[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 6619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-3106]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[AZ-050-00-1150-JB; 6636]


Arizona: Availability of the Draft Sonoran Pronghorn Forage 
Enhancement Project Environmental Assessment (EA), Yuma and Phoenix 
Field Offices

AGENCY:  Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of the draft Sonoran Pronghorn Forage 
Enhancement Project Environmental Assessment (EA), Yuma and Phoenix 
Field Offices.

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SUMMARY:  The draft Sonoran Pronghorn Forage Enhancement Project 
Environmental Assessment (EA) evaluates the environmental impacts of a 
proposed project to improve habitat for the endangered Sonoran 
pronghorn on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range. The Sonoran 
pronghorn was listed as an endangered subspecies in 1967. Since that 
time, numbers of the animal in the United States have been estimated to 
fluctuate between 100 and 400 animals. The population appears to be 
limited by low recruitment of fawns into the population. Most fawns die 
each year in late June and early July when the availability of green 
forage decreases. The proposed forage enhancement project would provide 
forage for pronghorn on up to 14 plots. The plots would provide native 
forage for pronghorn and a source of free water to aid in digestion. 
The plots would not be permanently established and are not meant to 
interfere with the normal seasonal movements of pronghorn. The project 
would be jointly carried out by the Arizona Game and Fish Department, 
Luke Air Force Base, Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, and the Bureau of 
Land Management.

DATES:  Comments on the draft Environmental Assessment will be accepted 
through March 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES:  Copies of the Environmental Assessment are available upon 
request to: Field Manager, Bureau of Land Management, 2555 East Gila 
Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona 85365. There are also copies available for 
review at that location and at the Yuma County Library, 350 South Third 
Avenue, Yuma, Arizona, 85364.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Wildlife Biologist Susanna Henry, 
Bureau of Land Management, 2555 East Gila Ridge Road, Yuma, Arizona, 
85365, telephone (520) 317-3211.

    Dated: January 31, 2000.
Gail Acheson,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-3106 Filed 2-9-00; 8:45 am]
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