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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 

Availability of a Draft Recovery Plan for the Maguire Daisy 
(Erigeron Maguirei) for Review and Comment

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the 
availability for public review of a draft recovery plan for the Maguire 
daisy (Erigeron maguirei). The Maguire daisy occurs in Emery and Wayne 
Counties, Utah. The Service solicits review and comment from the public 
on this draft recovery plan.

DATES: Comments on the draft recovery plan must be received on or 
before October 27, 1994 to ensure they receive consideration by the 
Service.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to review the draft recovery plan may obtain 
a copy by contacting the Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Lincoln Plaza, Suite 404, 145 East 1300 South, Salt Lake City, 
Utah 84115. Written comments and materials regarding this plan should 
be sent to the Field Supervisor at the Salt Lake City address given 
above. Comments and materials received are available on request for 
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the 
above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John L. England, Botanist (see ADDRESSES above), at telephone 801/524-
5001.

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 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's (Service) 
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 recovery levels for downlisting or delisting them, and 
estimate time and cost for implementing the recovery measures needed.
    The Endangered Species Act (Act) of 1973, 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 also will take these comments into account in the 
course of implementing approved recovery plans.
    The Maguire daisy is a perennial, herbaceous plant in the composite 
family (Asteraceae). The plant's stems are up to 18 cm (7 inches) tall. 
One to three flower heads are borne at the end of each stem. Each 
floral head has 15 to 20 pinkish white ray flowers and orange disk 
flowers. The species range is in the San Rafael Swell in Emery County 
and in Capitol Reef in Wayne County, Utah. Currently 25 locations 
representing 5 separate populations are known with a total population 
of approximately 3,000 individuals.
    The Maguire daisy (Erigeron maguirei var. maguirei) was listed as 
an endangered species under the authority of the Act, as amended, on 
September 5, 1985 (50 FR 36089). The species (Erigeron maguirei) was 
proposed for reclassification as threatened on September 7, 1994 (59 FR 
46219). This species was listed due to its small population size and to 
current and potential threats from grazing and surface disturbing 
activities of the species habitat. The goal of the recovery plan is to 
maintain viable populations to ensure the species survival and to guide 
recovery efforts to facilitate delisting the species. Recovery efforts 
will focus on protecting the species population and habitat from 
habitat destroying activities through the section 6, 7, and 9 
prohibitions of the Act for plant species. Biological and ecological 
research of the species' biology and its relationship and interaction 
with its environment is necessary to guide future management of the 
species population and habitat to ensure its continued survival and the 
preservation of the species ecosystem. Additional recovery efforts will 
focus on inventory of potential habitat and minimum viable population 
studies of its known populations.

Public Comments Solicited

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

    Authority: The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the 
Endangered Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).

    Dated: September 15, 1994.
Terry T. Terrell,
Acting Regional Director, Region 6, Denver.
[FR Doc. 94-23720 Filed 9-21-94; 8:45 am]
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