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Pierce WA 98433 

Landholding Agency: Army 

Property Number: 21201040037 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

Land 

Florida 

Tract L 1113/Portion 

Jim Woodruff Reservoir 

Chattahoochee FL 32324 

Landholding Agency: COE 

Property Number: 31201040001 

Status: Unutilized 

Reasons: Within 2000 ft. of flammable or 

explosive material 

Maryland 

Site A 

Naval Support Activity 

Indian Head MD 20640 

Landholding Agency: Navy 

Property Number: 77201040013 

Status: Underutilized 

Reasons: Secured Area 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R2–R–2010–N209; 20131–1265–2CCP 

S3] 

Caddo National Wildlife Refuge, 

Harrison County, TX; Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan and Environmental 

Assessment 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent; request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), intend to 

prepare a comprehensive conservation 

plan (CCP) and environmental 

assessment (EA) for Caddo Lake 

National Wildlife Refuge, Harrison 

County, TX. We provide this notice in 

compliance with our CCP policy to 

advise other Federal and State agencies, 

Tribes, and the public of our intentions, 

and to obtain suggestions and 

information on the scope of issues to 

consider in the planning process. 

DATES: To ensure consideration, please 

send your written comments by May 18, 

2011. We will announce opportunities 

for public input in local news media 

throughout the CCP process. 

ADDRESSES: Send your comments or 

requests for more information by any of 

the following methods. 

E-mail: Jeffrey_missal@fws.gov. 

Include ‘‘Caddo Lake National Wildlife 

Refuge CCP NOI’’ in the subject line of 

the message. 

Fax: Attn: Jeffrey Missal, Natural 

Resource Planner, 505–248–7409. 

U.S. Mail: Jeffrey Missal, Natural 

Resource Planner, P.O. Box 1306, 

Albuquerque, NM 87103–1306. 

In-Person Drop-off: You may drop off 

comments during regular business hours 

at the Refuge Headquarters located at 

15600 Highway 134, Karnack, TX 

75661. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jeffrey Missal, Natural Resource 

Planner, Telephone: 505–248–7409; 

Fax: 505–248–6803; e-mail: 

Jeffrey_missal@fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we initiate our 

process for developing a CCP for Caddo 

Lake NWR (Refuge), located in Harrison 

County, TX. This notice complies with 

our CCP policy to (1) advise other 

Federal and State agencies, Tribes, and 

the public of our intention to conduct 

detailed planning on this Refuge, and 

(2) obtain suggestions and information 

on the scope of issues to consider in the 

environmental document and during 

development of the CCP. 

Background 

The CCP Process 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee) (Administration Act), as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997, requires us to develop a CCP for 

each national wildlife refuge. The 

purpose for developing a CCP is to 

provide Refuge Managers with a 15-year 

plan for achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and our policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, CCPs identify wildlifedependent recreational opportunities 

available to the public, including 

opportunities for hunting, fishing, 

wildlife observation and photography, 

and environmental education and 

interpretation. We will review and 

update the CCP at least every 15 years 

in accordance with the Administration 

Act, as amended. 

Each unit of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System was established for 

specific purposes. We use these 

purposes as the foundation for 

developing and prioritizing the 

management goals and objectives for 

each refuge within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System mission, and to 

determine how the public can use each 

refuge. The planning process is a way 

for us and the public to evaluate 

management goals and objectives that 

will ensure the best possible approach 

to wildlife, plant, and habitat 

conservation, while providing for 

wildlife-dependent recreation 

opportunities that are compatible with 

each refuge’s establishing purposes and 

the mission of the National Wildlife 

Refuge System. 

Our CCP process provides 

participation opportunities for Tribal, 

State, and local governments; agencies; 

organizations; and the public. At this 

time we encourage input in the form of 

issues, concerns, ideas, and suggestions 

for the future management of Caddo 

Lake NWR. 

We will conduct the environmental 

review of this project and develop an 

EA in accordance with the requirements 

of the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, as amended (NEPA) (42 

U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); NEPA regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508); other 

appropriate Federal laws and 

regulations; and our policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

laws and regulations. 

Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge 

is located in Harrison County, TX, and 

encompasses approximately 7,500 acres 

of Piney Woods, mature Baldcyprus 

Forests, and wetlands. On October 19, 

2000, the Director of the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service approved the 

establishment of the Caddo Lake 

National Wildlife Refuge on portions of 

the Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant. 

It was officially opened as a national 

wildlife refuge on September 26, 2009, 

for the purpose of migratory bird and 

other fish and wildlife management, 

conservation, and protection. 

In contrast to the more arid and thinly 

wooded areas that predominate much of 

the rest of Texas, Caddo Lake NWR is 

one of the richest examples of the lush 

and abundant Piney Woods Belt, where 

rainfall is plentiful and rivers and 

bayous twist through forests teeming 

with a great diversity of aquatic and 

terrestrial plant specimens. Portions of 

the Refuge and Caddo Lake constitute 

one of only 25 such areas in the United 

States recognized by the RAMSAR 

Convention on Wetlands as a Wetland 

of International Significance. Residing 

in these forests and wetlands associated 

with the Refuge are a variety of birds, 

amphibians, reptiles, and fish. A 

number of animals and plants here are 

considered rare, threatened, or 

endangered under national and 

international laws; these species 


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include, but are not limited to, the 

peregrine falcon, the alligator snapping 

turtle, and the eastern big-eared bat. 

Scoping: Preliminary Issues, Concerns, 

and Opportunities 

We have identified preliminary 

issues, concerns, and opportunities that 

we may address in the CCP. We have 

briefly summarized these issues below. 

During public scoping, we may identify 

additional issues. 

Ecoregional Issues 

• Potential impacts of climate change 

Habitat Issues 

• Bottomland Hardwood habitat 

maintenance and restoration 

• Timber harvesting 

• Using fire on the landscape for habitat 

restoration and maintenance 

• Property transfer from the Department 

of the Army and subsequent 

contaminant issues 

Wildlife Issues 

• Migratory waterfowl and neotropical 

migrants using the Refuge as a 

stopover and/or nesting site 

• Refuge hunts for population 

management of White-tailed Deer 

• Construction/maintenance of bat, 

wood duck, and bluebird boxes for 

nesting purposes 

Public Use Opportunities and Access 

• Identification, construction, and 

maintenance of wildlife observation 

trail(s) and auto-tour loop(s) 

• Develop/Increase participation of 

Caddo Lake NWR friends group 

Facilities 

• Remodel or replace current Refuge 

headquarters (currently an old U.S. 

Army office building) 

• Identify location and construct Refuge 

Fire Station Facilities (currently colocated in the Refuge shop and 

bunkhouse) 

• Identify location and construct Refuge 

Visitor Center and Classroom 

Building (currently located in an old 

FEMA Trailer) 

Public Meetings 

We will give the public an 

opportunity to provide input at a public 

meeting (or meetings). You can obtain 

the schedule from the planning team 

leader or project leader (see ADDRESSES). 

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 

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. 

Dated: September 30, 2010. 

Joy E. Nicholopoulos, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Region 2. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R5–ES–2010–N249; 50120–1113– 

0000–C2] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Assisting States, Federal 

Agencies, and Tribes in Managing 

White-Nose Syndrome in Bats; Draft 

National Plan; Extension of Public 

Comment Period 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; extension 

of comment period. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS), are extending 

the public comment period for the draft 

national plan to assist States, Federal 

agencies, and Tribes in managing whitenose syndrome (WNS) in bats. See 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for details. 

If you have already submitted 

comments, please do not resubmit them; 

we have already incorporated them in 

the public record and will fully consider 

them in our final decision. 

DATES: Submit comments on this 

document on or before December 26, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: Send your written 

comments on the draft plan, by U.S. 

mail to Dr. Jeremy Coleman, National 

WNS Coordinator, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, New York Field Office, 

3817 Luker Road, Cortland, New York 

13045; or by electronic mail to 

WhiteNoseBats@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Jeremy Coleman, National WNS 

Coordinator, at the New York Field 

Office (see ADDRESSES) or by phone at 

607–753–9334. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

October 28, 2010, we published a 

Federal Register notice (75 FR 66387) 

announcing availability for public 

review of a draft national plan to assist 

States, Federal agencies, and Tribes in 

managing WNS in bats. That notice 

mistakenly announced a 33-day public 

comment period instead of a 60-day 

public comment period. We are 

extending the public comment period 

on the draft plan to the originally 

planned 60 days. 

WNS is a fungal disease responsible 

for unprecedented mortality in 

hibernating bats in the northeastern 

United States. It has spread rapidly 

since its discovery in January 2007, and 

poses a potentially catastrophic threat to 

hibernating bats throughout North 

America, including several species 

listed as endangered or threatened 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA). Listed bats include the Indiana 

bat (Myotis sodalis), Virginia big-eared 

bat (Corynorhinus townsendii 

virginianus), Ozark big-eared bat 

(Corynorhinus townsendii ingens), and 

gray bat (Myotis grisescens). 

The draft plan was prepared by 

representatives of the U.S. Department 

of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant 

Health Inspection Service and Forest 

Service; U.S. Department of Defense’s 

Army Corps of Engineers; U.S. 

Department of the Interior’s Bureau of 

Land Management, National Park 

Service, and FWS; St. Regis Mohawk 

Tribe; Kentucky Department of Fish and 

Wildlife Resources; Missouri 

Department of Conservation; New York 

State Department of Environmental 

Conservation; Pennsylvania Game 

Commission; Vermont Department of 

Fish and Wildlife; and Virginia 

Department of Game and Inland 

Fisheries. 

Document Availability 

An electronic copy of the draft plan 

is available online at 

http://www.fws.gov/ 

WhiteNoseSyndrome/. The document is 

also available from the FWS’s New York 

Field Office (see ADDRESSES). 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, electronic 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 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. 


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