66458 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 2, 2005 / Notices 

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 N.E. 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.

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 

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

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–

6199.

Sue Detwiler 

(907) 786–3868 

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. 

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://www.fws.gov/ 

grants/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. 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

Paul Hoffman, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife 

and Parks. 

[FR Doc. 05–21690 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Fiscal Year 2006 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) 2006 authorized 

an appropriation of $68,174,000 (subject 

to potential rescission to meet other 

important national priorities) 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 $5,971,000 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 Public 

Law 107–63. 

DATES: Project proposals must be 

postmarked by January 31, 2006 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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 211 / Wednesday, November 2, 2005 / Notices 66459 

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 propsal 

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) 245–6810 

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.

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 

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

1011 East Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99503–

6199.

Sue Detwiler 

(907) 786–3868 

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. 

Request for Proposals: The Service 

invites submission of grant proposals 

from federally recognized Indian tribal 

governments (including Alaska Native 

Villages) for the development and 

implementation of programs for the 

benefit of wildlife and their habitat, 

including species that are not hunted or 

fished. This program supports the 

efforts of federally recognized Tribal 

governments in projects that develop or 

augment the capacity to manage, 

conserve, or protect fish and wildlife 

resources through the provision of 

funding and technical support. 

For complete application guidelines, 

please refer to http://www.fws.gov/grnts/ 

tribal.html of 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. 

Dated: October 24, 2005. 

Paul Hoffman, 

Acting Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife 

and Parks. 

[FR Doc. 05–21691 Filed 11–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–55–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Fish and Wildlife Service 

Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership 

Council 

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act, the 

Fish and Wildlife Service announces a 

meeting designed to foster partnerships 

to enhance public awareness of the 

importance of aquatic resources and the 

social and economic benefits of 

recreational fishing and boating in the 

United States. This meeting, sponsored 

by the Sport Fishing and Boating 

Partnership Council (Council), is open 

to the public, and interested persons 

may make oral statements to the Council 

or may file written statements for 

consideration. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Thursday, November 10, 2005, and 

Friday, November 11, 2005, from 9 a.m. 

to 3 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and 

Marina, 1380 Harbor Island Drive, San 

Diego, California 92101; telephone (619) 

291–2900. 

Summary minutes of the conference 

will be maintained by the Council 

Coordinator at 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, 

MS–3101–AEA, Arlington, VA 22203, 

and will be available for public 

inspection during regular business 

hours within 30 days following the 

meeting. Personal copies may be 

purchased for the cost of duplication. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Douglas Hobbs, Council Coordinator, at 

(703) 358–2336. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sport 

Fishing and Boating Partnership 

Council was formed in January 1993 to 

advise the Secretary of the Interior, 

through the Director, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, about sport fishing and 

boating issues. The Council represents 

the interests of the public and private 

sectors of the sport fishing and boating 

communities and is organized to 

enhance partnerships among industry, 

constituency groups, and government. 

The 18-member Council includes the 

Director of the Service and the president 

of the International Association of Fish 

and Wildlife Agencies, who both serve 

in ex officio capacities. Other Council 

members are Directors from State 

agencies responsible for managing 

recreational fish and wildlife resources 

and individuals who represent the 

interests of saltwater and freshwater 

recreational fishing, recreational 

boating, the recreational fishing and 

boating industries, recreational fisheries 

resource conservation, aquatic resource 

outreach and education, and tourism. 

The Council will convene to discuss: (1) 

The Council’s continuing role in 

providing input to the Fish and Wildlife 

Service on the Service’s strategic plan 

for its Fisheries Program; (2) The 

Council’s work on the National Fish 

Habitat Initiative as both a lead partner