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For background information on the 

Draft Revised Recovery Plan, see our 

September 15, 2010, Federal Register 

notice (75 FR 56131). The version of 

Appendix C contained in the Draft 

Revised Recovery Plan described the 

modeling framework under 

development for evaluation of habitat 

conservation measures for the spotted 

owl. Since that was written, we have 

completed development and testing of 

this modeling framework for public 

review and comment. Once comments 

have been considered and incorporated 

as appropriate, this modeling framework 

will have a wide variety of applications 

in support of spotted owl recovery. 

The revised Appendix C, which is 

now available for comment, describes 

the three-part modeling framework, 

which includes: A spotted owl habitat 

suitability model; a spotted owl 

conservation planning model that can 

be used to design habitat conservation 

network scenarios; and a spotted owl 

population simulation model to predict 

relative population responses to 

different habitat conservation network 

scenarios and conservation measures. 

To test the modeling framework’s ability 

to evaluate the influence of habitat 

conservation network size and spatial 

distribution on spotted owl population 

performance, revised Appendix C also 

describes the results of an analysis of 10 

different habitat conservation network 

scenarios under different conditions. 

We are seeking comments on the 

modeling process, our test results and 

other aspects of revised Appendix C. 

We anticipate revising recovery action 

4 in the Revised Recovery Plan to reflect 

completion of development and testing 

of the modeling framework as part of 

recovery plan development. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority 

The authority for this action is section 

4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 16 

U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: April 1, 2011. 

Richard Hannan, 

Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

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Notice of Availability of Draft Resource 

Management Plans and Associated 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Bighorn Basin Resource 

Management Plan Revision Project, 

Cody and Worland Field Offices, 

Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) of 1969, as amended, and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act (FLPMA) of 1976, as amended, the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has 

prepared a Draft Resource Management 

Plan (RMP) for the Cody Field Office, a 

Draft RMP for the Worland Field Office, 

and an associated Draft Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS). The two Draft 

RMPs and the associated Draft EIS 

comprise the Bighorn Basin RMP 

Revision Project (Project). By this 

notice, the BLM is announcing the 

opening of a 90-day comment period. 

DATES: To ensure that comments are 

considered, the BLM must receive 

written comments on the Draft RMPs/ 

EIS within 90 days following the date 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes its notice of the Draft RMPs/ 

EIS in the Federal Register. The BLM 

will announce future meetings or 

hearings and any other public 

participation activities at least 15 days 

in advance through public notices, 

media releases, and/or the Project Web 

site at http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/

programs/Planning/RMPs/bighorn.html. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit written 

comments related to the Project Draft 

RMPs/EIS by any of the following 

methods: 

Web site: http://www.blm.gov/wy/st/

en/programs/Planning/RMPs/

bighorn.html. 

E-mail: BBRMP_WYMail@blm.gov. 

Mail: Worland Field Office, Attn: 

RMP Project Manager, 101 South 23rd 

Street, P.O. Box 119, Worland, 

Wyoming 82401. 

Copies of the Draft RMPs/EIS are 

available at the following locations: 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Wyoming State Office, 5353 

Yellowstone Road, Cheyenne, Wyoming 

82003. 

• Bureau of Land Management, Cody 

Field Office, 1002 Blackburn Avenue, 

Cody, Wyoming 82414. 

• Bureau of Land Management, 

Worland Field Office, 101 South 23rd 

Street, Worland, Wyoming 82401. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caleb Hiner, RMP Project Manager, 

telephone (307) 347–5171; address P.O. 

Box 119, 101 South 23rd Street, 

Worland, Wyoming 82401; e-mail 

caleb_hiner@blm.gov. Persons who use 

a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Planning Area for the Project includes 

lands within the BLM Cody and 

Worland Field Offices’ administrative 

boundaries, in of Big Horn, Park, 

Washakie Counties, and Hot Springs 

Counties in north-central Wyoming. The 

Planning Area includes all lands, 

regardless of jurisdiction, totaling 5.6 

million acres; however, the BLM will 

only make decisions on lands that fall 

under the BLM’s jurisdiction. Lands 

within the Planning Area under the 

BLM’s jurisdiction make up the 

Decision Area. The Decision Area 

consists of BLM-administered surface, 

totaling 3.2 million acres, and the 

Federal mineral estate, totaling 4.2 

million acres. The revised RMPs will 

replace the Washakie and Grass Creek 

RMPs in Worland, Wyoming, and the 

Cody RMP in Cody, Wyoming. 

The Draft RMPs/EIS includes a series 

of management actions, within four 

management alternatives, including the 

No Action Alternative, designed to 

address management challenges and 

issues raised during scoping, including, 

but not limited to: Recreation, Areas of 

Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), 

wildlife habitats, livestock grazing, 

energy development, air quality and 

global climate change, and lands with 

wilderness characteristics and Wild 

Lands. The four alternatives are: 

• Alternative A: Continue existing 

management practices (No Action 

Alternative); 

• Alternative B: Foster conservation 

of natural and cultural resources while 

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providing for compatible development 

and use; 

• Alternative C: Emphasize resource 

development and use; and 

• Alternative D: Provide development 

opportunities while protecting sensitive 

resources (Preferred Alternative). 

The Preferred Alternative has been 

identified as described in 40 CFR 

1502.14(e). However, identification of a 

Preferred Alternative does not represent 

the final agency decision. The BLM 

encourages comments on all alternatives 

and management actions described in 

the Draft RMPs/EIS and will assess and 

consider public comments properly 

received. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 1610.7–2(b), this 

notice announces a concurrent public 

comment period on proposed ACECs. A 

total of 18 ACECs are proposed in the 

Draft RMPs/EIS, 9 of which are existing 

ACECs. The proposed ACECs and the 

proposed resource use limitations that 

will occur for each proposed ACEC if 

formally designated are: 

• Big Cedar Ridge (264 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Paleontological. 

Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Right-ofway (ROW) exclusion area, a no-surface 

occupancy (NSO) restriction applied to 

fluid mineral leases, closed to 

geophysical exploration, closed to 

mineral material disposals and related 

exploration and development activities, 

motorized vehicle use limited to 

existing roads and trails, and pursue a 

withdrawal from appropriation under 

the mining laws. 

• Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite 

(1,798 acres): Value(s) of Concern— 

Paleontological. Proposed Use 

Limitation(s)—Closed to surfacedisturbing activities except to enhance 

public education, heavy equipment 

restriction on fire suppression activities, 

motorized vehicle use limited to 

designated roads and trails, interpretive 

area closed to livestock grazing, an NSO 

restriction applied to fluid mineral 

leases, and pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws. 

• Sheep Mountain Anticline (11,528 

acres): Value(s) of Concern—Geologic, 

Caves, Cultural and Scenic. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—Motorized vehicle 

use limited to designated roads and 

trails, generally closed to surfacedisturbing activities, unavailable for 

fluid mineral leasing, and pursue a 

withdrawal from appropriation under 

the mining laws. 

• Spanish Point Karst (6,627 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Caves, 

Recreational, Sinking Stream Segments 

and Water Quality. Proposed Use 

Limitation(s)—Unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, closed to geophysical 

exploration, closed to off highway 

vehicle use, ROW avoidance/mitigation 

area, and pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws. 

• Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area (5,517 

acres with an expansion to 15,246 

acres): Value(s) of Concern— 

Paleontological. Proposed Use 

Limitation(s)—Closed to mineral 

material disposals, unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, ROW avoidance/ 

mitigation area, and pursue a 

withdrawal from appropriation under 

the mining laws. 

• Carter Mountain (10,867 acres with 

an expansion to 16,573 acres): Value(s) 

of Concern—Vegetation, Wildlife, 

Cultural, Recreational, Special Status 

Species, Watershed and Soils. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—Heavy equipment 

restriction on fire suppression activities, 

ROW avoidance/mitigation area, 

motorized vehicle use limited to 

designated roads and trails, closed to 

surface-disturbing activities on slopes 

greater than 7 percent, unavailable for 

fluid mineral leasing, closed to mineral 

material disposals, and pursue a 

withdrawal from appropriation under 

the mining laws. 

• Five Springs Falls (163 acres with 

an expansion to 1,809 acres): Value(s) of 

Concern—Recreational, Scenic, Special 

Status Species, Geologic and Public 

Safety. Proposed Use Limitation(s)— 

Heavy equipment restriction on fire 

suppression activities, ROW avoidance/ 

mitigation area, climbing not allowed on 

the cliff that forms the falls, motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, and unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing. 

• Little Mountain (21,475 acres with 

an expansion to 69,110 acres): Value(s) 

of Concern—Caves, Cultural, 

Paleontological, Scenic, Recreational, 

Special Status Species, Vegetation and 

Wildlife. Proposed Use Limitation(s)— 

Heavy equipment restriction for fire 

suppression activities, motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, a ROW avoidance/mitigation 

area, unavailable for fluid mineral 

leasing, and pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws. 

• Upper Owl Creek Area (13,057 acres 

with an expansion to 32,777): Value(s) 

of Concern—Cultural, Fish, 

Recreational, Scenic, Soils, Special 

Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. 

Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws for 

13,238 acres, ROW avoidance/ 

mitigation area, and unavailable for 

fluid mineral leasing. 

• Chapman Bench (23,976 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Special Status 

Species, Vegetation, and Wildlife. 

Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized 

vehicle use limited to existing roads and 

trails pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws, 

closed to mineral material disposals, 

unavailable for fluid mineral leasing, 

closed to surface-disturbing activities, 

and ROW avoidance/mitigation area. 

• Clarks Fork Basin/Polecat Bench 

West Paleontological Area (23,895 

acres): Value(s) of Concern— 

Paleontological and Scenic. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—Closed to surfacedisturbing activities, closed to mineral 

material disposals, unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal 

from appropriation under the mining 

laws, motorized vehicle use limited to 

designated roads and trails, and 

renewable energy ROW exclusion area. 

• Clarks Fork Canyon (12,259 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Geologic, Open 

Space, Recreational, Special Status 

Species, and Wildlife. Proposed Use 

Limitation(s)—Close 1,211 acres to 

motorized vehicle use with the 

remainder limited to designated roads 

and trails, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, closed to mineral material 

disposals, closed to geophysical 

exploration, unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal 

from appropriation under the mining 

laws, renewable energy ROW exclusion 

area, and ROW avoidance/mitigation 

area. 

• Foster Gulch Paleontological Area 

(27,302 acres): Value(s) of Concern— 

Paleontological and Scenic. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—Renewable energy 

ROW exclusion area, motorized vehicle 

use limited to designated roads and 

trails, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, closed to mineral material 

disposals, unavailable for fluid mineral 

leasing, and pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws. 

• McCullough Peaks South 

Paleontological Area (6,994 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Paleontological 

and Scenic. Proposed Use 

Limitation(s)—Unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal 

from appropriation under the mining 

laws, closed to mineral material 

disposals, renewable energy ROW 

avoidance/mitigation area, motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, and ROW avoidance/ 

mitigation area. 

• Rainbow Canyon (1,433 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Geologic, 

Paleontological, and Scenic. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—Unavailable for fluid 

mineral leasing, pursue a withdrawal 

from appropriation under the mining 

laws, closed to mineral material 

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disposals, renewable energy ROW 

avoidance/mitigation area, motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, and ROW avoidance/ 

mitigation area. 

• Rattlesnake Mountain (19,119 

acres): Value(s) of Concern—Special 

Status Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. 

Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, closed to mineral material 

disposals, unavailable for fluid mineral 

leasing, closed to surface-disturbing 

activities, ROW exclusion area, and 

pursue a withdrawal from appropriation 

under the mining laws. 

• Sheep Mountain (25,153 acres): 

Value(s) of Concern—Special Status 

Species, Vegetation and Wildlife. 

Proposed Use Limitation(s)—Motorized 

vehicle use limited to designated roads 

and trails, unavailable for fluid mineral 

leasing, closed to mineral material 

disposals, pursue a withdrawal from 

appropriation under the mining laws, 

closed to surface-disturbing activities, 

and ROW avoidance/mitigation area. 

• Paleocene and Eocene Thermal 

Maximum (14,906 acres): Value(s) of 

Concern—Paleontological. Proposed 

Use Limitation(s)—NSO restriction 

applied to fluid mineral leases, and 

closed to mineral material disposals. 

Alternative A proposes to maintain 

the nine existing ACECs. Alternative B 

proposes to establish all of the ACECs 

listed above, with expansions, except 

Paleocene and Eocene Thermal 

Maximum. Alternative C proposes to 

maintain only Spanish Point Karst and 

Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area as ACECs. 

Alternative D, the Preferred Alternative, 

proposes ACEC designation for Big 

Cedar Ridge (264 acres); Red Gulch 

Dinosaur Tracksite (1,798 acres); Sheep 

Mountain Anticline (11,528 acres); 

Spanish Point Karst (6,627 acres); 

Brown/Howe Dinosaur Area (5,517 

acres); Carter Mountain (10,867 acres); 

Five Springs Falls (163 acres); Little 

Mountain (21,475 acres); Upper Owl 

Creek (13,057 acres); Clarks Fork 

Canyon (2,724 acres); Sheep Mountain 

(14,201 acres); and Paleocene, Eocene 

Thermal Maximum (14,906 acres) for a 

total of 103,087 acres proposed to be 

managed as ACECs. 

The BLM initiated a Wild and Scenic 

Rivers (WSR) review of all BLMadministered public lands along 

waterways within the Worland and 

Cody planning areas. The BLM requests 

the public to submit information 

regarding the suitability of eligible river 

segments for inclusion in the National 

Wild and Scenic Rivers System. The 

BLM will use comments submitted 

during the announced comment period 

to gather additional data to determine 

suitability for inclusion into the 

National Wild and Scenic Rivers 

System. You may submit comments in 

writing to the BLM at any public 

meeting, or you may submit them to the 

BLM using one of the methods listed in 

the ADDRESSES section above. In order to 

reduce the use of paper and control 

costs, the BLM strongly encourages the 

public to submit comments 

electronically at the project Web site or 

via e-mail. Only comments submitted 

using the methods described in the 

ADDRESSES section above will be 

accepted. Comments submitted must 

include the commenter’s name and 

street address. Whenever possible, 

please include reference to either the 

page or section in the Draft RMPs/EIS to 

which the comment applies. Please note 

that public comments and information 

submitted—including names, street 

addresses and e-mail addresses of 

persons who submit comments—will be 

available for public review and 

disclosure at the above address during 

regular business hours (8 a.m. to 4 p.m.), 

Monday through Friday, except 

holidays. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information–may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

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: 40 CFR 1506.6, 1506.10 and 43 

CFR 1610.2, 1610.7–2 and 8350. 

Ruth Welch, 

Associate State Director. 

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Notice of Meetings of the Pinedale 

Anticline Working Group, Wyoming 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976 and the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Land Management (BLM) announces 

that the Pinedale Anticline Working 

Group (PAWG) will conduct meetings 

and a field tour in Pinedale, Wyoming. 

All meetings and tours are open to the 

public. 

DATES: The PAWG will meet on the 

following dates: August 3, 2011, and 

November 8, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

Mountain Time at the BLM Pinedale 

Field Office. A field tour of the Pinedale 

Anticline Project Area (PAPA) will also 

be held on August 2, 2011 at 10 a.m. 

Mountain Time. Members of the public 

are asked to RSVP no later than 1 week 

prior to the field tour to Shelley 

Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field Office, 

P.O. Box 768, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941; 307–315–0612; 

ssgregory@blm.gov. 

ADDRESSES: BLM Pinedale Field Office, 

1625 West Pine Street, Pinedale, 

Wyoming. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shelley Gregory, BLM Pinedale Field 

Office, 1625 West Pine Street, P.O. Box 

768, Pinedale, Wyoming 82941; 307– 

315–0612; ssgregory@blm.gov. Persons 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TDD), may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 

1–800–877–8339 to contact the above 

individual during normal business 

hours. The FIRS is available 24 hours a 

day, 7 days a week, to leave a message 

or question with the above individual. 

You will receive a reply during normal 

business hours. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

PAWG was established by the 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

Record of Decision (ROD) for the PAPA 

on July 27, 2000, and carried forward 

with the release of the ROD for the 

PAPA Supplemental EIS on September 

12, 2008. 

The PAWG is a FACA-chartered 

group which develops 

recommendations and provides advice 

to the BLM on mitigation, monitoring, 

and adaptive management issues as oil 

and gas development in the PAPA 

proceeds. 

Additional information about the 

PAWG can be found at: http:// 

www.blm.gov/wy/st/en/field_offices/ 

pinedale/pawg.html. 

Donald A. Simpson, 

State Director. 

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