37922 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 141 / Monday, July 22, 1996 / Notices

Issuance of a Permit for Incidental

Take of Threatened and Endangered

Species

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On November 17, 1995, a

notice was published in the Federal

Register (60 FR 57722) that an

application had been filed with the U.S.

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) by

Plum Creek Timber Company, L.P., of

Seattle, Washington, for a permit to

incidentally take the threatened

northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis

caurina), marbled murrelet

(Brachyramphus marmoratus

marmoratus), and grizzly bear (Ursus

arctos=U.a. horribilis), and the

endangered gray wolf (Canis lupus),

pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(B) of the

Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973,

as amended (16 U.S.C. 1532 et seq.).

This is in the course of the otherwise

legal activities of forest management

and related incidental land use

activities in portions of King and

Kittitas Counties, Washington, pursuant

to the Habitat Conservation Plan, its

Implementation Agreement, and the

incidental take permit.

Notice is hereby given that on June

27,1996, as authorized by the Act, the

Service issued incidental take permit

PRT–808398 to Plum Creek Timber

Company, L.P., subject to certain

conditions set forth therein. The permit

was granted only after it was

determined that it was applied for in

good faith, that by granting the permit

it will not lead to the jeopardy of the

species, and that it will be consistent

with the purposes and policies set forth

in the Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife

Service, Western Washington Office,

3704 Griffin Lane SE, Suite 102,

Olympia, Washington 98501–2192,

telephone (360–753–9440).

Dated: July 12, 1996.

Don Weathers,

Acting Regional Director, Region 1, Portland,

Oregon.

[FR Doc. 96–18471 Filed 7–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–55–P

Bureau of Land Management

[CO–078–95–1610–00]

Glenwood Springs Resource

Management Plan Amendment

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Intent to amend the

Glenwood Springs Resource

Management Plan as it relates to travel

management decisions for the Castle

Peak area, Eagle County, Colorado.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 102 of the

National Environmental Policy Act of

1969 and section 202 of the Federal

Land Policy and Management Act of

1976, the Bureau of Land Management,

Grand Junction District, Glenwood

Springs Resource Area, will prepare a

Travel Management Plan and

Environmental Assessment on the

proposed amendment to the Glenwood

Springs Resource Management Plan as it

relates to the Castle Peak Travel

Management Planning Area. The

decisions to be reviewed and analyzed

for plan amendment include

Transportation Management, Recreation

Resource Management, and Off

Highway Vehicle Management. The

Castle Peak Travel Management

Planning Area includes public lands

east and south of the Colorado River,

west of Highway 131, and north of the

Eagle River in Eagle County, Colorado.

The Planning Area boundary is the same

as Colorado Division of Wildlife’s Game

Management Unit 35. A Travel

Management Plan and Environmental

Assessment on the proposed RMP

amendment will be prepared to analyze

proposed travel management actions,

possible alternatives and impacts for the

public lands within the Castle Peak

Travel Management Planning Area.

DATES: Interested persons may submit

comments on or before August 22, 1996

regarding this proposal to amend certain

decisions in the Resource Management

Plan as they relate to travel management

in the Castle Peak area.

ADDRESSES: Michael S. Mottice, Area

Manager, Glenwood Springs Resource

Area, P.O. Box 1009, 50629 Highway 6

& 24, Glenwood Springs, Colorado

81602.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning this

proposal is available for review at the

above address.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In

response to increased recreational

demands and problems related to public

use and access in the Castle Peak Area,

a Plan Amendment and Environmental

Assessment are needed to implement

new decisions and measures specifically

related to travel management. Since the

existing Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV)

designations were put in place in 1984,

reports from the public identifying

travel impacts and their related effects

on vegetation, wildlife habitat, hunting,

wilderness suitability, soils, livestock

grazing and law enforcement have been

received. Three open house public

meetings were held in mid-April, 1996

in Gypsum, Eagle and McCoy, Colorado

to gather public input regarding the

issues, concerns, and need for a Travel

Management Plan in the Castle Peak

area. Comments received during these

scoping sessions revealed that changes

in the existing travel management

decisions are needed.

A resource area-wide evaluation of

existing OHV designations and travel

management use, completed by the BLM

in 1994, identified resource damage and

use conflicts. With forecasts of reduced

budgets, completing a resource areawide RMP amendment for travel

management is not feasible.

Consequently, travel management

problems will be resolved on a

landscape basis, focusing on welldefined geographic areas with relatively

high use, in areas that provide a variety

of activities, and on sites with identified

resource damage and use conflicts.

Based on this public criteria and the

public comments received in recent

public meetings, the Castle Peak

Planning Area is selected as the initial

geographic area to resolve travel

management issues. The goal of the

Travel Management Plan and RMP

amendment is to protect the land and

resource values while continuing to

provide a variety of motorized and nonmotorized recreational opportunities.

Proposed changes to travel

management decisions in the Castle

Peak Planning Area involve (1)

developing an updated transportation

plan for the area, which encompasses

roads, motorized trails, non-motorized

trails, maintenance schedules and

access points, (2) updating OHV

designations, and (3) updating

recreation management objectives.

Mark T. Morse,

District Manager

[FR Doc. 96–17179 Filed 7–19–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–JB–P

[UT–943–1420–00–269Z]

Filing of Plat of Survey

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,

Interior.

ACTION: Notice.