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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Final Management Plans for the Lake
Superior and Mission-Aransas National
Estuarine Research Reserves
Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised
management plan for the Lake Superior
and Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserves.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce approves the revised
management plans for the Lake Superior
National Estuarine Research Reserve in
Wisconsin and the Mission-Aransas
National Estuarine Research Reserve in
Texas. In accordance with applicable
Federal regulations, the University of
Wisconsin-Madison Division of
Extension revised the Lake Superior
Reserve’s management plan, which
replaces the plan previously approved
in 2010, and the University of Texas at
Austin revised the Mission-Aransas
Reserve’s management plan, which
replaces the plan previously approved
in 2015.
ADDRESSES: The approved Lake
Superior Reserve management plan can
be downloaded or viewed at https://
lakesuperiorreserve.org/files/2020/03/
lsnerr-management-plan.pdf. The
approved Mission-Aransas Reserve
management plan can be downloaded or
viewed at https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/
manerr/about/management-plan. These
documents are also available by sending
a written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
the Lake Superior revised management
plan—Bridget Faust-Accola of NOAA’s
Office for Coastal Management, by email
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at bridget.faust@noaa.gov, phone at
(651) 983–0235, or mail at: 1735 Lake
Drive West, Chanhassen, MN 55317–
8582. For the Mission-Aransas revised
management plan—Matt Chasse of
NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management,
by email at matt.chasse@noaa.gov,
phone at 410–570–1020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant
to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must revise
the management plan for a research
reserve at least every five years. Changes
to a reserve’s management plan may be
made only after receiving written
approval from NOAA. NOAA approves
changes to management plans via notice
in the Federal Register. On November
02, 2020, NOAA issued a notice in the
Federal Register announcing a thirtyday public comment period for the
proposed revision of the management
plan for the Lake Superior National
Estuarine Research Reserve (81 FR
69320). On July 1, 2021, NOAA issued
a notice in the Federal Register
announcing a thirty-day public
comment period for the proposed
revision of the management plan for the
Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve (86 FR 35072).
Responses to written and oral comments
received, and an explanation of how
comments were incorporated into the
final versions of the revised
management plans, are available in
appendix B of the Lake Superior plan
and appendix 8 of the Mission-Aransas
plan.
The revised management plans
outline each reserve’s: Strategic goals
and objectives; administrative structure;
programs for conducting research and
monitoring, education, and training;
resource protection, restoration, and
manipulation plans; public access and
visitor use plans; consideration for
future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve
operations.
The Lake Superior revised
management plan focuses on changes to
facilities through acquiring permanent
housing for visiting students and
researchers; growing the sectors by
structurally supporting additional staff;
advancing geographic information
systems (GIS) and data management
priorities; and developing a formal
advisory board and strategic
relationships with the private sector in
the region. Since September 2010, the
reserve has acquired permanent
facilities for the reserve’s operations;
hired core sector leads and support staff;
opened a public interpretive center and
classroom; and expanded formal
partnerships in research and education
across the region. The revised
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management plan will serve as the
guiding document for the 16,697-acre
research reserve for the next five years.
The Mission-Aransas revised
management plan builds upon past
successes and accomplishments and is
designed to address specific priority
coastal management issues. The priority
issues for research and monitoring
include marine debris, industrial growth
impacts, eDNA, freshwater inflow,
biological monitoring, and sea level rise
and coastal subsidence. For education
and training, priorities to be addressed
include connecting children and nature;
outdoor education programming,
climate change and its effects on coastal
environments; coastal ecology and
habitat diversity; marine debris and its
impacts on the coastal environment; and
stewardship of estuarine and coastal
resources.
Since its inception, this reserve has
engaged in strategic partnerships with
its land managing partners and others
based on mutual interests. These
partnerships are expected to be
maintained or expanded through the
revised management plan including
reserve administration of the Amos
Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), providing
animal rehabilitation services for
species endemic to the estuary. The
reserve is also planning to maintain and
improve reserve facilities including
Fennessey Ranch, the Bay Education
Center, the ARK, and the Patton Marine
Science Education Center.
Neither the Lake Superior or MissionAransas revised management plans
change the total acreage of either
reserve.
NOAA reviewed the environmental
impacts of the Lake Superior and
Mission-Aransas revised management
plans and determined that these actions
are categorically-excluded from further
analysis under the National
Environmental Policy Act, consistent
with NOAA Administrative Order 216–
6.]
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15
CFR 921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal
Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Final Management Plans for the Lake Superior and Mission-Aransas
National Estuarine Research Reserves
AGENCY: Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised management plan for the Lake
Superior and Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserves.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Office for Coastal Management,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce approves the revised
management plans for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research
Reserve in Wisconsin and the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve in Texas. In accordance with applicable Federal
regulations, the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension
revised the Lake Superior Reserve's management plan, which replaces the
plan previously approved in 2010, and the University of Texas at Austin
revised the Mission-Aransas Reserve's management plan, which replaces
the plan previously approved in 2015.
ADDRESSES: The approved Lake Superior Reserve management plan can be
downloaded or viewed at https://lakesuperiorreserve.org/files/2020/03/lsnerr-management-plan.pdf. The approved Mission-Aransas Reserve
management plan can be downloaded or viewed at https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/manerr/about/management-plan. These documents are
also available by sending a written request to the point of contact
identified below (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For the Lake Superior revised
management plan--Bridget Faust-Accola of NOAA's Office for Coastal
Management, by email
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at [email protected], phone at (651) 983-0235, or mail at: 1735
Lake Drive West, Chanhassen, MN 55317-8582. For the Mission-Aransas
revised management plan--Matt Chasse of NOAA's Office for Coastal
Management, by email at [email protected]gov, phone at 410-570-1020.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to 15 CFR 921.33(c), a state must
revise the management plan for a research reserve at least every five
years. Changes to a reserve's management plan may be made only after
receiving written approval from NOAA. NOAA approves changes to
management plans via notice in the Federal Register. On November 02,
2020, NOAA issued a notice in the Federal Register announcing a thirty-
day public comment period for the proposed revision of the management
plan for the Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve (81 FR
69320). On July 1, 2021, NOAA issued a notice in the Federal Register
announcing a thirty-day public comment period for the proposed revision
of the management plan for the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine
Research Reserve (86 FR 35072). Responses to written and oral comments
received, and an explanation of how comments were incorporated into the
final versions of the revised management plans, are available in
appendix B of the Lake Superior plan and appendix 8 of the Mission-
Aransas plan.
The revised management plans outline each reserve's: Strategic
goals and objectives; administrative structure; programs for conducting
research and monitoring, education, and training; resource protection,
restoration, and manipulation plans; public access and visitor use
plans; consideration for future land acquisition; and facility
development to support reserve operations.
The Lake Superior revised management plan focuses on changes to
facilities through acquiring permanent housing for visiting students
and researchers; growing the sectors by structurally supporting
additional staff; advancing geographic information systems (GIS) and
data management priorities; and developing a formal advisory board and
strategic relationships with the private sector in the region. Since
September 2010, the reserve has acquired permanent facilities for the
reserve's operations; hired core sector leads and support staff; opened
a public interpretive center and classroom; and expanded formal
partnerships in research and education across the region. The revised
management plan will serve as the guiding document for the 16,697-acre
research reserve for the next five years.
The Mission-Aransas revised management plan builds upon past
successes and accomplishments and is designed to address specific
priority coastal management issues. The priority issues for research
and monitoring include marine debris, industrial growth impacts, eDNA,
freshwater inflow, biological monitoring, and sea level rise and
coastal subsidence. For education and training, priorities to be
addressed include connecting children and nature; outdoor education
programming, climate change and its effects on coastal environments;
coastal ecology and habitat diversity; marine debris and its impacts on
the coastal environment; and stewardship of estuarine and coastal
resources.
Since its inception, this reserve has engaged in strategic
partnerships with its land managing partners and others based on mutual
interests. These partnerships are expected to be maintained or expanded
through the revised management plan including reserve administration of
the Amos Rehabilitation Keep (ARK), providing animal rehabilitation
services for species endemic to the estuary. The reserve is also
planning to maintain and improve reserve facilities including Fennessey
Ranch, the Bay Education Center, the ARK, and the Patton Marine Science
Education Center.
Neither the Lake Superior or Mission-Aransas revised management
plans change the total acreage of either reserve.
NOAA reviewed the environmental impacts of the Lake Superior and
Mission-Aransas revised management plans and determined that these
actions are categorically-excluded from further analysis under the
National Environmental Policy Act, consistent with NOAA Administrative
Order 216-6.]
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1451 et seq.; 15 CFR 921.33.
Keelin S. Kuipers,
Deputy Director, Office for Coastal Management, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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