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Telephone Number: (302) 678–9400 

ext 112. 

Email Address: jmyer@ncall.org. 

Washington 

The Confederated Tribes of the 

Colville Reservation in Nespleem, 

Washington will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $799,750 to 

support the creation of a new woody 

biomass business entity that will harvest 

woody biomass and deliver it to local 

cogeneration facilities where it will be 

converted into electricity. The new 

business will add 16 new jobs and 

expand business opportunities for 

several contractors. Funds will be used 

to purchase the heavy equipment 

needed for turning woody biomass— 

waste from logging, orchards and 

mills—into fuel for power generation. 

The new business will be developed 

under the guidance of the CCT Energy 

Department as a for-profit business 

called Fuel Enterprises. Leveraging for 

this project is $2,300,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Ernie Clark. 

Grantee Address: P. O. Box 150, 

Nespelem, WA 99155–0150. 

Telephone Number: (509) 422–7755. 

Email Address: 

Emie.clark@colvillletribes.com. 

The Kalispel Tribe of Indians in Usk, 

Washington will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $240,970 to 

construct a nursery to cultivate native 

plants, including over 3,000 trees from 

locally sourced plant stock. The project 

will also restore lost habitat on the 

reservation, fund wetland restoration 

efforts, and link these efforts with the 

initiation/development of a forestry 

apprenticeship. Partners include KNRD, 

EPA, BPA, and KCTC, as well as in-kind 

funds for land acreage. Leveraging for 

this project is $128,456. 

Contact Person: Mr. Ray Entz. 

Grantee Address: PO Box 39 Usk, WA 

99180–0039. 

Telephone Number: (509) 447–7278. 

Email Address: 

rentz@kalispeltribe.com. 

Wisconsin 

The Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians in Hayward, 

Wisconsin will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Indian Economic 

Development and Entrepreneurship 

grant in the amount of $789,063 to 

enhance the tourism-based economy by 

creating a visitor’s center, museum, and 

gift shop located in former Kinnamon 

School, which will be renovated. The 

visitor’s center will promote tribal 

businesses and will provide a venue for 

the work of local crafts and 

tradespersons. Partners include Sawyer 

County Historian Andrea Wittwer, 

Tribal Spiritual Leader and Historic 

Preservation Officer Jerry Smith, Lac 

Courte Oreilles (LCO) Arts & Crafts 

Assoc. Director Cathy Begay, Tribal 

Governing Board and Tribal Attorney, 

Paul Shagan, LC Dev Corp, NW Regional 

Planning Commission, and A&E 

Consulting Firm. Leveraging for this 

project is $394,908. 

Contact Person: Ms. Lorene Wielgot. 

Grantee Address: 13394 West 

Trepania Rd, Hayward, WI 54843–2186. 

Telephone Number: (715) 634–8934. 

Email Address: weilot@gmail.com. 

The Ho-Chunk Housing and 

Community Development Agency in 

Tomah, Wisconsin will receive a Rural 

Innovation Fund Single Purpose grant 

in the amount of $300,000 to rehab 21 

homes in the 40-year old Indian Mission 

community, located in Black River 

Falls, Wisconsin. As part of the Indian 

Mission Green Rehabilitation project, 21 

homes will receive a geothermal heatpump system and new basement 

insulation. The green retrofitting will 

increase energy efficiency and reduce 

energy costs by 63 percent. Leveraging 

for this project is $150,000. 

Contact Person: Mr. Paul Tysse. 

Grantee Address: 1116 E. Monowau 

Street, P.O. Box 730, Tomah, WI 54660– 

2332. 

Telephone Number: (608) 374–1245. 

Email Address: paul.tysse@hochunk.com. 

[FR Doc. 2012–1008 Filed 1–18–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4210–67–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R1–ES–2010–N252; 

FXES11130100000C2–123–FF01E00000] 

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants; Recovery Plan for 

Hawaiian Waterbirds, Second Revision 

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 final approved 

Recovery Plan for Hawaiian Waterbirds, 

Second Revision. The recovery plan 

addresses four endangered bird species. 

This plan includes recovery objectives 

and criteria, and specific recovery 

actions necessary to achieve 

downlisting and delisting of the species 

and their removal from the Federal List 

of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife 

and Plants. 

ADDRESSES: An electronic copy of the 

recovery plan is available at http://www.

fws.gov/endangered/species/recoveryplans.html and 

http://www.fws.gov/pacific/ecoservices/

endangered/recovery/plans.html. Copies 

of the recovery plan are also available 

by request from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Pacific Islands Fish 

and Wildlife Office, 300 Ala Moana 

Boulevard, Room 3–122, Box 50088, 

Honolulu, HI 96850 (telephone: (808) 

792–9400). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annie Marshall, Fish and Wildlife 

Biologist, at the above Honolulu 

address. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We 

announce the availability of the 

approved Recovery Plan for Hawaiian 

Waterbirds, Second Revision. The 

recovery plan addresses the following 

four bird species listed as endangered: 

Hawaiian duck or koloa maoli (Anas 

wyvilliana), Hawaiian coot or alae 

keokeo (Fulica alai), Hawaiian common 

moorhen or alae ula (Gallinula 

chloropus sandvicensis), and Hawaiian 

stilt or aeo (Himantopus mexicanus 

knudseni). 

Background 

Recovery of endangered or threatened 

animals and plants is a primary goal of 

the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 

U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and our endangered 

species program. Recovery means 

improvement of the status of listed 

species to the point at which listing is 

no longer required under the criteria set 

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

Recovery plans describe actions 

considered necessary for the 

conservation of listed species, establish 

criteria for downlisting or delisting, and 

estimate time and cost for implementing 

the measures needed for recovery. 

The Act requires the development of 

recovery plans for endangered or 

threatened species unless such a plan 

would not promote the conservation of 

the species. Section 4(f) of the Act 

requires that public notice, and an 

opportunity for public review and 

comment, be provided during recovery 

plan development. A recovery plan for 

these four waterbirds was first 

published in 1978, and the first revision 

of the recovery plan was published in 

1985. A draft of the second revision to 

the recovery plan was made available 

for public comment from July 9 through 

September 7, 1999 (64 FR 37148). 

However, that draft was never finalized. 

From August 24 through October 24, 

2005, we made a second draft of the 

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second revision available for public 

comment (70 FR 49668). We have 

considered information we received 

from public comments and peer 

reviewers in our preparation of the 

recovery plan, and have summarized 

that information in an appendix of the 

approved recovery plan. We welcome 

continuing public comment on this 

recovery plan, and we will consider all 

substantive comments on an ongoing 

basis to inform the implementation of 

recovery activities and future updates to 

the recovery plan. 

The four species of waterbirds 

addressed in the recovery plan occurred 

historically on all of the main Hawaiian 

Islands except Lanai and Kahoolawe. 

Currently, Hawaiian ducks are found on 

the islands of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, 

Maui, and Hawaii; Hawaiian coots and 

Hawaiiian stilts are found on all of the 

main Hawaiian Islands except 

Kahoolawe; and Hawaiian common 

moorhens are found only on the islands 

of Kauai and Oahu. These species use a 

variety of wetland habitats, including 

freshwater marshes and ponds, coastal 

estuaries and ponds, artificial reservoirs, 

taro patches, irrigation ditches, sewage 

treatment ponds, and, in the case of the 

Hawaiian duck, montane streams and 

swamplands. Historically, the primary 

cause of population declines for the 

endangered Hawaiian waterbirds has 

been loss of wetland habitat. Other 

factors that have contributed to 

waterbird population declines, and 

which continue to be detrimental, 

include predation by introduced 

animals, altered hydrology, grazing, 

alteration of habitat by invasive 

nonnative plants, disease, and possibly 

environmental contaminants. Hunting 

in the late 1800s and early 1900s took 

a heavy toll on Hawaiian duck 

populations and, to a lesser extent, 

populations of the other three endemic 

waterbirds. Currently, predation by 

introduced animals may be the greatest 

threat to the coot, moorhen, and stilt; 

hybridization with feral mallards is the 

most serious threat to the Hawaiian 

duck. 

The recovery of the endangered 

waterbirds focuses on the following 

objectives: (1) Increasing population 

numbers to be consistently stable or 

increasing, with a minimum of 2,000 

birds for each species; (2) establishing 

multiple, self-sustaining breeding 

populations throughout each species’ 

historical range; (3) establishing and 

protecting a network of both core and 

supporting wetlands that are managed 

as habitat suitable for waterbirds, 

including the maintenance of 

appropriate hydrological conditions and 

control of invasive nonnative plants; (4) 

eliminating or controlling the threats 

posed by introduced predators, avian 

diseases, and contaminants; and (5) for 

the Hawaiian duck, removing the threat 

of hybridization with feral mallards. 

Authority: The authority for this action is 

section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act, 

16 U.S.C. 1533(f). 

Dated: October 28, 2011. 

Richard R. Hannan, 

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

and Wildlife Service. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–R4–R–2011–N241; 

FXRS12650400000S3–123–FF04R02000] 

Establishment of Everglades 

Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge 

and Conservation Area 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service (Service) has 

approved the establishment of the 

Everglades Headwaters National 

Wildlife Refuge and Conservation Area 

in Polk, Osceola, Highlands, and 

Okeechobee Counties, Florida. The 

Service establishes the Refuge and 

Conservation Area in order to support a 

connected conservation landscape; to 

provide quality habitats for native 

wildlife diversity and at-risk species; to 

enhance water quality, quantity, and 

storage; and to provide opportunities for 

wildlife-dependent recreation. 

DATES: This action was effective on 

December 16, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Cheri M. Ehrhardt, Natural Resource 

Planner, at (321) 861–2368 (telephone) 

or Mr. Charlie Pelizza, Refuge Manager, 

at (772) 562–3909, extension 244 

(telephone). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

establishment of the Everglades 

Headwaters National Wildlife Refuge 

and Conservation Area will protect 

approximately 150,000 acres in central 

and south Florida, helping to protect 

and restore one of the great grassland 

and savanna landscapes of eastern 

North America, conserving one of the 

nation’s prime areas of biological 

diversity. It will also help to address the 

threats from habitat fragmentation and 

urban development, altered ecological 

processes, and impacts from global 

climate change. The Service will work 

with willing landowners to create a 

100,000-acre conservation area through 

conservation easements or other lessthan-fee-title means, and a 50,000-acre 

national wildlife refuge. 

The authorities to establish and 

manage the Everglades Headwaters 

National Wildlife Refuge and 

Conservation Area are the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act [16 U.S.C. 668dd(a)(2)], Endangered 

Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1534), 

Emergency Wetlands Resources Act [16 

U.S.C. 3901(b), 100 Stat. 3583], 

Migratory Bird Conservation Act (16 

U.S.C. 715d), Fish and Wildlife Act [16 

U.S.C. 742f(a)(4)], and Refuge 

Recreation Act (16 U.S.C. 460k–460k–4). 

Working with conservation land 

managers across this landscape, the 

Service will: (1) Manage the refuge and 

employ appropriate conditions for the 

conservation area to support a more 

connected and functional conservation 

landscape that will provide effective 

habitat connections between existing 

conservation areas and allow habitats 

and species to shift in response to urban 

development pressures and global 

climate change; (2) provide a wide range 

of quality Kissimmee River Basin 

habitats to support migratory birds, 

Federal- and State-listed species, Statedesignated species of special concern, 

and native wildlife diversity; (3) 

contribute to water quality, water 

quantity, and water storage capacity of 

the upper Everglades watershed to 

complement Everglades restoration 

goals and objectives and water quality 

and supply for central and south 

Florida; and (4) provide opportunities 

for hunting, fishing, wildlife 

observation, wildlife photography, and 

environmental education and 

interpretation, while increasing 

knowledge of and support for 

conservation of the important grassland 

and savanna landscape of the 

headwaters of the Everglades. 

Several uses were evaluated in the 

interim compatibility determinations 

and determined to be compatible for the 

refuge. These included hunting, fishing, 

environmental education and 

interpretation, wildlife observation and 

photography, research, camping, hiking, 

horseback riding, bicycling, grazing, and 

off-road vehicle use (on designated 

roads and trails to support hunting and 

research). The Service is working with 

the Florida Fish and Wildlife 

Conservation Commission to establish a 

memorandum of understanding to also 

employ appropriate State wildlife 

management areas for hunting on 

properties acquired for the refuge. 

On September 8, 2011, the Service 

published a Federal Register notice (76 

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