[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 231 (Friday, November 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59807-59809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29702]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


The Priority List Under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program 
for Conservation Projects Submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice--Multistate Conservation Grant Program.

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SUMMARY: The Service is publishing the priority list for the Multistate 
Conservation Grant Program submitted by the International Association 
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. This notice is required by the Fish and 
Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuges System 
Centennial Act

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of 2000. Grants may be made from this list.

DATES: This notice is effective upon date of publication in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris McKay, Grants Manager, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 140, Arlington 
Virginia 22203, (703) 358-1711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement 
and National Wildlife Refuges System Centennial Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 
106-408) established a Multistate Conservation Grant Program within the 
Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration and Federal Aid in Sport Fish 
Restoration Acts. The Improvement Act authorizes grants of up to $3 
million annually from funds available under each of the Restoration 
Acts, for a total of up to $6 million annually. Grants may be made from 
a priority list of projects submitted by the International Association 
of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA), representing the State fish and 
wildlife agencies. The Service Director, exercising the authority of 
the Secretary, need not fund all recommended projects, but may not fund 
projects which are not recommended.
    To be eligible for consideration, a project must benefit fish and/
or wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, a majority of the 
States in a Fish and Wildlife Service Region, or a regional association 
of State fish and wildlife agencies. Grants may be made to a State or 
group of States, to non-governmental organizations, and, solely for 
carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife-
Associated Recreation, to the Fish and Wildlife Service.

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                   Title                               Applicant              Wildlife funds    Sport fish funds
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The 2001 Economic Contributions of Sport     American Sportfishing          .................            $73,044
 Fishing.                                     Association.
National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and      USFWS........................         $1,432,516          1,432,516
 Wildlife-Associated Recreation.
Representation of the Northeastern           Northeast Association of Fish              4,500              4,500
 Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies    and Wildlife Agencies.
 in International Conventions and Protocols.
The 2001 Economic Contributions of Hunting.  IAFWA--Animal Use Issues Task             76,992  .................
                                              Force.
Pumpout Equipment Standards and Lifecycle    States Organization for        .................            299,000
 Testing.                                     Boating Access.
Representationo f the Association of         Association of Midwest Fish                4,500              4,500
 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Agencies in        and Wildlife Agencies.
 International Conventions and Protocols.
New Computer Models for Trap Testing in the  Northeast Association of Fish             76,937  .................
 Development of Best Management Practices     and Wildlife Resource
 to Improve Management of State Wildlife      Agencies.
 Resources.
The Need to Develop a Geographic             Tennessee Wildlife Resources              33,750  .................
 Information System to Facilitate             Agency.
 Integrated Bird Conservation in the
 Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region.
Sage-Grouse Interstate Working Group         Western Association of Fish              120,000  .................
 Coordinator.                                 and Wildlife Agencies.
Management Assistance Team (MAT)...........  IAFWA........................            248,340            248,340
Instream Flows for Reverine Resource         Wyoming Game and Fish          .................             16,650
 Stewardship.                                 Department.
Step Outside...............................  National Shooting Sports                 171,100  .................
                                              Foundation.
Fish and Wildlife Reference Service........  KRA Corporation..............            236,141            236,141
Fate and Effect of the Aquaculture           Department of Biological       .................             59,915
 Therapeutic Potassium Permanganate.          Sciences, Arkansas State
                                              University.
Coordination of Vegetation Establishment     IAFWA--Agricultural                       75,000  .................
 and Management on Conservation Reserve       Conservation Task Force.
 Program Lands.
Representation of the Western Assocaition    Western Association of Fish                4,500              4,500
 of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and its        and Wildlife Agencies.
 Member States in International Treaties
 and Protocols.
Understanding the Relationship Between       Wildlife Management Institute             61,450  .................
 Waterfowl Hunting Regulations and Hunter
 Satisfaction/Participation, with
 Recommendations for Improvements to Agency
 Management and Conservation Programs.
Development and Validation of Determinative  IAFWA--Fisheries and Water     .................             49,335
 Analytical Method for the Marker Residue     Resources Policy Committee.
 of AQUI-S, a Fish Anesthetic for Public
 Fish Facilities and Fishery Management.
Development of a Model for Infecting Fish    IAFWA--Fisheries and Water     .................            105,651
 with Columnaris to Facilitate Pivotal        Resources Policy Committee.
 Efficacy Trials for Treating the Disease
 with Candidate Therapeutants.
New Animal Drug Application (NADA) for       IAFWA--Fisheries and Water     .................             96,921
 Oxytetracycline Immersion Therapy for        Resources Policy Committee.
 Diseases of Cool and Warm Water Fish
 Species Cultured on Public Fish Facilities.
Multistate Conservation Grant Program        IAFWA--Executive Committee...             44,460             44,460
 Coordination.
Support for State ``Hooked On Fishing--Not   Future Fisherman Foundation..  .................            294,200
 On Drugs'' and Fishing Tackle Loaner
 Programs.
Bird Conservation for the Nation:            IAFWA--Migratory Bird                    250,000  .................
 Implementation of All-Bird Conservation.     Committee.
Representation of the Southeastern           Southeast Association of Fish              4,500              4,500
 Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies    and Wildlife Agencies.
 in International Conventions and Protocols.

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Outreach Project--Enhancing Communications   IAFWA--Furbearer Resources               200,000  .................
 Strategies and Improving Administration of   Task Force.
 State Wildlife Resource Programs through
 Implementating Best Management Practices
 (BMP's): A Plan to Assist State Agencies
 with the Dissemination of New Technology
 for Furbearer Management.
Science and Civics, Sustaining Wildlife,     Project WILD.................             26,328             26,328
 Involving High School Students and
 Addressing Wildlife Needs.
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    Total..................................  .............................          3,071,014          3,000,501
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    Both total amounts are over the amount allocated by Congress for 
this program. Funds allocated, but not spent, from FY 2001 will be used 
to make up the difference for FY 2002.

    Dated: October 16, 2001.
Marshall P. Jones, Jr.,
Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 01-29702 Filed 11-29-01; 8:45 am]
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