[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 70342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-23936]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Final Environmental Impact 
Statement, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact 
Statement for the Elk and Vegetation Management Plan, Rocky Mountain 
National Park.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 
U.S.C. 4332(2)(C), the National Park Service announces the availability 
of a Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Elk and Vegetation 
Management Plan, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. This Final 
Plan analyzes five alternatives, including a no action alternative, to 
manage elk and vegetation within the Park. Alternative 3, the preferred 
alternative, would use a variety of conservation tools including 
fencing, redistribution of elk, vegetation restoration and lethal 
reduction of elk (culling). The number of elk removed would vary each 
year based on annual population surveys and hunter success outside the 
park.

DATES: The National Park Service will execute a Record of Decision 
(ROD) no sooner than 30 days following publication by the Environmental 
Protection Agency of the Notice of Availability of the Final 
Environmental Impact Statement.

ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public inspection (1) 
online at http://parkplanning.nps.gov, (2) in the office of the 
Superintendent, Vaughn Baker, 1000 West Hwy. 36, Rocky Mountain 
National Park, Estes Park, Colorado, 80517, 970-586-1206, (3) at all 
Rocky Mountain National Park Visitor Centers, (4) at the Estes Park 
Public Library, 335 East Elkhorn Ave., Estes Park, Colorado 80517, 970-
586-8116, (5) at the Juniper Library at Grand Lake, P.O. Box 506, 316 
Garfield Street, Grand Lake, CO 80447-0506, Phone: 970-627-8353, and 
(6) at the municipal libraries in Boulder, Loveland, Longmont, Fort 
Collins, and Granby, Colorado.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Therese Johnson, 1000 West Hwy. 36, 
Rocky Mountain National Park, Estes Park, Colorado 80517, 970-586-1262, 
[email protected].

    Dated: September 4, 2007.
Anthony J. Schetzsle,
Deputy Director, Intermountain Region, National Park Service.
 [FR Doc. E7-23936 Filed 12-10-07; 8:45 am]
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