[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 37 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 8455]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4505]


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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.

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    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-825384

    Applicant: Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison, 
Wisconsin.
    The applicant requests a permit to take Karner Blue Butterflies 
(Lycaeides melissa samuelis) on lands owned and/or managed by the 
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Take will involve land use 
and land management practices to create and protect suitable butterfly 
habitat. Habitat management involves various forms of disturbance which 
may injure or kill individual butterflies, but maintains habitat upon 
which the species depends. In addition to land management and 
disturbance, the applicant proposes to implement biological monitoring 
of habitats and populations, including, but not limited to, biological 
surveys and research activities to begin implementation of recovery 
goals for the species. Activities are proposed for the purpose of 
survival and enhancement of the species in the wild.
    Written data or comments should be submitted to the Regional 
Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Ecological 
Services Operations, 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 these applications 
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 Ecological Services Operations, 1 Federal Drive, Fort 
Snelling, Minnesota 55111-4056. Telephone: (612/725-3536 x250); FAX: 
(612/725-3526).

    Dated: February 14, 1997.
John A. Blankenship,
Assistant Regional Director, IL, IN, MO (Ecological Services), Region 
3, Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
[FR Doc. 97-4505 Filed 2-24-97; 8:45 am]
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