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[FR Doc No: 94-23721]


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[Federal Register: September 26, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
50 CFR Part 17

 

Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan for the California Condor 
(Gymnogyps californianus) for Review and Comment

agency: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

action: Notice of availability.

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summary: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the 
availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the 
California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus). Recovery recommendations 
in the draft plan would likely affect six Southern California counties; 
Ventura, Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Kern and Tulare. 
The Service solicits review and comment from the public on this draft 
plan.

dates: Comments on the draft recovery plan must be received by November 
25, 1994, to receive consideration by the Service.

addresses: Persons wishing to review the draft recovery plan may obtain 
a copy by contracting: Craig A. Faanes, Field Supervisor, Ecological 
Services, Ventura Field Office, 2140 Eastman Avenue, Suite 100, 
Ventura, California 93003, or telephone (805) 644-1766. Written 
comments and materials regarding the draft plan should be addressed to 
the above address. Comments and materials received are available for 
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the 
above address.

for further information contact: Robert Mesta, Condor Program 
Coordinator, at the above address or telephone (805) 644-1766.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Restoring an endangered or threatened animal or plant to the point 
where it is again a secure, self-sustaining member of its ecosystem is 
a primary goal of the Service's endangered species program. To help 
guide the recovery effort, the Service is working to prepare recovery 
plans for most of the listed species native to the United States. 
Recovery plans describe actions considered necessary for conservation 
of the species, establish criteria for the recovery levels for 
downlisting or delisting them, and estimate time and cost for 
implementing the recovery measures needed.
    The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended (16 U.S.C. 
1531 et seq.) requires the development of recovery plans for listed 
species unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a 
particular species. Section 4(f) of the Act, as amended in 1988, 
requires that public notice and an opportunity for public review and 
comment be provided during recovery plan development. The Service will 
consider all information presented during a public comment period prior 
to approval of each new or revised recovery plan. The Service and other 
Federal agencies will also take these comment into account in the 
course of implementing approved recovery plans.
    As a result of illegal shooting, poisoning, collisions with man-
made structures and the loss of habitat, the California condor was 
extirpated from the wild in 1987. The last wild condor was captured and 
brought into a captive breeding program in an attempt to save the 
species from extinction. The California Condor Recovery Plan outlines 
recovery actions to re-establish the California condor in the wild. The 
recovery actions will be concentrated in the following six Southern 
California counties; Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Los 
Angeles, Kern, and Tulare.

Public Comments Solicited

    The Service solicits written comments on the recovery plan 
described. All comments received by the date specified above will be 
considered prior to approval of the plan.

    Authority: The authority for this action is the Endangered 
Species Act (16 U.S.C. 1531).

    Dated: September 17, 1994.
Michael J. Spear,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 94-23721 Filed 9-23-94; 8:45 am]
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