[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 20119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06909]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Notice of Issuance of Final Permanent Seasonal Hunting Order in 
the Douglas Ranger District of the Thunder Basin National Grassland

AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States 
Department of Agriculture, is issuing a final permanent seasonal order 
prohibiting prairie dog hunting annually from February 1 to August 15 
in Management Area 3.67 of the Douglas Ranger District in the Thunder 
Basin National Grassland, which covers approximately 42,000 acres in 
Campbell, Converse, and Weston Counties, Wyoming.

ADDRESSES: The final permanent seasonal order, map, response to 
comments on the proposed permanent seasonal order, justification for 
the final permanent seasonal order, and regulatory certifications for 
the final permanent seasonal order are posted on the Medicine Bow-Routt 
National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland's web page at 
https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Robertson, Douglas District 
Ranger, 307-358-4690 or [email protected]. Individuals who use 
telecommunication devices for the hearing-impaired may call the Federal 
Relay Service at 800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, 
including holidays.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4103 of the John D. Dingell, Jr. 
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-9, 
Title IV (Sportsmen's Access and Related Matters)), hereinafter ``the 
Dingell Act,'' requires the Forest Service to provide advance notice 
and opportunity for public comment before temporarily or permanently 
closing any National Forest System lands to hunting, fishing, or 
recreational shooting.
    The final permanent seasonal order prohibiting prairie dog hunting 
annually from February 1 to August 15 in Management Area 3.67 of the 
Douglas Ranger District in the Thunder Basin National Grassland has 
completed the public notice and comment process required under the 
Dingell Act. The Forest Service is issuing the final permanent seasonal 
hunting order. The final permanent seasonal order, map, response to 
comments on the proposed permanent seasonal order, justification for 
the final permanent seasonal order, and regulatory certifications for 
the final permanent seasonal order are posted on the Medicine Bow-Routt 
National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland's web page at 
https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices.

    Dated: March 29, 2023.
Gregory Smith,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2023-06909 Filed 4-4-23; 8:45 am]
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