[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3526]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service


Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Application

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of application.
    The following applicant has applied for a permit to conduct certain 
activities with endangered species. This notice is provided pursuant to 
section 10(c) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).
PRT-810834
    Applicant: Dr. Francesca Cuthbert, University of Minnesota, St. 
Paul, Minnesota.
    The applicant requests a permit to take (capture and release, 
handle, temporarily hold, salvage abandoned eggs and chicks) Piping 
Plover (Charadrius melodus) in Michigan. The permit is sought for 
banding of adults and juveniles, habitat use study, salvage of 
abandoned eggs and chicks for captive propagation, rearing of chicks, 
and release into the wild. Proposed activities will aid in recovery of 
the species by providing demographic, dispersal, and site fidelity data 
that will assist in recovery efforts for this population. Salvaging of 
eggs and chicks may increase recruitment to the Great Lakes nesting 
population.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Endangered 
Species, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056, and must 
be received within 30 days of the date of this publication.
    Documents and other information submitted with this application are 
available for review by any party who submits a written request for a 
copy of such documents to the following office within 30 days of the 
date of publication of this notice: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Division of Endangered Species, 1 Federal Drive, Fort Snelling, 
Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x250); FAX: (612/725-
3526).

    Dated: February 8, 1996.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, Ecological Services, Region 3, Fish and 
Wildlife Service, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 96-3526 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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