Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 36 / Friday, February 23, 2007 / Notices 8197 

Dated: August 28, 2006. 

Marvin E. Moriarty, 

Regional Director, Region 5, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Hadley, Massachusetts. 

Editorial Note: This document was 

received by the Office of the Federal Register 

on February 20, 2007. 

[FR Doc. E7–3110 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Revised Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Environmental Assessment 

for Innoko National Wildlife Refuge, 

Alaska 

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service, we), will be 

developing a revised Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan (CCP) and 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for 

Innoko National Wildlife Refuge 

(Refuge). We will use special mailings, 

newspaper articles, and other media 

announcements to inform the public of 

opportunities to provide input 

throughout the planning process. We 

will hold public meetings in 

communities near the Refuge (Grayling, 

Anvik, Shageluk, Holy Cross, Kaltag, 

McGrath and Takotna). 

DATES: Please provide written comments 

on the scope of the CCP revision on or 

before 30 days from the date of 

publication of this Notice. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments, 

questions, and requests for further 

information to: Rob Campellone, 

Planning Team Leader, Division of 

Conservation Planning and Policy, 1011 

East Tudor Rd., MS–231, Anchorage, 

Alaska 99503. Comments may be faxed 

to (907) 786–3965, or e-mail to 

Innoko_Plan@fws.gov. Additional 

information about the refuge is available 

on the Internet at: http://alaska.fws.gov/ 

nwr/planning/innpol.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob 

Campellone, Planning Team Leader, at 

(907) 786–3982. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Established by the Alaska National 

Interest Lands Conservation Act (94 

Stat. 2371) in 1980, Innoko Refuge 

covers some 3,850,000 acres and is one 

of the most important waterfowl areas in 

west central interior Alaska. 

Approximately half of the refuge 

consists of wetlands set with 

innumerable lakes and ponds of varying 

size. The remainder is marked by hills, 

most of which are less than one 

thousand feet in elevation. Almost onethird of the refuge is designated 

Wilderness. The route of the historic 

Iditarod Trail crosses the Refuge. 

Refuge purposes include (1) 

Conservation of fish and wildlife 

populations and habitats in their natural 

diversity including, but not limited to, 

waterfowl peregrine falcons, other 

migratory birds, black bear, moose, 

furbearers, and other mammals and 

salmon; (2) fulfilling the international 

treaty obligations of the United States 

with respect to fish and wildlife and 

their habitats; (3) providing, in a manner 

consistent with purposes (1) and (2) 

above, the opportunity for continued 

subsistence by local residents; and 

ensuring, to the maximum extent 

practicable and in a manner consistent 

with purpose (1) above, water quality 

and necessary water quantity within the 

refuge. 

We furnish this notice in accordance 

with the Alaska National Interest Lands 

Conservation Act, the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Administration Act as 

amended by the National Wildlife 

Refuge System Improvement Act of 

1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–688ee), and 

Service policies. 

These laws and policies require all 

lands within the National Wildlife 

Refuge System to be managed in 

accordance with an approved CCP. A 

CCP is a 15-year plan for managing a 

refuge. Refuge goals and objectives are 

identified in a CCP. During the CCP 

process, we will consider many 

elements, including conservation of the 

Refuge’s fish and wildlife populations 

and habitats in their natural diversity; 

facilitation of subsistence use by local 

residents, access for traditional 

activities; and conservation of resource 

values including cultural resources, 

wilderness and rivers. The final revised 

CCP will detail the programs, activities, 

and measures necessary to best 

administer the Refuge to protect these 

values and fulfill refuge purposes over 

the next 15-years. Until the revised CCP 

is completed, management will 

continue to be guided by the original 

CCP, Federal legislation regarding 

management of National Wildlife 

Refuges, and other legal, regulatory, and 

policy guidance. 

Public Meetings: We plan to hold 

public meetings in communities near 

the Refuge: Grayling, Anvik, Shageluk, 

Holy Cross, Kaltag, McGrath and 

Takotna. Meetings will be held between 

December 1 and the end of February as 

weather conditions permit. Each 

meeting will be announced, in advance, 

locally. 

Dated: February 16, 2007. 

Thomas O. Melius, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife 

Service, Anchorage, Alaska. 

[FR Doc. E7–3108 Filed 2–22–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Wapack National Wildlife Refuge 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent: preparation of 

a comprehensive conservation plan and 

environmental assessment; request for 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service, we) intends to gather 

information necessary to prepare a 

comprehensive conservation plan (CCP) 

and environmental assessment (EA) for 

Wapack National Wildlife Refuge 

(NWR) in Greenfield, Lyndeborough, 

and Temple, New Hampshire. We 

furnish this notice in compliance with 

our CCP policy to advise other agencies 

and the public of our intentions, and to 

obtain suggestions and information on 

the scope of issues to be considered in 

the planning process. 

DATES: We will hold a public open 

house meeting to begin the CCP 

planning process; see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for date, time, and location. 

ADDRESSES: Wapack National Wildlife 

Refuge, c/o Great Bay National Wildlife 

Refuge, 100 Merrimac Drive, 

Newington, New Hampshire 03801–

2903, at 603–431–7511 (telephone); 

603–431–6014 (FAX); 

fw5rw_gbnwr@fws.gov (e-mail); http:// 

www.fws.gov/Refuges/profiles/index.

cfm?id=53572 (Web site). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: 

Lelaina Marin, Assistant Refuge 

Planner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, 

Massachusetts 01035; 413–253–8731 

(telephone); 413–253–8468 (FAX); 

northeastplanning@fws.gov (e-mail). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With this 

notice, we initiate the CCP for Wapack 

NWR with headquarters in Newington, 

New Hampshire. We will hold a public 

open house and announce its location, 

date, and time at least 2 weeks in 

advance, in special mailings and local 

newspaper notices, on our Web site, and 

through personal contacts. Additional 

public information sessions in the local 

community are available upon request. 

Under the National Wildlife Refuge 

System Administration Act of 1966, as 

amended by the National Wildlife 


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