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Abstract: To estimate the species and
age composition of U.S. goose harvest,
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) annually conducts two separate
surveys from a sample of hunters in
each flyway: a Parts Collection Survey
(PCS) used to identify age and species
of goose and the Migratory Bird Harvest
Survey (i.e., Diary Survey) to estimate
the total number of geese harvested.
Data from each survey are then
combined post hoc to estimate speciesand age-specific harvests. Harvest data
are then incorporated into models to
estimate population abundance for
many goose species. These monitoring
efforts are essential to estimating annual
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harvest and subsequent population size,
but FWS managers have identified
several potential biases that need to be
addressed. Information provided by
hunters via the PCS may introduce
potential biases. Due to liberalization in
bag limits and hunting-season lengths,
as well as PCS participation fatigue,
some participants only submit a subset
of daily harvested waterfowl or do not
request additional envelopes to
continue participation once the initial
supply of envelopes is exhausted (i.e.,
completeness bias). Thus, huntercollected samples for the PCS are likely
temporally biased toward early in the
hunting season (e.g., hunters quit
participating during the hunting season,
or they only submit as many samples as
the initial envelopes provided allow,
with a decreasing number of hunters
requesting additional envelopes).
Therefore, fewer parts are submitted
later in the season, resulting in a
temporal harvest bias in addition to a
quantity- and completeness bias. Our
proposed study aims to integrate both
surveys into one easily accessible,
robust data collection platform that
reduces the burden on hunters and is
expected to increase participation. In an
effort to develop and evaluate an
additional survey to the PCS and Diary
Survey that may help to alleviate the
concerns outlined above, we propose
the development of an online/mobile
application survey platform to allow
goose harvest reporting of species and
age directly from hunters without the
need to participate in two surveys or to
collect and mail parts. We propose a
short-term study within Central Flyway
states on the design, implementation,
comparability, and efficacy of an online
survey methodology. This study will
determine if such a survey is feasible to
accurately estimate future goose
harvests and reduce the identified
biases, costs, burden, and time involved
in the current PCS and Diary surveys.
Understanding biases and assumptions
in current harvest survey protocols has
direct management implications as
many goose harvest strategies are
predicated on harvest and population
estimates. Developing alternative
methods to address these biases are
necessary to ensure accurate, reliable,
and increasingly precise estimates of
harvest and abundance. Furthering our
understanding of assumptions related to
current practices and surveys will aid in
improving the management process for
North American goose populations.
Title of Collection: Central Flyway
online goose harvest assessment.
OMB Control Number: 1028–NEW.
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Type of Review: New.
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Respondents/Affected Public: General
Public.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Respondents: 3,552.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Responses: 4 per respondent (total of
14,208 annual responses).
Estimated Completion Time per
Response: 2 minutes.
Total Estimated Number of Annual
Burden Hours: 474 hours.
Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary.
Frequency of Collection: Frequency
Once annually.
Total Estimated Annual Non-hour
Burden Cost: None.
An agency may not conduct or
sponsor, nor is a person required to
respond to, a collection of information
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control number.
The authority for this action is the
PRA (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
Robert A Gleason,
Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center,
Center Director, Midcontinent Region, USGS.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[24XD4523WS/DWSN00000.000000/
DS61500000/DP.61501]
Notice of Public Meeting of the
Invasive Species Advisory Committee
National Invasive Species
Council, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
AGENCY:
Pursuant to the provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act,
notice is hereby given that a meeting of
the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee (ISAC) will meet as
indicated below.
DATES: The Invasive Species Advisory
Committee will convene in-person on
Monday, November 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m.–
5:00 p.m. (ET); Tuesday, November 14,
2023, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (ET); and,
Wednesday, November 15, 2023; 9:00
a.m.–1:00 p.m. (ET). The general session
proceedings will also be streamed
virtually via Zoom webinar. NOTE:
Virtual access to the general session
portions of the meeting will be in
‘‘listen only’’ mode. Registration is
required at: https://forms.office.com/g/
5TwFXSkEpf.
SUMMARY:
U.S. Department of the
Interior, 1849 C Street NW, Washington,
DC 20240. Meeting will be held in the
North Penthouse. All registered inperson attendees must pass through
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security screening upon entering the
facility.
For
information concerning attending the
ISAC meeting, submitting written
comments to the ISAC, or requesting to
address the ISAC, contact Kelsey
Brantley, NISC Operations Director and
ISAC Coordinator, National Invasive
Species Council Staff, telephone (202)
577–7012; fax: (202) 208–4118, or email
kelsey_brantley@ios.doi.gov.
Individuals in the United States who
are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or
have a speech disability may dial 711
(TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
purpose of the ISAC is to provide advice
to the NISC, as authorized by Executive
Orders 13112 and 13751, on a broad
array of issues related to preventing the
introduction of invasive species and
providing for their control and
minimizing the economic, ecological,
and human health impacts that invasive
species cause. NISC is co-chaired by the
Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of
Agriculture, and the Secretary of
Commerce. The duty of NISC is to
provide national leadership regarding
invasive species issues.
The purpose of an in-person meeting
on Monday, November 13, 2023 through
Wednesday, November 15, 2023 is to
convene the full ISAC to finalize and
formally approve deliverables
developed by its subcommittees on
three (3) topics requested by NISC: (1)
the impacts of invasive species on
underserved communities; (2) the
intersection of climate change and
invasive species; and, (3) an assessment
of national priorities related to invasive
species.
Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda
will consist of an opening session with
remarks from NISC member agencies,
updates on priority NISC and NISC
member agency activities, discussion of
outputs by the three subcommittees, and
consideration of new issues for ISAC
input and advice. Opportunities for
public comment will be provided before
the conclusion of each meeting day.
The final agenda and other reference
documents for discussion during the
meeting will be available for public
viewing as they become available, but
no later than 48 hours prior to the start
of the meeting at https://
www.invasivespecies.gov.
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Meeting Registration: All meeting
participants and interested members of
the public must register at https://
forms.office.com/g/5TwFXSkEpf to
attend the meeting in-person or observe
the general session virtually. Due to the
limited capacity at the meeting venue,
and limited connections available for
virtual observation, individuals must
register no later than Friday, November
10, 2023; 3:00 p.m. (ET).
Meeting Accessibility/Special
Accommodations: The meeting is open
to the public. Registration is required
(see Meeting Registration above). Please
make requests in advance for sign
language interpreter services, assistive
listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodations. Please contact Kelsey
Brantley at kelsey_brantley@ios.doi.gov,
at least seven (7) business days prior to
the meeting to give the Department of
the Interior sufficient time to process
your request. All reasonable
accommodation requests are managed
on a case-by-case basis.
Public Comment: Interested members
of the public may provide either oral or
written comments to ISAC for
consideration. Oral comments may be
given during designated times as
specified in the meeting agenda. Written
comments must be submitted by email
to Kelsey Brantley at kelsey_brantley@
ios.doi.gov, no later than Friday,
November 10, 2023; 3:00 p.m. (ET). All
written comments will be provided to
members of the ISAC. Individuals who
wish to expand upon their oral
statements, or those who had wished to
speak but could not be accommodated
on the agenda, may submit written
comments to Kelsey Brantley at kelsey_
brantley@ios.doi.gov, up to 30 days
following the meeting.
All comments will be made part of the
public record and will be electronically
distributed to all ISAC members. The
detailed meeting minutes will be
available for public inspection within
90 days of the meeting.
Public Disclosure of Comments:
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
written comments, you should be aware
that your entire comment including
your personal identifying information
will be made publicly available. 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.
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Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Stanley W. Burgiel,
Executive Director, National Invasive Species
Council.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[BLM_HQ_FRN_MO45 MO4500174625]
National Call for Nominations for
Resource Advisory Councils
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice of call for nominations.
AGENCY:
The purpose of this notice is
to request public nominations for 16 of
the Bureau of Land Management’s
(BLM) statewide and regional Resource
Advisory Councils (RAC) that have
vacant positions or members whose
terms are scheduled to expire. These
RACs provide advice and
recommendations to the BLM on land
use planning and management of the
National System of Public Lands within
the geographic areas for which the RACs
are organized.
DATES: All nominations must be
received no later than November 24,
2023.
SUMMARY:
Nominations and completed
applications should be sent to the
appropriate BLM offices listed in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carrie Richardson, BLM Office of
Communications, at telephone: (202)
208–5259, email: crichardson@blm.gov.
Individuals in the United States who are
deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have
a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access
telecommunications relay services.
Individuals outside the United States
should use the relay services offered
within their country to make
international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) directs the Secretary of the
Interior to involve the public in
planning and addressing issues related
to management of lands administered by
the BLM. Section 309 of FLPMA (43
U.S.C. 1739) directs the Secretary to
establish 10- to 15-member citizenbased advisory councils that are
consistent with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (FACA). As required by
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Office of the Secretary
[24XD4523WS/DWSN00000.000000/DS61500000/DP.61501]
Notice of Public Meeting of the Invasive Species Advisory
Committee
AGENCY: National Invasive Species Council, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, notice is hereby given that a meeting of the Invasive Species
Advisory Committee (ISAC) will meet as indicated below.
DATES: The Invasive Species Advisory Committee will convene in-person
on Monday, November 13, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (ET); Tuesday,
November 14, 2023, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. (ET); and, Wednesday, November
15, 2023; 9:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. (ET). The general session proceedings
will also be streamed virtually via Zoom webinar. NOTE: Virtual access
to the general session portions of the meeting will be in ``listen
only'' mode. Registration is required at: https://forms.office.com/g/5TwFXSkEpf.
ADDRESSES: U.S. Department of the Interior, 1849 C Street NW,
Washington, DC 20240. Meeting will be held in the North Penthouse. All
registered in-person attendees must pass through
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security screening upon entering the facility.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information concerning attending
the ISAC meeting, submitting written comments to the ISAC, or
requesting to address the ISAC, contact Kelsey Brantley, NISC
Operations Director and ISAC Coordinator, National Invasive Species
Council Staff, telephone (202) 577-7012; fax: (202) 208-4118, or email
[email protected].
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of the ISAC is to provide advice
to the NISC, as authorized by Executive Orders 13112 and 13751, on a
broad array of issues related to preventing the introduction of
invasive species and providing for their control and minimizing the
economic, ecological, and human health impacts that invasive species
cause. NISC is co-chaired by the Secretary of the Interior, the
Secretary of Agriculture, and the Secretary of Commerce. The duty of
NISC is to provide national leadership regarding invasive species
issues.
The purpose of an in-person meeting on Monday, November 13, 2023
through Wednesday, November 15, 2023 is to convene the full ISAC to
finalize and formally approve deliverables developed by its
subcommittees on three (3) topics requested by NISC: (1) the impacts of
invasive species on underserved communities; (2) the intersection of
climate change and invasive species; and, (3) an assessment of national
priorities related to invasive species.
Meeting Agenda: The meeting agenda will consist of an opening
session with remarks from NISC member agencies, updates on priority
NISC and NISC member agency activities, discussion of outputs by the
three subcommittees, and consideration of new issues for ISAC input and
advice. Opportunities for public comment will be provided before the
conclusion of each meeting day.
The final agenda and other reference documents for discussion
during the meeting will be available for public viewing as they become
available, but no later than 48 hours prior to the start of the meeting
at https://www.invasivespecies.gov.
Meeting Registration: All meeting participants and interested
members of the public must register at https://forms.office.com/g/5TwFXSkEpf to attend the meeting in-person or observe the general
session virtually. Due to the limited capacity at the meeting venue,
and limited connections available for virtual observation, individuals
must register no later than Friday, November 10, 2023; 3:00 p.m. (ET).
Meeting Accessibility/Special Accommodations: The meeting is open
to the public. Registration is required (see Meeting Registration
above). Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter
services, assistive listening devices, or other reasonable
accommodations. Please contact Kelsey Brantley at
[email protected], at least seven (7) business days prior to
the meeting to give the Department of the Interior sufficient time to
process your request. All reasonable accommodation requests are managed
on a case-by-case basis.
Public Comment: Interested members of the public may provide either
oral or written comments to ISAC for consideration. Oral comments may
be given during designated times as specified in the meeting agenda.
Written comments must be submitted by email to Kelsey Brantley at
[email protected], no later than Friday, November 10, 2023;
3:00 p.m. (ET). All written comments will be provided to members of the
ISAC. Individuals who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or
those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the
agenda, may submit written comments to Kelsey Brantley at
[email protected], up to 30 days following the meeting.
All comments will be made part of the public record and will be
electronically distributed to all ISAC members. The detailed meeting
minutes will be available for public inspection within 90 days of the
meeting.
Public Disclosure of Comments: Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other personal identifying information in
your written comments, you should be aware that your entire comment
including your personal identifying information will be made publicly
available. 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.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Stanley W. Burgiel,
Executive Director, National Invasive Species Council.
[FR Doc. 2023-23611 Filed 10-24-23; 8:45 am]
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