[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20679-20680]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10048]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Publishing the Priority List, and Projects Approved, With 
Qualifiers, Under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program Submitted 
to the Secretary by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice--Multistate Conservation Grant Program.

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SUMMARY: The Service is publishing the priority lists for the 
Multistate Conservation Grant Program submitted to the Secretary of the 
Interior by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies. This notice is required by the Wildlife and Sport Fish 
Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000. Grants will be made from 
this list.

DATES: This notice is effective April 24, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of proposals may be viewed at the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service offices at 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 140, 
Arlington, Virginia 22203 daily until May 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kris E. LaMontagne, Chief, Division of 
Federal Aid, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, 
Suite 140, Arlington, Virginia 22203, (703) 358-2156.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration 
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-408) established a Multi-
State Conservation Grant Program within the Federal Aid in Wildlife 
Restoration and Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Acts, commonly 
known as the Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson/Wallop-Breaux Acts, 
respectively. The program authorizes grants of up to $3 million 
annually from funds available under each Act, for a total of up to $6 
million annually. The grants are to be made from a list of

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recommendations submitted by the International Association of Fish and 
Wildlife Agencies, representing the State fish and wildlife agencies. 
The Director, exercising the authority of the Secretary, need not fund 
recommended projects, but may not fund projects which are not 
recommended. The Acting Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service 
approved the list, with qualifiers, on January 31, 2001.
    To be eligible for consideration, a project must benefit fish and/
or wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, a majority of the 
States in a Fish and Wildlife Service Region, or a regional association 
of State fish and wildlife agencies. Grants may by made to a State or 
group of States, to non-governmental organizations, and, solely for 
carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-
Associated Recreation, to the Fish and Wildlife Service.
    The priority lists of projects submitted by the IAFWA:

            Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act Proposals
                                [FY-2001]
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1. National Survey of Hunting Fishing and Wildlife-           $1,395,348
 Associated Recreation.....................................
2. Management Assistance Team for State Fish and Wildlife        251,248
 Agencies..................................................
3. The Fish and Wildlife Reference Service.................      157,500
4. Outreach Project: Improving National Wildlife Capture         327,376
 Programs and Implementing Best Management Practices.......
5. Workshops on Integrated Migratory Bird Management.......      298,350
6. Wildlife Law News Quarterly.............................        5,000
7. Automated Wildlife Data Systems Project Coordination....       96,525
8. Factors Relating to Hunting and Fishing Initiation,           168,360
 Participation, and Retention Among the Nation's Youth.....
9. Assisting States in Reaching Underrepresented Groups,         139,730
 Specifically Ethnic Minorities and Women with Disabilities
 through the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program............
10. Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife, Involving High       27,358
 School Students and Addressing Wildlife Needs.............
11. Step Outside...........................................       89,950
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                                                               2,956,745
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           Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Act Proposals
                                [FY-2001]
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1. National Survey of Hunting Fishing and Wildlife-           $1,395,348
 Associated Recreation.....................................
2. Management Assistance to State Fish and Wildlife              251,248
 Agencies..................................................
3. The Fish and Wildlife Reference Service.................      157,500
4. The Collection of Pivotal Field Efficacy Data to Support      216,775
 a New Animal Drug Approval for the Use of Florfenicol
 (Aquaflor<SUP>TM</SUP>) to Control Mortality Caused by Bacterial
 Pathogens in Cultured Fish................................
5. Analytical Support of Pivotal Efficacy Trials for              36,689
 Florfenicol Use in Public Fisheries.......................
6. Strengthen and Expand the National ``Hooked on Fishing-       150,125
 Not on Drugs'' Program....................................
7. Wildlife Law News Quarterly.............................        5,000
8. Automated Wildlife Data Systems Project Coordination....       96,525
9. Factors Relating to Hunting and Fishing Initiation,           168,360
 Participation, and Retention Among the Nation's Youth.....
10. Assisting States in Reaching Underrepresented Groups,        139,730
 Specifically Ethnic Minorities and Women with Disabilities
 through the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Program............
11. Science and Civics: Sustaining Wildlife, Involving High       27,358
 School Students and Addressing Wildlife Needs.............
12. Step Outside...........................................       89,950
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                                                               2,734,608
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    Dated: February 5, 2001.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 01-10048 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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