[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 137 (Monday, July 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43008-43009]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16343]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Notice of Availability of Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan 
for Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, Muleshoe, TX and Grulla National 
Wildlife Refuge, Arch, NM

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces that 
the Final Comprehensive Conservation Plan (CCP) for the Muleshoe and 
Grulla National Wildlife Refuges has been approved and is now 
available. Prepared pursuant to the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Improvement Act of 1997, and the National Environmental Policy 
Act of 1969, this

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CCP describes how the Service intends to manage these refuges over the 
next 15 years.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the CCP are available on compact disk or in hard 
copy, and can be obtained by writing: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Attn: Carol Torrez, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico, 87103-1306.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Harold Beierman, Refuge Manager, 
Muleshoe National Wildlife Refuge, P.O. Box 549, Muleshoe, Texas 79347: 
telephone: (806) 946-3341; or Carol Torrez, Biologist/Natural Resource 
Planner, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Planning, P.O. Box 
1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87103-1306; telephone: (505)248-6821; e-
mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A CCP is required by the National Wildlife 
Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National 
Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et 
seq.). The purpose in developing CCPs is to provide refuge managers 
with a 15-year strategy for achieving refuge purposes and contributing 
toward the mission of the National Wildlife Refuge System, consistent 
with sound principles of fish and wildlife science, conservation, legal 
mandates, and Service policies. In addition to outlining broad 
management direction on conserving wildlife and their habitats, the 
CCPs identify wildlife-dependent recreational opportunities available 
to the public, including opportunities for hunting, fishing, wildlife 
observation and photography, and environmental education and 
interpretation. These CCPs will be reviewed and updated at least every 
15 years in accordance with the National Wildlife Refuge System 
Administration Act of 1966, as amended by the National Wildlife Refuge 
System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd et seq.), and the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.

    Dated: May 3, 2004.
David Yazzie,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico.
[FR Doc. 04-16343 Filed 7-16-04; 8:45 am]
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