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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). 

By Federal law, all lands within the 

National Wildlife Refuge System are to 

be managed in accordance with an 

approved CCP. The CCP guides 

management decisions and identifies 

refuge goals, long-range objectives, and 

strategies for achieving refuge purposes. 

The CCP will provide other agencies 

and the public with a clear 

understanding of the desired conditions 

for the Refuge and how the Service will 

implement management strategies. 

The CCP planning process will 

consider many elements, including 

wildlife and habitat management, 

habitat protection and acquisition, 

wilderness preservation, public 

recreational activities, and cultural 

resource preservation. Public input into 

this planning process is essential. 

The Service will prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) in 

accordance with procedures for 

implementing NEPA found in the 

Departmental Manual 516 DM 6, 

Appendix 1. 

Review of this project will be 

conducted in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), NEPA 

Regulations (40 CFR 1500–1508), other 

appropriate Federal laws and 

regulations, and Service policies and 

procedures for compliance with those 

regulations.

Dated: January 7, 2005. 

Charles M. Wooley, 

Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota, 

Region 3.

[FR Doc. 05–2083 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Landowner 

Incentive Program; Request for Grant 

Proposals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals.

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) are soliciting project 

proposals for Federal assistance under 

the Tribal Landowner Incentive Program 

(TLIP). The Department of the Interior 

and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 allocated 

$ 21,694,365 from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund for conservation 

grants to States, the District of 

Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam, the 

United States Virgin Islands, the 

Northern Mariana Islands, American 

Samoa, and Tribes under a Landowner 

Incentive Program. The Service has 

targeted $2,126,048 for TLIP.

DATES: Project proposals must be 

postmarked by April 4, 2005 and 

submitted to the appropriate Regional 

Office (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: For information regarding 

collection requirements and application 

kit, applicants should contact the Native 

American Liaison in the Service’s 

Regional Office for the State in which 

the proposed project would occur. The 

contact information for each Regional 

Office is listed in Table 1 below. 

Information on the TLIP is also available 

from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Office of the Native American Liaison, 

1849 C Street, NW., Mail Stop 3251, 

Washington, DC 20240, and 

electronically at http://grants.fws.gov/

tribal.html. 

Project proposals should be submitted 

to the Service’s Regional Office for the 

State in which the proposed project 

would occur (see Table 1 under this 

section). You must submit one original 

and two copies of the complete 

proposal. We will not accept facsimile 

project proposals.

TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal 

Regional Native 

American liaison and 

phone number 

Region 1 ....... Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and 

California.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Eastside Federal Complex, 911 NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–4181.

Scott L. Aikin 

(503) 231–6123 

Region 2 ....... Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas ......... Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

500 Gold Avenue, SW., P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103–1306.

John Antonio 

(505) 248–6810 

Region 3 ....... Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 1 

Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, MN 55111–4080.

John Leonard 

(612) 713–5108 

Region 4 ....... Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, 

Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South 

Carolina, and Tennessee.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1875 Century Blvd, Rm. 410, Atlanta, GA 30345.

James D. Brown 

(404) 679–7125 

or Kyla Hastie 

(404) 679–7133 

Region 5 ....... Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, 

Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, 

Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

300 Westgate Center Drive, Hadley, MA 01035–

9589.

D.J. Monette 

(413) 253–8662 

Region 6 ....... Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, and Wyoming.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

134 Union Boulevard, Suite 400, Lakewood, CO 

80228.

David Redhorse 

(303) 236–4575 

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TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS—Continued

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal 

Regional Native 

American liaison and 

phone number 

Region 7 ....... Alaska ...................................................................... Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–

6199.

Tony DeGange 

(907) 786–3492 

Request for Proposals: The Service 

invites submission of grant proposals for 

the protection and management of 

habitat to benefit federally listed, 

proposed, or candidate species or other 

at-risk species from federally recognized 

Indian tribal governments (including 

Alaska Native Villages). This program 

supports the efforts of tribal 

governments in programs that develop 

or augment the capacity to manage, 

conserve, or protect fish and wildlife 

species of concern through the 

provision of funding and technical 

support. 

For complete application guidelines, 

please refer to http://grants.fws.gov/

tribal.html or contact the Native 

American Liaison in your Fish and 

Wildlife Service Region (see Table 1 in 

ADDRESSES). The Application Kit 

outlines program requirements, 

selection criteria, and award 

procedures.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, contact the Native 

American Liaison in the appropriate 

Regional Office (see Table 1 under 

ADDRESSES) or Patrick Durham, Office of 

the Native American Liaison, U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service, 1849 C Street, 

Mail Stop 3012 MIB, Washington, DC 

20240, 202/208–4133.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Marshall Jones, 

Acting Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 05–2091 Filed 2–2–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Fiscal Year 2005 Tribal Wildlife Grants; 

Request for Grant Proposals

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of request for proposals.

SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife 

Service (Service) are soliciting project 

proposals for Federal assistance under 

the Tribal Wildlife Grants program 

(TWG). The Department of the Interior 

and Related Agencies Appropriations 

Act for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 authorized 

an appropriation of $69,027,526 for 

wildlife conservation grants to States 

and to the District of Columbia, U.S. 

Territories, and Tribes under provisions 

of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 and 

the Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act, 

for the development and 

implementation of programs for the 

benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or 

fished. The Act further specified that 

the Service use $ 5,916,645 of the funds 

for a competitive grant program 

available to federally recognized Indian 

Tribes. This allows the Secretary, 

through the Director of the Service, to 

manage a separate Tribal grant program 

not subject to the provisions of the 

formula-based State Wildlife Grants 

program, or other requirements of the 

State Wildlife Grants portion of Pub. L. 

107–63.

DATES: Project proposals must be 

postmarked by April 4, 2005 and 

submitted to the appropriate Regional 

Office (see Table 1 in ADDRESSES).

ADDRESSES: For information regarding 

collection requirements and application 

kit, applicants should contact the Native 

American Liaison in the Service’s 

Regional Office for the State in which 

the proposed project would occur. The 

contact information for each Regional 

Office is listed in Table 1 below. 

Information on the TWG is also 

available from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Office of the Native 

American Liaison, 1849 C Street, NW., 

Mail Stop 3251, Washington, DC 20240, 

fax (202) 501–3524 and electronically at 

http://grants.fws.gov/tribal.html.

Send your project proposal to the 

Service’s Regional Office for the State in 

which the proposed project would occur 

(see Table 1 under this section). You 

must submit one original and two 

copies of the complete proposal. We 

will not accept facsimile project 

proposals.

TABLE 1.—WHERE TO SEND PROJECT PROPOSALS AND LIST OF REGIONAL CONTACTS

Service region States where the project will occur Where to send your project proposal Regional Native American liaison and phone number 

Region 1 .................. Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, and California.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, Eastside Federal Complex, 911 

NE. 11th Avenue, Portland, OR 97232–

4181.

Scott L. Aikin, (503) 231–6123. 

Region 2 .................. Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and 

Texas.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 500 Gold Avenue, SW., P.O. 

Box 1306, Albuquerque, NM 87103–

1306.

John Antonio, (505) 248–6810. 

Region 3 .................. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, and Wisconsin.Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 

MN 55111–4080.

John Leonard, (612) 713–5108. 

Region 4 .................. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, 

Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North 

Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee.

Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, 1875 Century Blvd., Rm. 410, 

Atlanta, GA 30345.

James D. Brown, (404) 679–

7125 or Kyla Hastie, (404) 

679–7133.