[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 59 (Thursday, March 27, 1997)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 14662-14663]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7778]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17


Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Status 
Reviews for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf and Queen Charlotte Goshawk

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of status reviews; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice that 
the comment period on the rangewide status reviews for the Queen 
Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) and the Alexander 
Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) is reopened. The Service solicits 
any information, data, comments, and suggestions from the public, other 
government agencies, the scientific community, industry, or other 
interested parties concerning the status of these species. The notice 
of the status reviews was published on December 5, 1996 (61 FR 64496), 
and extension of the comment period was published December 3, 1996 (61 
FR 69065). On February 14, 1997 (62 FR 6930), the public comment period 
was reopened until March 5, 1997.

DATES: The comment period, previously scheduled to close March 5, 1997 
(62 FR 6930), is reopened and will now close on April 4, 1997. Any 
comments received by the closing date will be considered in the 
findings on the species' status under the Endangered Species Act.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials should be sent to Field Supervisor, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 3000 Vintage 
Blvd., Suite 201, Juneau, Alaska 99801-7100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Teresa Woods, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Service has prepared draft status reviews for the Queen 
Charlotte goshawk and the Alexander Archipelago wolf. The information 
in the reviews will be used in the Service's evaluation

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of whether listing either species under the Endangered Species Act 
(Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is warranted. The 
Queen Charlotte goshawk occurs in forested areas throughout coastal 
mainland and insular areas of British Columbia, Canada, and 
southeastern Alaska. The Alexander Archipelago wolf occurs in forested 
areas of insular and mainland southeast Alaska, from Dixon Entrance 
(US/Canada border) to Yakutat Bay, including all large islands of the 
Alexander Archipelago except Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands.
    The Service is requesting any information, data, comments, and 
suggestions from the public, other government agencies, the scientific 
community, industry, or other interested parties concerning the status 
of these species. All information regarding the status of these 
species, including comments received on the draft status reviews will 
be considered. Please contact Teresa Woods at (907) 786-3505 to obtain 
a copy of the status reviews.

Author

    The primary author of this notice is Teresa Woods, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 
99503.

Authority

    The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

    Endangered and threatened species, Export, Import, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

    Dated: March 20, 1997.
Robyn Thorson,
Acting Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 97-7778 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]
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