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suppression actions for wildlife would 

be implemented, but research would be 

conducted to investigate future disease 

suppression tools for cattle and wildlife. 

• Alternative 4 (Suppress Brucellosis 

Transmission) would prioritize the 

prevention of brucellosis transmission 

between bison and livestock through a 

variety of tools, including disease 

suppression techniques, as practicable. 

Suppression tools may include 

capturing bison at facilities inside or 

outside Yellowstone National Park, 

culling of likely infectious bison, 

vaccination of bison at capture facilities, 

sterilization of bison before shipment to 

terminal pastures and adjusting land use 

by cattle. The population guideline for 

Yellowstone-area bison under this 

alternative would be 3,000 animals and 

would include specific tolerance 

thresholds north and west of the park in 

the State of Montana. Bison outside of 

the park on adjacent lands in Montana 

would be managed within an 

established boundary to minimize 

disease transmission, while also 

considering private property and public 

safety concerns. Public and treaty 

hunting would occur outside of the 

park. 

• Alternative 5 (Tolerance in 

Montana Linked to Overall Bison 

Abundance) would seek to expand 

bison tolerance north and west of the 

park year-round within specific 

geographic boundaries (e.g. within the 

Gardiner Basin and up to the Taylor 

Fork drainage). The current interagency 

bison population management guideline 

of 3,000 bison would be maintained. 

Tolerance thresholds for bison outside 

of the park in the State of Montana 

would depend on the overall number of 

bison in the population, with tolerance 

for bison in Montana increasing as the 

population approaches the population 

guideline. There would be no haze-back 

dates, but the agencies would adhere to 

all other existing procedures in the 2000 

IBMP, as adjusted. Other wildlife 

management tools, such as those used to 

manage other wildlife species (e.g., 

habitat enhancement), could be 

implemented. Public and treaty hunting 

would occur outside of the park. No 

brucellosis disease suppression actions 

for wildlife would be implemented, but 

research would be conducted to 

investigate future disease suppression 

tools for cattle and wildlife. 

• Alternative 6 (Balance Bison 

Conservation and Brucellosis 

Transmission Risk) would allow for the 

total bison population to vary over time 

within a defined range (Objective = 

2,500–4,500 bison) and would also 

establish specific tolerance thresholds 

north and west of the park in the State 

of Montana. Habitat enhancement, 

longer tolerance in spring, or year-round 

tolerance for some bison in Montana 

could be implemented under this 

alternative. Tools such as hazing, public 

and treaty hunting and culling near the 

park boundary would be used to 

regulate population size and 

distribution, minimize brucellosis 

transmission from bison to cattle and 

protect property and human safety. No 

brucellosis disease suppression actions 

for wildlife would be implemented, but 

research would be conducted to 

investigate future disease suppression 

tools for cattle and wildlife. 

Under any proposed action 

alternative, the following would be 

implemented: (1) Yellowstone bison 

would be managed as wildlife in the 

park and within defined management 

areas in Montana, (2) public and treaty 

hunting of bison would occur outside of 

the park in Montana, (3) bison 

management actions would be 

implemented to protect private property 

and human safety, (4) a public 

engagement program would be 

implemented to facilitate the exchange 

of information between bison managers, 

scientists, and the public. 

If you wish to comment during the 90- 

day public comment period, you may 

use any one of several methods. The 

preferred method for submitting 

comments to the NPS and State of 

Montana is on the NPS PEPC Web site 

at http://parkplanning.nps.gov/

YellBisonPlan. You may also mail or 

hand-deliver your comments to the 

Superintendent, Yellowstone National 

Park, Bison Management Plan, P.O. Box 

168, Yellowstone National Park, 

Wyoming 82190. Comments will also be 

accepted during public meetings. 

Comments will not be accepted by fax, 

email, or any other way than those 

specified above. Bulk comments in any 

format (hard copy or electronic) 

submitted on behalf of others will not be 

accepted. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al 

Nash, Chief of Public Affairs, 

Yellowstone National Park, Bison 

Management Plan, P.O. Box 168, 

Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming 

82190, or by telephone at (307) 344– 

2015. 

Dated: January 22, 2015. 

Sue E. Masica, 

Regional Director, Intermountain Region, 

National Park Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17723; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Minnesota Historical Society, St. 

Paul, MN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Minnesota Historical 

Society, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the 

Minnesota Historical Society. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Minnesota Historical Society at the 

address in this notice by April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Leah Bowe, Minnesota 

Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., 

St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 

259–3255, email leah.bowe@mnhs.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the 

Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, 

MN, that meet the definition of sacred 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

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the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1926, 57 cultural items, identified 

as a set of Midewiwin medicines, were 

removed from a cave at Crane Lake in 

St. Louis County, MN. The objects were 

discovered and removed by a group of 

men canoeing on the lake who took 

shelter in the cave during a storm. The 

objects (called the Crane Lake Cache by 

the Minnesota Historical Society) were 

transferred to the Minnesota Historical 

Society in 1927. 

In the near 90 years since their 

accession, some parts of the Crane Lake 

Cache have gone missing, and the 

current number of objects in the 

collection is 54. The 54 sacred objects 

still extant that comprise the Crane Lake 

Cache are: 4 birch bark scrolls; 3 birch 

bark disks; 1 wooden disk; 1 birch bark 

container for medicine; 1 can rattle; 8 

invitation bird quills; 1 shooting 

diagram; 1 snakeskin bundle; the 

fragments of 1 water drum; 15 

individual packages of medicines; 1 

bear claw; 6 shells; 2 quartz crystals; 1 

nut; 1 ceramic object; 1 otolith; 5 glass 

beads; and 1 wooden container for 

medicines. The missing items are 1 

sucking tube and 2 packages of 

medicine. 

Consultation with the Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that 

these materials fit the definition of 

sacred objects under NAGPRA, and that 

Crane Lake was within the boundaries 

of the traditional property of the Bois 

Forte Band. 

In 1987, the Minnesota Historical 

Society purchased the Nett Lake War 

Charm Necklace at Sotheby’s Auctions. 

This object was identified as such at 

auction by the seller. Further 

provenance is unavailable for this 

object. 

Consultation with Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota, confirmed both that 

this object fit the definition of a sacred 

object under NAGPRA, and that Nett 

Lake was within the boundaries of the 

traditional property of the Bois Forte 

Band. 

Determinations Made by the Minnesota 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Minnesota Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 55 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Leah Bowe, Minnesota Historical 

Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, 

MN 55102, telephone (651) 259–3255, 

email leah.bowe@mnhs.org, by April 15, 

2015. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects to the 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, 

may proceed. 

The Minnesota Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: February 23, 2015. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

[FWS–HQ–IA–2014–N051; 

FXIA16710900000–156–FF09A30000] 

Endangered Species; Receipt of 

Applications for Permit 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications 

for permit. 

SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, invite the public to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. With some 

exceptions, the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) prohibits activities with listed 

species unless Federal authorization is 

acquired that allows such activities. 

DATES: We must receive comments or 

requests for documents on or before 

April 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Brenda Tapia, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Division of 

Management Authority, Branch of 

Permits, MS: IA, 5275 Leesburg Pike, 

Falls Church, VA 22041; fax (703) 358– 

2281; or email DMAFR@fws.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda Tapia, (703) 358–2104 

(telephone); (703) 358–2281 (fax); 

DMAFR@fws.gov (email). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Public Comment Procedures 

A. How do I request copies of 

applications or comment on submitted 

applications? 

Send your request for copies of 

applications or comments and materials 

concerning any of the applications to 

the contact listed under ADDRESSES. 

Please include the Federal Register 

notice publication date, the PRTnumber, and the name of the applicant 

in your request or submission. We will 

not consider requests or comments sent 

to an email or address not listed under 

ADDRESSES. If you provide an email 

address in your request for copies of 

applications, we will attempt to respond 

to your request electronically. 

Please make your requests or 

comments as specific as possible. Please 

confine your comments to issues for 

which we seek comments in this notice, 

and explain the basis for your 

comments. Include sufficient 

information with your comments to 

allow us to authenticate any scientific or 

commercial data you include. 

The comments and recommendations 

that will be most useful and likely to 

influence agency decisions are: (1) 

Those supported by quantitative 

information or studies; and (2) Those 

that include citations to, and analyses 

of, the applicable laws and regulations. 

We will not consider or include in our 

administrative record comments we 

receive after the close of the comment 

period (see DATES) or comments 

delivered to an address other than those 

listed above (see ADDRESSES). 

B. May I review comments submitted by 

others? 

Comments, including names and 

street addresses of respondents, will be 

available for public review at the street 

address listed under ADDRESSES. The 

public may review documents and other 

information applicants have sent in 

support of the application unless our 

allowing viewing would violate the 

Privacy Act or Freedom of Information 

Act. 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 


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