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managing the Refuge for the next 15 

years. 

Under Alternative A (No Action), 

management would continue 

unchanged. Alternative B (the Selected 

Alternative) would standardize the 

wildlife monitoring and surveying 

program; develop a habitat management 

plan including an adaptive vegetation 

management plan; assess contaminants 

and disease; pursue climate change 

modeling; identify additional habitat for 

boundary expansion; continue planning 

and redesign of a breeding pond; assess 

the need and plan for new breeding 

ponds; develop habitat, mosquito, and 

water management plans, and a visitor 

services plan; improve energy 

efficiency; develop a trail system; 

expand the in-class environmental 

education program to other schools; and 

expand on-site restoration education. 

Alternative C includes all actions in 

Alternative B, and would expand 

natural resource surveys, expand 

control of additional priority invasive 

vegetation, identify buffer habitat for 

boundary expansion and acquisition, 

remove invasive wildlife, reintroduce 

native plants historically found on the 

Refuge, improve trail access, and 

improve outreach to the community. 

We received 10 letters on the Draft 

CCP and EA during the review and 

comment period. Comments focused on 

mosquito control and listed species 

management. We incorporated 

comments we received into the CCP 

when appropriate, and we responded to 

the comments in an appendix to the 

CCP. In the FONSI, we selected 

Alternative B for implementation. The 

FONSI documents our decision and is 

based on the information and analysis 

contained in the EA. 

Under the selected alternative, the 

Refuge will achieve an optimal balance 

of biological resource objectives and 

visitor services opportunities. Habitat 

management and associated biological 

resource monitoring will be improved. 

Visitor service opportunities will focus 

on quality wildlife-dependent recreation 

with expanded environmental 

education opportunities. In addition, 

interpretation, wildlife observation, and 

photography programs will be improved 

and/or expanded. 

The selected alternative best meets 

the Refuges’ purposes, vision, and goals; 

contributes to the Refuge System 

mission; addresses the significant issues 

and relevant mandates; and is consistent 

with principles of sound fish and 

wildlife management. Based on the 

associated environmental assessment, 

this alternative is not expected to result 

in significant environmental impacts 

and therefore does not require an 

environmental impact statement. 

Dated: March 7, 2011. 

Alexandra Pitts, 

Acting Regional Director, Pacific Southwest 

Region, Sacramento, California. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5633 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–6690–A2; LLAK965000–L14100000– 

KC0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to 

Pedro Bay Corporation. The decision 

approves the surface estate in the lands 

described below for conveyance 

pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims 

Settlement Act. The subsurface estate in 

these lands will be conveyed to Bristol 

Bay Native Corporation when the 

surface estate is conveyed to Pedro Bay 

Corporation. The lands are in the 

vicinity of Pedro Bay, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Seward Meridian, Alaska 

T. 4 S., R. 30 W., 

Sec. 14, lot 2. 

Containing 409.69 acres. 

T. 5 S., R. 30 W., 

Sec. 2, lots 4, 5, and 6; 

Sec. 21, lots 2, 3, and 4; 

Sec. 34, lots 2 and 3. 

Containing 13.41 acres. 

Aggregating 423.10 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Bristol Bay 

Times. 

DATES: Any party claiming a 

property interest in the lands affected by 

the decision may appeal the decision 

within the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 

fail or refuse to sign their return receipt, 

and parties who receive a copy of the 

decision by regular mail which is not 

certified, return receipt requested, shall 

have until April 11, 2011 to file an 

appeal. 

2. Parties receiving service of the 

decision by certified mail shall have 30 

days from the date of receipt to file an 

appeal. 

Parties who do not file an appeal in 

accordance with the requirements of 43 

CFR part 4, subpart E, shall be deemed 

to have waived their rights. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the decision may 

be obtained from: Bureau of Land 

Management, Alaska State Office, 222 

West Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99513–7504. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

BLM by phone at 907–271–5960, by email at ak.blm.conveyance@blm.gov, or 

by telecommunication device (TTD) 

through the Federal Information Relay 

Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339, 24 

hours a day, 7 days a week. 

Jason Robinson, 

Land Law Examiner, Land Transfer 

Adjudication II Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5610 Filed 3–10–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–JA–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[AA–6666–B; LLAK965000–L14100000– 

KC0000–P] 

Alaska Native Claims Selection 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of decision approving 

lands for conveyance. 

SUMMARY: As required by 43 CFR 

2650.7(d), notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

will issue an appealable decision to 

Ahtna, Incorporated, Successor in 

Interest to Gakona Corporation. The 

decision approves the conveyance of 

surface estate in the lands described 

below pursuant to the Alaska Native 

Claims Settlement Act. The subsurface 

estate in these lands will be conveyed 

to Ahtna, Incorporated when the surface 

estate is conveyed to Ahtna, 

Incorporated, Successor in Interest to 

Gakona Corporation. The lands are in 

the vicinity of Gakona, Alaska, and are 

located in: 

Copper River Meridian, Alaska 

T. 8 N., R. 3 E., 

Sec. 22. 

Containing approximately 316 acres. 

Notice of the decision will also be 

published four times in the Anchorage 

Daily News. 

DATES: Any party claiming a property 

interest in the lands affected by the 

decision may appeal the decision within 

the following time limits: 

1. Unknown parties, parties unable to 

be located after reasonable efforts have 

been expended to locate, parties who 


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