50394 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 165 / Friday, August 26, 2005 / Notices 

Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

(CCP) and Environmental Assessment 

(EA) is available for Agassiz NWR, 

Minnesota. 

The CCP was prepared pursuant to 

the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, and the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969. Goals and objectives in the CCP 

describe how the agency intends to 

manage the refuge over the next 15 

years.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Final CCP are 

available on compact disk or hard copy. 

You may access and download a copy 

via the planning Web site at http://

www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/

agassiz/index.html or you may obtain a 

copy by writing to the following 

address: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, 22996 

290th Street NE., Middle River, 

Minnesota 56737–9754.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret Anderson at (218) 449–4115.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Agassiz NWR, established in 1937, is 

located in the northwest corner of 

Minnesota at the juncture of the 

northern boreal forest, the eastern 

deciduous forest, and the tallgrass 

prairie. The Refuge’s 61,500 acres are a 

key breeding ground for 17 species of 

ducks, as well as an important migration 

rest stop for waterfowl, but it is also 

noted for gray wolves, moose, and 

nesting Bald Eagles. 

The National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee et seq.), requires a CCP. 

The purpose in developing CCPs is to 

provide refuge managers with a 15-year 

strategy for achieving refuge purposes 

and contributing toward the mission of 

the National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife science, conservation, legal 

mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction for conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, the CCPs identify 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update these CCPs at least 

every 15 years. 

A major focus of the refuge for the 

next 15 years will be to manage a large 

area of uplands as a grassland/

shrubland matrix. This action will 

increase critical native habitats that 

have declined locally and in Minnesota 

over the past century, such as prairie 

grasslands, sedge meadow, and bur oak/

savanna. Simultaneously, the Refuge 

will aim to reduce the area now taken 

over by lowland shrub, aspen/mixed 

hardwood, and cattail or phragmitesdominated marsh, which either have 

lower intrinsic value for wildlife or have 

simply become too abundant. In turn, 

these habitat shifts will help those 

wildlife species associated with the 

rarer habitats. 

The Refuge proposes to restore a more 

natural sinuosity on two interior 

watercourses by lowering water levels 

in three pools. The loss of conifers in 

the Wilderness Area, possibly due to 

high water conditions, will also be 

studied. 

Expanded public use opportunities 

include enhancing winter wildlife 

viewing with a designated, un-groomed 

cross-country/snowshoe/walking trail. 

New hunting opportunities to be 

provided include: archery/deer, 

muzzleloader/deer, and ruffed grouse 

hunting during and after the firearms/

deer season; and a ‘‘youth’’ waterfowl 

hunt in the Farmes Pool area in 

conjunction with the state youth 

waterfowl hunt season and regulations.

Dated: June 21, 2005. 

Robyn Thorson, 

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Final Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan and Environmental Assessment 

for Squaw Creek National Wildlife 

Refuge (NWR), Mound City, MO

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) announces that the 

final Comprehensive Conservation Plan 

(CCP) and Environmental Assessment 

(EA) is available for Squaw Creek NWR, 

Mound City, Missouri. The CCP was 

prepared pursuant to the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Administration 

Act of 1966, as amended by the National 

Wildlife Refuge System Improvement 

Act of 1997, and the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and 

using the preferred alternative, goals, 

and objectives, we describe how the 

Service intends to manage this refuge 

over the next 15 years.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the final CCP and 

EA are available on compact diskette or 

hard copy, you may obtain a copy by 

writing to: Squaw Creek National 

Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 158, Mound 

City, Missouri 64470 or you may access 

and download a copy at this Web site: 

http://www.fws.gov/midwest/planning/

squawcreek/index.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ron 

Bell at (660) 442–3187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 

668dd–668ee et seq.) requires the 

Service to develop a CCP for each 

National Wildlife Refuge. The purpose 

in developing a CCP is to provide refuge 

managers with a 15-year strategy for 

achieving refuge purposes and 

contributing toward the mission of the 

National Wildlife Refuge System, 

consistent with sound principles of fish 

and wildlife management, conservation, 

legal mandates, and Service policies. In 

addition to outlining broad management 

direction on conserving wildlife and 

their habitats, the CCP identifies 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public, 

including opportunities for hunting, 

fishing, wildlife observation and 

photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation. We will 

review and update these CCPs at least 

every 15 years in accordance with the 

National Wildlife Refuge System 

Administration Act of 1966, as amended 

by the National Wildlife Refuge System 

Improvement Act of 1997, and the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4370d). 

The planning process for Squaw 

Creek NWR began in 1999. Five 

management alternatives were 

considered. Alternative D, Optimizing 

Wildlife Habitat and Fish and Wildlife 

Populations With Enhanced Levels of 

Wildlife-dependent Recreation is the 

preferred alternative. This alternative 

seeks to maximize wildlife habitat and 

population management practices and 

opportunities without adversely 

impacting current levels of wildlifedependent recreational opportunities. 

There will be no expansion of existing 

authorized boundaries. 

The CCP identifies and increases 

wildlife-dependent recreational 

opportunities available to the public 

including: Initiating a managed spring 

snow goose hunt; investigating the 

potential for a fishing access area and a 

white-tailed deer hunt for physically 

challenged visitors; and enhancing trails 

for wildlife observation and 

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photography, and environmental 

education and interpretation.

Dated: May 13, 2005. 

Charles M. Wooley, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Ft. Snelling, Minnesota.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Receipt of Applications for 

Endangered Species Permits

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The public is invited to 

comment on the following applications 

to conduct certain activities with 

endangered species. We provide this 

notice pursuant to section 10(c) of the 

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

DATES: We must receive written data or 

comments on these applications at the 

address given below, by September 26, 

2005.

ADDRESSES: Documents and other 

information submitted with these 

applications are available for review, 

subject to the requirements of the 

Privacy Act and Freedom of Information 

Act, by any party who submits a written 

request for a copy of such documents to 

the following office within 30 days of 

the date of publication of this notice: 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1875 

Century Boulevard, Suite 200, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30345 (Attn: Victoria Davis, 

Permit Biologist).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Victoria Davis, telephone (404) 679–

4176; facsimile (404) 679–7081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

public is invited to comment on the 

following applications for permits to 

conduct certain activities with 

endangered and threatened species. If 

you wish to comment, you may submit 

comments by any one of the following 

methods. You may mail comments to 

the Services Regional Office (see 

ADDRESSES section) or via electronic 

mail (e-mail) to 

‘‘victoria_davis@fws.gov.’’ Please submit 

electronic comments as an ASCII file 

avoiding the use of special characters 

and any form of encryption. Please also 

include your name and return address 

in your e-mail message. If you do not 

receive a confirmation from the Service 

that we have received your e-mail 

message, contact us directly at the 

telephone number listed above (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section). 

Finally, you may hand deliver 

comments to the Service office listed 

above (see ADDRESSES section). 

Our practice is to make comments, 

including names and home addresses of 

respondents, available for public review 

during regular business hours. 

Individual respondents may request that 

we withhold their home address from 

the administrative record. We will 

honor such requests to the extent 

allowable by law. There may also be 

other circumstances in which we would 

withhold from the administrative record 

a respondent’s identity, as allowable by 

law. If you wish us to withhold your 

name and address, you must state this 

prominently at the beginning of your 

comments. However, we will not 

consider anonymous comments. We 

will make all submissions from 

organizations or businesses, and from 

individuals identifying themselves as 

representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public inspection in their entirety.

Applicant: Stephanie Ann Clark, 

University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 

Alabama, TE108506–0.

The applicant requests authorization 

to take (capture, identify, photograph, 

collect tissue samples, salvage dead 

specimen, release) the following 

species: slender campeloma 

(Campeloma decampi), cylindrical 

lioplax (Lioplax cyclostomaformis), 

Tulotoma snail (Tulotoma magnifica), 

Anthony’s riversnail (Athearnia 

anthonyi), Lacy Elimia (snail) (Elimia 

crenatella), painted rocksnail (Leptoxis 

taeniata), plicate rocksnail (Leptoxis 

plicata), round rocksnail (Leptoxis 

ampla), Tumbling Creek cavesnail 

(Antrobia culveri), flat pebblesnail 

(Lepyrium showalteri), royal marstonia 

(snail) (Pyrgulopsis ogmorhaphe), 

armored snail (Pyrgulopsis (=Marstonia) 

pachyta), painted snake coiled forest 

snail (Anguispira picta), noonday snail 

(Mesodon clarki nantahala), Magazine 

mountain shagreen (Mesodon 

magazinensis), Stock Island tree snail 

(Orthalicus reses), Cumberland elktoe 

(Alasmidonta atropurpurea), 

Appalachian elktoe (Alasmidonta 

raveneliana), fat three-ridge (mussel) 

(Amblema neislerii), Ouachita rock 

pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri), 

birdwing pearlymussel (Conradilla 

caelata), fanshell (Cyprogenia stegaria), 

dromedary pearlymussel (Dromus 

dromas), shiny pigtoe (Fusconaia cor), 

finerayed pigtoe (Fusconaia cuneolus), 

Chipola slabshell (Elliptio chipolaensis), 

purple bankclimber (mussel) 

(Elliptoideus sloatianus), 

Cumberlandian combshell (Epioblasma 

brevidens), oyster mussel (Epioblasma 

capsaeformis), Yellow blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma florentina 

florentina), Curtis pearlymussel 

(Epioblasma florentina curtisii), tan 

riffleshell (Epioblasma florentina 

walkeri), upland combshell (Epioblasma 

metastriata), Catspaw (=purple cat’s 

paw pearlymussel) (Epioblasma 

obliquata obliquata), southern 

acornshell (Epioblasma othcaloogensis), 

southern combshell (Epioblasma 

(=Dysnomia) penita), green blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa 

gubernaculum), Tuberoled blossom 

(pearlymussel) (Epioblasma torulosa 

torulosa), turgid blossom (pearlymussel) 

(Epioblasma turgidula), cracking 

pearlymussel (Hemistena lata), pink 

mucket (pearlymussel) (Lampsilis 

abrupta), fine-lined pocketbook 

(Lampsilis altilis), Higgins eye 

(Lampsilis higginsii), orange-nacre 

mucket (Lampsilis perovalis), Arkansas 

fatmucket (Lampsilis powelli), speckled 

pocketbook (Lampsilis streckeri), 

shinyrayed pocketbook (Lampsilis 

subangulata), Alabama lampmussel 

(Lampsilis virescens), Carolina 

heelsplitter (Lasmigona decorata), 

scaleshell mussel (Leptodea leptodon), 

Alabama moccasinshell (Medionidus 

acutissimus), Coosa moccasinshell 

(Medionidus parvulus), Gulf 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

penicillatus), Ochlockonee 

moccasinshell (Medionidus 

simpsonianus), ring pink (mussel) 

(Obovaria retusa), little-wing 

pearlymussel (Pegias fabula), white 

wartyback (pearlymussel) (Plethobasus 

cicatricosus), orangefoot pimpleback 

(pearlymussel) (Plethobasus 

cooperianus), clubshell (Pleurobema 

clava), black clubshell (Pleurobema 

curtum), southern clubshell 

(Pleurobema decisum), dark pigtoe 

(Pleurobema furvum), southern pigtoe 

(Pleurobema georgianum), Cumberland 

pigtoe (Pleurobema gibberum), flat 

pigtoe (Pleurobema marshalli), ovate 

clubshell (Pleurobema perovatum), 

rough pigtoe (Pleurobema plenum), oval 

pigtoe (Pleurobema pyriforme), heavy 

pigtoe (Pleurobema taitianum), fat 

pocketbook (Potamilus capax), Alabama 

(=inflated) heelspitter (Potamilus 

inflatus), triangular kidneyshell 

(Ptychobranchus greenii), rough 

rabbitsfoot (Quadrula cylindrical 

strigillata), winged mapleleaf (mussel) 

(Quadrula fragosa), Cumberland 

monkeyface (pearlymussel) (Quadrula 

intermedia), Appalachian monkeyface 

(pearlymussel) (Quadrula sparsa), 

stirrupshell (Quadrula stapes), pale 

lilliput (pearlymussel) (Toxolasma