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Service will identify ways to increase 

management efficiencies, prioritize, and 

look for creative solutions during the 

planning process. 

Since the late 1980s, increasing 

numbers of elk have been using Monte 

Vista and Alamosa NWRs during the fall 

and winter months. Similarly, elk 

numbers on the Baca NWR and adjacent 

Federal and private lands have been an 

ongoing concern in the valley. The 

Colorado Division of Wildlife estimates 

the elk population in game management 

unit 82 to be about 5,000 elk. Generally 

this population travels between Baca 

NWR, neighboring National Park 

Service lands, and The Nature 

Conservancy lands, both inside and 

outside the authorized boundary of Baca 

NWR, along with other surrounding 

private lands and Federal lands. 

Although it is unclear to what extent 

biological carrying capacities are being 

reached or exceeded, there has been 

substantial impact occurring on riparian 

areas along with crop depredation on 

private lands. Many stakeholders agree 

that a coordinated approach is needed 

for elk management. 

There has also been interest in the 

reintroduction of bison on Baca NWR. 

Whether the refuge could support freeroaming bison without negatively 

affecting other species will need to be 

evaluated and determined during the 

CCP process. 

All the refuges were set aside largely 

for the protection of migratory birds; 

therefore water management has been 

an important tool in providing food and 

cover for birds. Climate change data is 

showing a pattern of decreasing 

precipitation and increasing 

temperatures in the San Luis Valley. 

This pattern may shift habitats, 

requiring greater flexibility in future 

land management of the refuges. Water 

management, including quantity, 

quality, and movement of water, is a 

complex issue that needs to be 

addressed. 

The Service is also proposing to study 

the potential for a landscape-level 

strategic habitat conservation initiative 

within the Southern Rockies Landscape 

Conservation Cooperative, a network of 

partnerships working in unison to 

ensure the sustainability of America’s 

land, water, wildlife and cultural 

resources. The study would analyze the 

potential protection of about 430,000 

acres primarily through conservation 

easements and limited fee-title 

acquisition in the San Luis Valley. 

We request input on these issues and 

other concerns affecting refuge 

management or public use during the 

planning process. We are especially 

interested in receiving public input in 

the following areas: 

(a) What suggestions do you have for 

managing migratory birds on the refuges 

in the face of climate change and 

declining precipitation? 

(b) What ideas do you have regarding 

visitor services and wildlife-dependent 

public uses on the refuges, particularly 

Baca NWR, which is currently closed to 

any public use? 

(c) What changes, if any, would you 

like to see in the management of 

Alamosa and Monte Vista NWRs? 

(d) What concerns do you have 

regarding the additional protection of 

wildlife and wetland habitat in the San 

Luis Valley? Can the use of conservation 

easements protect important wildlife 

resources in the valley? 

(e) What concerns do you have 

regarding ungulate management on the 

refuges or the reintroduction of species 

such as bison? 

We provide the above questions for 

your optional use. We have no 

requirement that you provide 

information; however, any comments 

the planning team receives will be used 

as part of the planning process. 

Public Meetings 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

meeting. You can obtain the schedule 

from the planning team leader (see 

ADDRESSES). We will announce 

opportunities for public input in local 

news media throughout the CCP 

process. You may also send comments 

anytime during the planning process by 

U.S. mail, e-mail, or fax (see 

ADDRESSES). There will be additional 

opportunities to provide public input 

once we have prepared a draft CCP. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Any comments we receive will 

become part of the administrative record 

and may be available to the public. 

Before submitting comments that 

include your address, phone number, 

e-mail address, or other personal 

identifying information, you should be 

aware that your entire comment, 

including your personal identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you may 

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. 

Dated: February 15, 2011. 

Noreen E. Walsh, 

Deputy Regional Director, Mountain-Prairie 

Region, Denver, CO. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–FHC–2011–N044; 81331–1334– 

8TWG–W4] 

Trinity Adaptive Management Working 

Group 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Trinity Adaptive 

Management Working Group (TAMWG) 

affords stakeholders the opportunity to 

give policy, management, and technical 

input concerning Trinity River 

(California) restoration efforts to the 

Trinity Management Council (TMC). 

The TMC interprets and recommends 

policy, coordinates and reviews 

management actions, and provides 

organizational budget oversight. This 

notice announces a TAMWG meeting, 

which is open to the public. 

DATES: TAMWG will meet from 9:30 

a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Trinity County Library, 351 Main 

Street, Weaverville, CA 96093. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Meeting Information: Randy A. Brown, 

TAMWG Designated Federal Officer, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1655 

Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521; 

telephone: (707) 822–7201. Trinity River 

Restoration Program (TRRP) 

Information: Jennifer Faler, Acting 

Executive Director, Trinity River 

Restoration Program, P.O. Box 1300, 

1313 South Main Street, Weaverville, 

CA 96093; telephone: (530) 623–1800; 

e-mail: jfaler@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under 

section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.), this 

notice announces a meeting of the 

TAMWG. The meeting will include 

discussion of the following topics: 

• Annual flow release schedule, 

• New TAMWG charter, 

• Acting Executive Director’s Report, 

• Channel rehabilitation policies, 

• TRRP performance measures, 

• Membership update, 

• Election of TAMWG chair and vicechair for 2011, and 

• TAMWG bylaws. 

Completion of the agenda is 

dependent on the amount of time each 

item takes. The meeting could end early 

if the agenda has been completed. 


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Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Randy A. Brown, 

Designated Federal Officer, Arcata Fish and 

Wildlife Office, Arcata, CA. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate a 

Cultural Item: Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate a cultural item in the 

possession of the Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University, Pullman, WA, that meets the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

object under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

item. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 2005, a copper pendant was given 

to the Museum of Anthropology at 

Washington State University for 

intended repatriation by Whitney and 

Mariana Sue Johnson of Charlotte, MI. 

Attached to it was a card with a 

handwritten label reading ‘‘Copper 

pendant from Indian Burial No. 195. 

Zimmerman. Snake River 5 mi east of 

Riparia Columbia Co. Wash.’’ They 

acquired the item through inheritance 

from Mr. Johnson’s grandfather, Ralph 

Hunter, who they believe purchased the 

item while traveling through the area 

between the 1920s and 1940s. The 

pendant is similar in style to other 

pendants often found in protohistoric 

period graves (A.D. 1700–1900) on the 

southern Plateau. 

Zimmerman was a railroad siding that 

was located between Riparia and Lyons 

ferries, which are less than 10 river 

miles apart. The area is within the 

overlapping 19th century territories of 

the Nez Perce and Palus (Sprague 1998; 

Walker 1998). Descendants of these 

communities are members of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Officials of the Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 

one cultural item described above is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near individual human remains 

at the time of death or later as part of 

the death rite or ceremony and is 

believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. Officials of the Museum of 

Anthropology at Washington State 

University also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the unassociated funerary object and the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the unassociated funerary 

object should contact Mary Collins, 

WSU Museum of Anthropology, P.O. 

Box 644910, Pullman, WA 99164, 

telephone (509) 335–4314, before April 

14, 2011. Repatriation of the 

unassociated funerary object to the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, may proceed 

after that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Museum of Anthropology at 

Washington State University is 

responsible for notifying the 

Confederated Tribes of the Colville 

Reservation, Washington; Confederated 

Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 

Reservation, Oregon; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Confederated Tribes and 

Bands of the Yakama Nation, 

Washington; Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho; 

and the Wanapum Band, a non-federally 

recognized Indian group, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2011–5850 Filed 3–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC and Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is here given in accordance 

with the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act 

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 

to repatriate cultural items in the 

control of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Washington, DC, and in the physical 

custody of the Arizona State Museum, 

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the cultural 

items. The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

In 1929, cultural items were removed 

from Canyon Creek Ruin, AZ C:2:8(GP)/ 

AZ V:2:1(ASM), within the boundaries 

of the Fort Apache Indian Reservation, 

Gila County, AZ, during legally 

authorized excavations conducted by 

the Gila Pueblo Foundation, under the 

direction of Emil Haury. The items were 

found in association with human 

burials, but the human remains were not 

removed from these graves. In 1950, the 

Gila Pueblo Foundation closed and the 

collections were transferred to the 

Arizona State Museum. The 185 

unassociated funerary objects are 5 

basketry mat fragments, 1 bone awl, 1 

bone awl fragment, 3 lots of botanical 

material, 30 ceramic bowls, 5 ceramic 

bowl fragments, 11 ceramic jars, 1 

ceramic jar fragment, 1 ceramic ladle, 1 

ceramic pitcher, 77 pieces of flaked 

stone, 2 pieces of hematite mineral, 1 

quartz crystal, 2 shell beads, 1 shell 


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