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Recovery Plan for Camissonia Benitensis Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 19, 2006 / Notices 54837 education and interpretation. The CCP new hiking and canoe trails, a canoe the need to adaptively manage fire in will be reviewed and updated at least access ramp and wetland observation marsh ecosystems. every 15 years. deck, rebuilding the wildlife Dated: August 7, 2006. Established in 1933, Blackwater NWR observation tower, remodeling and Richard O. Bennett, is the oldest and largest in the complex. expanding the visitor center, updating It encompasses 23,686 acres and Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and the exhibits at the center, enhancing Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts. consists of extensive marshes, moist-soil signage, providing new hunting [FR Doc. E6–15507 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] impoundments, and croplands that form opportunities for turkey, resident a mosaic of habitats important to Canada geese, and waterfowl, and BILLING CODE 4310–55–P migrating and wintering waterfowl. The providing many more outreach and forests of Blackwater NWR provide environmental education programs. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR unique and important habitats for a The Service solicited comments on variety of migratory songbirds, the bald the draft CCP/EA for Chesapeake Fish and Wildlife Service eagle, and the largest remaining Marshlands NWR Complex from May 3 population of the Federal-listed through July 15, 2005. We developed a Recovery Plan for Camissonia endangered Delmarva fox squirrel. list of substantive comments that benitensis (San Benito evening- Martin NWR was established in 1954. It required responses. Editorial primrose) consists of 4,569 acres and is closed to suggestions and notes of concurrence the public. Tidal marsh, coves and with, or opposition to, certain proposals AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, creeks and vegetated ridges form a were noted and included in the decision Interior. habitat complex important to thousands making process, but did not receive ACTION: Notice of document availability. of migratory waterfowl and nesting formal responses. The final CCP songbirds. Susquehanna NWR was includes responses to all substantive SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and established in 1942 and consists of a 4- comments. Comments are considered Wildlife Service (Service), announce the acre island with scattered trees mixed in substantive if they: availability of the Recovery Plan for with grass and shrubs. Eastern Neck • Question, with reasonable basis, the Camissonia benitensis (San Benito NWR is a 2,286-acre refuge that was accuracy of the information in the evening-primrose). This plant species is established in 1962. This refuge is not document, found primarily in the Clear Creek included in this CCP, and will undergo • Question, with reasonable basis, the Management Area (CCMA) in San the planning process for a CCP at a later adequacy of the environmental analysis, Benito County, California; the CCMA is date. • Present reasonable alternatives managed by the Hollister Field Office of Our final CCP includes management other than those presented in the EA, the Bureau of Land Management. direction for each of the three refuges, • Cause changes or revisions in the ADDRESSES: Printed copies of this and includes habitat management and CCP, recovery plan will be available in 4 to public use goals and objectives based on • Provide new or additional 6 weeks by request from the Ventura the vision for the refuge that has been information relevant to the analysis. Fish and Wildlife Office, 2493 Portola developed as a part of the CCP process. Based upon the comments we Road, Suite B, Ventura, California 93003 Our adopted management direction received, we chose management (phone: 805/644–1766). An electronic represents adaptive management based alternative B to develop into the final copy of this recovery plan is now on the results of scientific survey and CCP, with the following modifications: available on the World Wide Web at • monitoring programs. It focuses on Land Protection: We received a http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/ restoring, enhancing, and maintaining mixed response to the proposed index.html#plans. ecological processes and natural boundary expansion. While there was a biological communities and degree of support, a number of FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: biodiversity. It emphasizes managing comments expressed concern about the Connie Rutherford, botanist, at 805/ the complex for the benefit of all scope of the Land Protection Plan (LPP) 644–1766. migratory bird species, maintaining and and proposed boundary expansion. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: recovering endangered or threatened Some comments indicated a concern Background species, restoring submerged aquatic about the potential for condemnation of vegetation and wetlands, reducing or land by the Service. Restoring endangered or threatened eliminating invasive plant and animal We revised the LPP to include animals and plants to the point where species, and adding research and protection measures other than fee-title they are again secure, self-sustaining inventories, including those for acquisition for the Nanticoke Division of members of their ecosystems is a butterflies, reptiles, amphibians and Blackwater NWR. The use of easements primary goal of our endangered species fish. and management agreements, for program. The Endangered Species Act The final CCP includes the decision to example, is authorized for this division. (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) (Act) requires expand the boundary of Blackwater Fee-title acquisition is authorized only the development of recovery plans for NWR, primarily through partnerships for the boundary expansion contiguous listed species unless such a plan would and easements, in two areas: 15,300 to the existing Blackwater NWR. not promote the conservation of a acres surrounding the refuge, and • Marshbird Habitat Improvement: particular species. Recovery plans help 16,000 acres east of the refuge along the We received comments that the CCP guide the recovery effort by describing Nanticoke River. All of that acreage should recognize the distinctness and actions considered necessary for the contains low-lying forest and marsh conservation value of the brackish conservation of the species, establishing habitats. marsh bird community and plan for its criteria for downlisting or delisting Finally, the CCP improves our ability long term management. listed species, and estimating time and to provide opportunities for compatible, We have added a new objective to cost for implementing the measures wildlife-dependent recreation. This Goal 1 to capture the significance of the needed for recovery. includes a new, accessible fishing pier brackish marsh bird community and Section 4(f) of the Act requires that and parking area at Key Wallace Bridge, future management strategies, including public notice and an opportunity for VerDate Aug<31>2005 16:49 Sep 18, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19SEN1.SGM 19SEN1 pwalker on PRODPC60 with NOTICES 54838 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 181 / Tuesday, September 19, 2006 / Notices public review and comment be provided that support habitat for the species, (3) the development of recovery plans for during recovery plan development. In developing a species management plan listed species unless such a plan would fulfillment of this requirement, that includes needed research and not promote the conservation of a information presented during the public monitoring, (4) establishing an ex situ particular species. Recovery plans help comment period and comments from seed collection, and (5) developing and guide the recovery effort by describing peer reviewers have been considered in implementing a public outreach actions considered necessary for the the preparation of this final recovery program. conservation of the species, establishing plan, and are summarized in Appendix criteria for downlisting or delisting D to the recovery plan. We will forward Authority listed species, and estimating time and substantive comments regarding The authority for this action is section cost for implementing the measures recovery plan implementation to 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 needed for recovery. appropriate Federal or other entities so U.S.C. 1533(f). Section 4(f) of the ESA requires that they can take these comments into public notice, and an opportunity for Steve Thompson, account during the course of public review and comment, be implementing recovery actions. Manager, California-Nevada Operations provided during recovery plan Camissonia benitensis was listed as Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. development. We will consider all threatened in 1985 and is associated [FR Doc. E6–15508 Filed 9–18–06; 8:45 am] information presented during the public with serpentine-derived soils within the BILLING CODE 4310–55–P comment period prior to approval of San Benito serpentine body in the each new or revised recovery plan. southern Coast Ranges of California. Substantive comments on the recovery Populations of Camissonia benitensis DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR needs of the species or other aspects of are usually found on small streamside Fish and Wildlife Service recovery plan development may result terraces that have formed at the base of in changes to the recovery plan. slopes within watersheds that flow off Draft Recovery Plan for the Nosa Luta Substantive comments regarding of San Benito Mountain, which, at 5,247 or Rota Bridled White-eye (Zosterops recovery plan implementation may not feet (2,000 meters),
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