[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58634-58635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28920]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service


Availability of Draft Recovery Plan

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability and public comment period.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the 
availability for public review of the draft recovery plan for 
Jacquemontia reclinata. Jacquemontia reclinata is restricted to the 
barrier islands of Florida's southeastern coast from Palm Beach County 
to Miami.

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DATES: Comments on the draft recovery plan must be received on or 
before January 29, 1996 to receive consideration by the Service.

ADDRESSES: Copies can be obtained from Field Supervisor, Jacksonville 
Field Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 6620 Southpoint Drive, 
South, Suite 310, Jacksonville, Florida 32216. Comments and material 
received are available upon request for public inspection at the above 
addresses.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. L. Karolee Owens at 904/232-2580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Restoring endangered or threatened animals and plants to the point 
where they are again secure self-sustaining members of their ecosystems 
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 necessary for the 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 take these comments into account in the course of 
implementing approved recovery plans.
    Jacquemontia reclinata was listed as an endangered species on 
November 24, 1993. Fewer than 1000 individual plants are presently 
found in small, widely separated populations in Broward, Dade, and Palm 
Beach Counties in Florida. The primary habitat is beach strand and 
maritime hammock vegetation. Its range has been further limited by 
habitat loss resulting from urban development, beach erosion, invasion 
of exotic plant species, and 

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park maintenance activities, including mowing and herbicide use. J. 
reclinata does not tolerate shade and requires open areas, which were 
maintained historically by hurricanes and, possibly, by fire. The 
ecological characteristics and requirements, population structure and 
dynamics, and responses to habitat changes and management manipulations 
by Jacquemontia reclinata are not known.

Public Comments Solicited

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

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

    Dated: November 9, 1995.
David J. Wesley,
Field Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 95-28920 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am]
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