[Federal Register: January 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 6)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Availability of Draft Comprehensive Conservation Plan and
Environmental Assessment for North Platte National Wildlife Refuge,
Scottsbluff, NE
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of Availability.
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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service has published the Draft North Platte National
Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Environmental
Assessment. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to manage the North
Platte NWR for the next 10-15 years.
DATES: Submit written comments by February 8, 2001. All comments need
to be addressed to: Brad McKinney, Refuge Manage, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, 115 Railway
Street, Suite C109, Scottsbluff, NE 69363-1346.
ADDRESSES: A copy of the Draft Plan may be obtained by writing to U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, North Platte NWR, 115 Railway Street, Suite
C109, Scottsbluff, NE 69363-1346 or from http://www.r6.fws.gov/larp/.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brad McKinney, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, North Platte NWR, 115 Railway Street, Suite C109, Scottsbluff,
NE brad__mckinney@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2,909-acre North Platte National
Wildlife Refuge is located in the Nebraska Panhandle, within the
Central Flyway and Kansas/Platte Rivers ecosystem, about eight miles
north of the city of Scottsbluff, NE. This Refuge is superimposed over
or adjoining three Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs consisting of Lake
Minatare, Winters Creek Lake, and Lake Alice. The North Platte NWR was
established by Executive Order in 1916 as a ``preserve and breeding
ground for native birds.'' Since the Refuge is superimposed over Bureau
lands, it remains subordinate to ``Reclamation service uses.''
Management of the North Platte NWR will be guided by its purpose to
provide a preserve and breeding ground for migratory birds as well as
to provide for the life requirements of other species of wildlife,
subject to Bureau uses, and to provide compatible, high quality
environmental education and wildlife-oriented recreational
opportunities.
Dated: January 3, 2001.
John A. Blankenship,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 01-508 Filed 1-8-01; 8:45 am]
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