longer
necessary. Pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Act, a recovery plan must, to the
maximum extent possible, include:
(1) A description of site-specific
management actions as may be
necessary to achieve the plan’s goal for
the conservation and survival of the
species;
(2) Objective, measurable criteria
which, when met, would support a
determination under section 4(a)(1) of
the Act that the species should be
removed from the List of Endangered
and Threatened Species; and
(3) Estimates of time and costs
required to carry out those measures
needed to achieve the plan’s goal and to
achieve intermediate steps toward that
goal.
We used our new recovery planning
and implementation (RPI) process to
develop the draft recovery plan for
Mosquito Range mustard. The RPI
process helps reduce the time needed to
develop and implement recovery plans,
increases the relevancy of the recovery
plan over longer timeframes, and adds
flexibility so that the recovery plan can
be more easily adjusted to new
information and circumstances. Under
our RPI process, a recovery plan will
include the three statutorily required
elements for recovery plans—objective
and measurable criteria, site-specific
management actions, and estimates of
time and cost—along with a concise
introduction and our strategy for how
we plan to achieve species recovery.
The RPI recovery plan is supported by
a separate biological report for Mosquito
Range mustard (Service 2021, entire).
The biological report is an in-depth, but
not exhaustive, review of the species’
biology and threats, an evaluation of its
biological status, and an assessment of
the resources and conditions needed to
maintain long-term viability. The
biological report provides the scientific
background and threats assessment for
Mosquito Range mustard, which are key
to the development of the recovery plan.
A third, separate working document,
called the recovery implementation
strategy (RIS), steps down the more
general descriptions of actions in the
recovery plan to detail the specifics
needed to implement the recovery plan,
which improves the flexibility of the
recovery plan. The RIS will be
adaptable, with new information on
actions incorporated, as needed,
without requiring a concurrent revision
to the recovery plan, unless changes to
the three statutory elements are
required.
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Draft Recovery Plan
Below, we summarize components
from our draft recovery plan. Please
reference the draft recovery plan for full
details.
The draft recovery plan describes the
recovery goal for the Mosquito Range
mustard as its long-term viability in the
wild. For recovery, the species needs at
least 11 (redundant) persistent
(resilient) populations across the
species’ range, where population trends
are stable or increasing and ecological
and genetic diversity are maintained
(representation). This would be
achieved by implementing recovery
actions, such as protecting, conserving,
and monitoring known populations,
surveying for additional populations,
and coordinating with stakeholders.
The draft recovery plan includes
recovery criteria for delisting. The
delisting criteria include:
(1) Maintaining population trends for
the Mosquito Range mustard that are
stable or increasing, according to
objective measures that are described in
the draft recovery plan; and
(2) Maintaining existing regulatory
mechanisms or other conservation plans
that currently provide protections for
Mosquito Range mustard and including
protections in any new or amended land
management plans on Federal lands.
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Peer Review
In accordance with our July 1, 1994,
peer review policy (59 FR 34270; July 1,
1994); our August 22, 2016, Director’s
Memo on the Peer Review Process; and
the Office of Management and Budget’s
December 16, 2004, Final Information
Quality Bulletin for Peer Review
(revised June 2012), we will seek the
expert opinion of at least three
appropriate and independent specialists
regarding scientific data and
interpretations contained in the species
biological report and the draft recovery
plan. We will send copies of both
documents to the peer reviewers
immediately following publication of
this notice in the Federal Register. We
will ensure that the opinions of peer
reviewers are objective and unbiased by
following the guidelines set forth in the
Director’s Memo, which updates and
clarifies Service policy on peer review
(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2016).
The purpose of such review is to ensure
that our decisions are based on
scientifically sound data, assumptions,
and analysis. Accordingly, our final
species biological report and recovery
plan may differ from the draft
documents. We will post the results of
this structured peer review process on
our website at https://www.fws.gov/
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mountain-prairie/science/
peerReview.php. We also submitted our
biological report to our Federal and
State partners for their scientific review.
The biological report is the scientific
foundation for the draft recovery plan.
Request for Public Comments
All comments we receive by the date
specified (see DATES) will be considered
prior to approval of the recovery plan.
Written comments and materials
regarding the recovery plan should be
sent via one of the means in the
ADDRESSES section.
We will consider all information we
receive during the public comment
period, and particularly look for
comments that provide scientific
rationale or factual background. The
Service and other Federal agencies and
partners will take these comments into
consideration in the course of
implementing an approved final
recovery plan. We are specifically
seeking comments and suggestions on
the following questions:
• Understanding that the time and
cost presented in the draft recovery plan
will be fine-tuned when localized
recovery implementation strategies are
developed, do you think that the
estimated time and cost to recovery are
realistic? Is the estimate reflective of the
time and cost of actions that may have
already been implemented by Federal,
State, county, or other agencies? Please
provide suggestions or methods for
determining a more accurate estimation.
• Do the draft recovery criteria
provide clear direction to partners on
what is needed to recover Mosquito
Range mustard? How could they be
improved for clarity?
• Are the draft recovery criteria both
objective and measurable given the
information available for Mosquito
Range mustard now and into the future?
Please provide suggestions.
• Understanding that specific,
detailed, and area-specific recovery
actions will be developed in the RIS, do
you think that the draft recovery actions
presented in the draft recovery plan
generally cover the types of actions
necessary to meet the recovery criteria?
If not, what general actions are missing?
Are any of the draft recovery actions
unnecessary for achieving recovery?
Have we prioritized the actions
appropriately?
Public Availability of Comments
We will summarize and respond to
the issues raised by the public in an
appendix to the approved final recovery
plan. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
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comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
You may request at the top of your
comment that we withhold this
information from public review;
however, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Authority
The authority for this action is section
4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16
U.S.C. 1533(f).
Matthew Hogan,
Deputy Regional Director, Lakewood,
Colorado.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-R6-ES-2019-N156; FXES11140600000]
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Recovery
Plan for Mosquito Range Mustard
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the
availability of a draft recovery plan for Mosquito Range mustard, a
plant species listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. We
are requesting review and comment from the public on this draft plan.
[[Page 35820]]
DATES: We must receive any comments on the draft recovery plan on or
before September 7, 2021.
ADDRESSES:
Document availability: Copies of the draft recovery plan are
available at https://www.fws.gov/endangered/species/recovery-plans.html.
Alternatively, you may request a copy by U.S. mail from the Western
Colorado Ecological Services Field Office; 445 W Gunnison Ave. #240;
Grand Junction, CO 81501; or by telephone at 970-243-2778. Persons who
use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call the Federal Relay
Service at 800-877-8339.
Submitting comments: If you wish to comment on the draft recovery
plan, you may submit your comments in writing by email to Ann
Timberman, at [email protected], or by U.S. mail to Ann Timberman,
Western Slope Field Supervisor, at the above U.S. mail address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Timberman, Western Slope Field
Supervisor, at the above U.S. mail address or by telephone at 970-243-
2778. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf may call
the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(Service), announce the availability of a draft recovery plan for
Mosquito Range mustard (Eutrema penlandii), a plant listed as
threatened under the Endangered Species Act, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C.
1531 et seq.). The draft recovery plan includes objective, measurable
criteria, and site-specific management actions as may be necessary to
remove the species from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened
Plants. We are requesting review and comment from the public on this
draft recovery plan.
Species Information
On August 12, 1993, we listed Mosquito Range mustard as a
threatened plant (July 28, 1993; 58 FR 40539). We did not designate
critical habitat due to risk associated with vandalism.
Mosquito Range mustard is a small, herbaceous plant in the mustard
family (Brassicaceae), with white flowers and stout leaves. The species
is found in high-elevation, alpine habitats of the Mosquito Mountain
Range, in Lake, Park, and Summit Counties in central Colorado. The
Mosquito Mountain Range is one of the driest and highest elevation
mountain ranges in Colorado; therefore, temperatures are cold, winds
are strong, and winters are long. The alpine areas where Mosquito Range
mustard lives range in elevations from 3,600 to 4,050 meters (11,800 to
13,280 feet) and are generally moist, fed by melting snowbanks, and
contain a diverse and abundant moss community. Mosquito Range mustard
is found primarily on public lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service
(approximately 51 percent) and the Bureau of Land Management (17
percent). Approximately 31 percent of the overall range is privately
owned, with the remaining 1 percent owned by the State of Colorado.
There is no overlap of occupied habitat with Tribal lands.
Currently, there are 26 known populations of the mosquito range
mustard, distributed across approximately 100 hectares (246 acres) of
habitat. Only 11 out of the 26 total known populations are
characterized as relatively large, with high or moderate resiliency,
each with 200 or more individuals. These 11 populations account for
over 95 percent of the known number of individuals across the species'
range and are considered to be the most resilient populations. The
remaining 15 populations have fewer than 200 individuals and are
considered to have low resiliency.
The primary threats to Mosquito Range mustard, both at the time of
listing and currently, are small and geographically isolated
populations, climate change, the inadequacy of regulatory mechanisms,
disturbances related to recreation, such as hiking, biking, camping,
and off-highway vehicle use, disturbances related to mining, and
alteration of hydrology. Please refer to our biological report for
additional discussion and full analyses of the life history, ecology,
and biological status for Mosquito Range mustard (Service 2021,
entire).
Recovery Planning Process
Restoring an endangered or threatened animal or plant to the point
where it is again a secure, self-sustaining member of its ecosystem is
a primary goal of the Service's endangered species program. Recovery
means improving the status of a listed species to the point at which
listing is no longer necessary according to the criteria specified
under section 4(a)(1) of the Act. The Act requires recovery plans for
listed species unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of
a particular species. To help guide recovery efforts, we prepare
recovery plans to promote the conservation of the species.
The purpose of a recovery plan is to provide a recommended
framework for the recovery of a species so that protection of the Act
is no longer necessary. Pursuant to section 4(f) of the Act, a recovery
plan must, to the maximum extent possible, include:
(1) A description of site-specific management actions as may be
necessary to achieve the plan's goal for the conservation and survival
of the species;
(2) Objective, measurable criteria which, when met, would support a
determination under section 4(a)(1) of the Act that the species should
be removed from the List of Endangered and Threatened Species; and
(3) Estimates of time and costs required to carry out those
measures needed to achieve the plan's goal and to achieve intermediate
steps toward that goal.
We used our new recovery planning and implementation (RPI) process
to develop the draft recovery plan for Mosquito Range mustard. The RPI
process helps reduce the time needed to develop and implement recovery
plans, increases the relevancy of the recovery plan over longer
timeframes, and adds flexibility so that the recovery plan can be more
easily adjusted to new information and circumstances. Under our RPI
process, a recovery plan will include the three statutorily required
elements for recovery plans--objective and measurable criteria, site-
specific management actions, and estimates of time and cost--along with
a concise introduction and our strategy for how we plan to achieve
species recovery. The RPI recovery plan is supported by a separate
biological report for Mosquito Range mustard (Service 2021, entire).
The biological report is an in-depth, but not exhaustive, review of the
species' biology and threats, an evaluation of its biological status,
and an assessment of the resources and conditions needed to maintain
long-term viability. The biological report provides the scientific
background and threats assessment for Mosquito Range mustard, which are
key to the development of the recovery plan. A third, separate working
document, called the recovery implementation strategy (RIS), steps down
the more general descriptions of actions in the recovery plan to detail
the specifics needed to implement the recovery plan, which improves the
flexibility of the recovery plan. The RIS will be adaptable, with new
information on actions incorporated, as needed, without requiring a
concurrent revision to the recovery plan, unless changes to the three
statutory elements are required.
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Draft Recovery Plan
Below, we summarize components from our draft recovery plan. Please
reference the draft recovery plan for full details.
The draft recovery plan describes the recovery goal for the
Mosquito Range mustard as its long-term viability in the wild. For
recovery, the species needs at least 11 (redundant) persistent
(resilient) populations across the species' range, where population
trends are stable or increasing and ecological and genetic diversity
are maintained (representation). This would be achieved by implementing
recovery actions, such as protecting, conserving, and monitoring known
populations, surveying for additional populations, and coordinating
with stakeholders.
The draft recovery plan includes recovery criteria for delisting.
The delisting criteria include:
(1) Maintaining population trends for the Mosquito Range mustard
that are stable or increasing, according to objective measures that are
described in the draft recovery plan; and
(2) Maintaining existing regulatory mechanisms or other
conservation plans that currently provide protections for Mosquito
Range mustard and including protections in any new or amended land
management plans on Federal lands.
Peer Review
In accordance with our July 1, 1994, peer review policy (59 FR
34270; July 1, 1994); our August 22, 2016, Director's Memo on the Peer
Review Process; and the Office of Management and Budget's December 16,
2004, Final Information Quality Bulletin for Peer Review (revised June
2012), we will seek the expert opinion of at least three appropriate
and independent specialists regarding scientific data and
interpretations contained in the species biological report and the
draft recovery plan. We will send copies of both documents to the peer
reviewers immediately following publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. We will ensure that the opinions of peer reviewers
are objective and unbiased by following the guidelines set forth in the
Director's Memo, which updates and clarifies Service policy on peer
review (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 2016). The purpose of such
review is to ensure that our decisions are based on scientifically
sound data, assumptions, and analysis. Accordingly, our final species
biological report and recovery plan may differ from the draft
documents. We will post the results of this structured peer review
process on our website at https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/science/peerReview.php. We also submitted our biological report to our Federal
and State partners for their scientific review. The biological report
is the scientific foundation for the draft recovery plan.
Request for Public Comments
All comments we receive by the date specified (see DATES) will be
considered prior to approval of the recovery plan. Written comments and
materials regarding the recovery plan should be sent via one of the
means in the ADDRESSES section.
We will consider all information we receive during the public
comment period, and particularly look for comments that provide
scientific rationale or factual background. The Service and other
Federal agencies and partners will take these comments into
consideration in the course of implementing an approved final recovery
plan. We are specifically seeking comments and suggestions on the
following questions:
Understanding that the time and cost presented in the
draft recovery plan will be fine-tuned when localized recovery
implementation strategies are developed, do you think that the
estimated time and cost to recovery are realistic? Is the estimate
reflective of the time and cost of actions that may have already been
implemented by Federal, State, county, or other agencies? Please
provide suggestions or methods for determining a more accurate
estimation.
Do the draft recovery criteria provide clear direction to
partners on what is needed to recover Mosquito Range mustard? How could
they be improved for clarity?
Are the draft recovery criteria both objective and
measurable given the information available for Mosquito Range mustard
now and into the future? Please provide suggestions.
Understanding that specific, detailed, and area-specific
recovery actions will be developed in the RIS, do you think that the
draft recovery actions presented in the draft recovery plan generally
cover the types of actions necessary to meet the recovery criteria? If
not, what general actions are missing? Are any of the draft recovery
actions unnecessary for achieving recovery? Have we prioritized the
actions appropriately?
Public Availability of Comments
We will summarize and respond to the issues raised by the public in
an appendix to the approved final recovery plan. 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. You may request at the top of your
comment that we withhold this information from public review; however,
we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority
The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered
Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
Matthew Hogan,
Deputy Regional Director, Lakewood, Colorado.
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