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Community Community map repository address 

McLennan County, Texas and Incorporated Areas 

Project: 14–06–1543S Preliminary Date: February 15, 2018 

City of Bellmead ....................................................................................... City Hall, 3015 Bellmead Drive, Bellmead, TX 76705. 

City of Hallsburg ....................................................................................... City Hall, 1115 Wilbanks Drive, Hallsburg, TX 76705. 

City of Hewitt ............................................................................................ Planning and Community Development, 103 North Hewitt Drive, Suite 

E, Hewitt, TX 76643. 

City of Lacy-Lakeview .............................................................................. City Hall, 501 East Craven Avenue, Lacy-Lakeview, TX 76705. 

City of Leroy ............................................................................................. City Hall, 10 East Commerce Street, Leroy, TX 76654. 

City of Riesel ............................................................................................ City Hall, 104 North Highway 6, Riesel, TX 76682. 

City of Robinson ....................................................................................... City Hall, 111 West Lyndale Drive, Robinson, TX 76706. 

City of Ross .............................................................................................. Ross City Hall, 1557 Ross Road, Elm Mott, TX 76640. 

City of Waco ............................................................................................. Dr. Mae Jackson Development Center, 401 Franklin Avenue, Waco, 

TX 76701. 

City of West .............................................................................................. City Hall, 110 North Reagan Street, West, TX 76691. 

Unincorporated Areas of McLennan County ............................................ McLennan County Records Building, 215 North 5th Street, Room 130, 

Waco, TX 76701. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–R–2017–N183; 

FXRS85110900000–XXX–FF09R40000] 

Draft Long-Range Transportation 

Plans for U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

Lands in Regions 2, 6, and 8 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for comments. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 

availability of three draft long-range 

transportation plans for public review 

and comment. These draft long-range 

transportation plans outline strategies 

for improving and maintaining 

transportation assets that provide access 

to Service-managed lands in Region 2 

(Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 

Texas), Region 6 (Colorado, Kansas, 

Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, 

Utah, and Wyoming), and Region 8 

(California and Nevada) over the next 20 

years. 

DATES: We must receive written 

comments on or before August 20, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Document Review: If you 

wish to review these draft plans, you 

may obtain copies by visiting the 

following websites: 

• Region 2: https://ecos.fws.gov/ 

ServCat/Reference/Profile/87706 

• Region 6: https://ecos.fws.gov/ 

ServCat/Reference/Profile/87709 

• Region 8: https://ecos.fws.gov/ 

ServCat/Reference/Profile/87710 

Alternatively, you may contact Laura 

Whorton, Acting Transportation Branch 

Chief, National Wildlife Refuge System, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 5275 

Leesburg Pike, Bailey’s Crossroads, VA 

22041 (phone: 703–358–1752). 

Submitting Comments: If you wish to 

comment on any or all of the plans, you 

may submit your comments in writing 

by any one of the following methods: 

• U.S. mail: Acting Transportation 

Branch Chief, at the above address. 

• Hand-delivery: Acting 

Transportation Branch Chief Analyst, at 

the above address. 

• Fax: 703–358–1752. 

• Email: laura_whorton@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the Public 

Availability of Comments section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Whorton, at the above address, 

phone number, or email. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

With this notice, we make the draft 

long-range transportation plans (LRTPs) 

for Regions 2, 6, and 8 of the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service available for public 

review and comment. When finalized, 

the LRTPs will apply to Servicemanaged lands in Region 2 (Arizona, 

New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas), 

Region 6 (Colorado, Kansas, Montana, 

North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and 

Wyoming), and Region 8 (California and 

Nevada). 

Background 

The Fixing America’s Surface 

Transportation (FAST) Act (Pub. L. 114– 

94) requires that all Federal land 

management agencies conduct longrange transportation planning in a 

manner that is consistent with 

metropolitan planning organizations 

and State departments of transportation 

planning. We initiated these LRTPs to 

bring the Service into compliance with 

the FAST Act and to achieve the 

following goals: 

• Establish a defensible structure for 

sound transportation planning and 

decision-making; 

• Establish a vision, mission, goals, 

and objectives for transportation 

planning in each of these three Service 

Regions; 

• Implement coordinated and 

cooperative transportation partnerships 

in an effort to improve the Service’s 

transportation infrastructure; 

• Integrate transportation planning 

and funding for national wildlife refuges 

and national fish hatcheries into 

existing and future Service management 

plans and strategies; 

• Increase awareness of alternative 

transportation systems and associated 

benefits; 

• Develop best management practices 

for transportation improvements on 

Service lands; and 

• Serve as a pilot project for the 

implementation of a region-level 

transportation planning process within 

the Service. 

LRTP Mission, Goals, and Objectives 

Through a collaborative effort, the 

National Wildlife Refuge System and 

the Fish and Aquatic Conservation 

Program, in cooperation with the 

planning and visitor services programs 

within these three Regions, have 

contributed to defining the mission, 

goals, and objectives presented in this 

document. The resulting mission, goals, 

and objectives are intended to provide 

a systematic approach to guide the 

process for evaluating and selecting 

transportation improvement programs 

for the Service lands in these Regions. 

These guiding principles have shaped 

the development, conclusions, and 

recommendations of these LRTPs. While 

each Region’s specific mission, vision, 


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goals, and objectives differ slightly, they 

are substantively similar. 

Mission: To support the Service’s 

mission by connecting people to fish, 

wildlife, and their habitats through 

strategic implementation of 

transportation programs. 

Goals and Objectives: Each of these 

long-range transportation plans has six 

substantively similar goals: Safety; 

access, mobility, and connectivity; asset 

management; environmental protection; 

visitor experience; and partnership. 

Region 8 has an additional seventh goal: 

Planning. Under each goal, each Region 

presents distinct objectives that move 

the Service to the goal. Please see the 

individual draft LRTPs for more 

information. 

Next Steps 

After the comment period ends, the 

Service will analyze the comments 

received and consider them in 

preparation of final LRTPs. 

Public Availability of Comments 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email 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. 

Gregory J. Sheehan, 

Principal Deputy Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R8–ES–2017–N132; FXES11130000– 

189–FF08E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Draft Recovery Plan for the 

Southern California Distinct Population 

Segment of the Mountain Yellowlegged Frog (Rana muscosa) 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of document availability. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, announce the 

availability of the Draft Recovery Plan 

for the Southern California Distinct 

Population Segment of the Mountain 

Yellow-legged Frog (Rana muscosa) for 

public review and comment. The draft 

recovery plan includes objective, 

measurable criteria, and site-specific 

management actions as may be 

necessary to reclassify the species from 

endangered to threatened and also for 

removal from the Federal List of 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife. 

DATES: We must receive any comments 

on the draft recovery plan on or before 

September 17, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Document availability: You 

may obtain a copy of the recovery plan 

from our website at http://www.fws.gov/ 

endangered/species/recoveryplans.html. Alternatively, you may 

contact the Carlsbad Fish and Wildlife 

Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250, Carlsbad, 

California 92008 (telephone 760–431– 

9440). 

Comment submission: If you wish to 

comment on the draft recovery plan, 

you may submit your comments in 

writing by any one of the following 

methods: 

• U.S. mail: Field Supervisor, at the 

above address; 

• Hand-delivery: Carlsbad Fish and 

Wildlife Office, at the above address; or 

• Email: fw8cfwocomments@fws.gov. 

For additional information about 

submitting comments, see the ‘‘Public 

Comments Solicited’’ section below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mendel Stewart, Field Supervisor, at the 

above street address or telephone 

number (see ADDRESSES). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants to the point where 

they are again secure, self-sustaining 

members of their ecosystems is a 

primary goal of our endangered species 

program and the Endangered Species 

Act of 1973, as amended (Act; 16 U.S.C. 

1531 et seq.). Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer necessary under the criteria 

specified in section 4(a)(1) of the Act. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for listed species, unless 

such a plan would not promote the 

conservation of a particular species. 

Pursuant to section 4(f) of the Act, a 

recovery plan must, to the maximum 

extent practicable, include (1) A 

description of site-specific management 

actions as may be necessary to achieve 

the plan’s goals for the conservation and 

survival of the species; (2) objective, 

measurable criteria which, when met, 

would support a determination under 

section 4(a)(1) that the species should be 

removed from the List of Endangered 

and Threatened Species; and (3) 

estimates of the time and costs required 

to carry out those measures needed to 

achieve the plan’s goal and to achieve 

intermediate steps toward that goal. 

The Service has revised its approach 

to recovery planning; the revised 

process is called Recovery Planning and 

Implementation (RPI). The RPI process 

is intended to reduce the time needed 

to develop and implement recovery 

plans, increase recovery plan relevancy 

over a longer timeframe, and add 

flexibility to recovery plans so they can 

be adjusted to new information or 

circumstances. Under RPI, a recovery 

plan will include statutorily required 

elements (objective, measurable criteria, 

site-specific management actions, and 

estimates of time and costs), along with 

a concise introduction and our strategy 

for how we plan to achieve species 

recovery. The RPI recovery plan is 

supported by a separate Species Status 

Assessment, or in cases such as this one, 

a species biological report that provides 

the background information and threat 

assessment, which are key to recovery 

plan development. The essential 

component to flexible implementation 

under RPI is producing a separate 

working document called the Recovery 

Implementation Strategy 

(implementation strategy). The 

implementation strategy steps down 

from the more general description of 

actions described in the recovery plan to 

detail the specific, near-term activities 

needed to implement the recovery plan. 

The implementation strategy will be 

adaptable by being able to incorporate 

new information without having to 

concurrently revise the recovery plan, 

unless changes to statutory elements are 

required. 

The Service listed the southern 

California distinct population segment 

of mountain yellow-legged frog (Rana 

muscosa) (hereafter ‘‘southern R. 

muscosa’’) as endangered in 2002 (67 

FR 44382, July 2, 2002), and critical 

habitat was designated for the species in 

2006 (71 FR 54344, September 14, 

2006). Historically, southern R. muscosa 

was widely distributed in at least 166 

known populations in watersheds 

across four mountain ranges in southern 

California. Currently, the species is 

restricted to 10 small, isolated 

populations in the headwaters of 

streams or tributaries within the San 

Gabriel, San Bernardino, and San 

Jacinto Mountains. Primary habitat for 

the southern R. muscosa includes 

streams with permanent (perennial) 

water that have steep gradients with 

numerous pools, rapids, and small 

waterfalls. The smallest creeks are likely 

not inhabited by southern R. muscosa 


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