[Federal Register: November 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 214)]
[Notices]               
[Page 60453-60454]
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 the Reassessment of the Interim Wolf Control Plan 
for the Northern Rocky Mountains

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability 
of the Reassessment of the Interim Wolf Control Plan for the Northern 
Rocky Mountains, which includes northwestern Montana and the Panhandle 
of northern Idaho (Exclusive of the Experimental Population Area). Our 
1988 Interim Wolf Control Plan (Control Plan) was developed in response 
to a recommendation in the 1987 Northern Rocky Mountain Wolf Recovery 
Plan (Recovery Plan) to conserve and enhance survival and propagation 
of the gray wolf, and is implemented under an Endangered Species Act 
section 10 permit. The Control Plan has been carried out for 11 years 
to control problem wolves.
    A notice of availability of the draft reassessment was published in 
the Federal Register, Volume 63, Number 78, on April 23, 1998, 
soliciting review and comments from the public for 30 days. Based on 
the review and the comments received, we have modified the Control Plan 
to include changes in the following areas--(1) Management zones; (2) 
encouraging research in deterring wolf depredations on livestock; (3) 
recordkeeping and analysis; (4) non-lethal control techniques and; (5) 
monitoring of the wolf population in northwestern Montana. The Control 
Plan also was amended to include the need to control wolves that kill 
pets and an increased educational effort about wolf recovery and 
management in northwestern Montana.

ADDRESSES: Persons wishing to obtain a copy of the Reassessment and the 
Modified Interim Wolf Control Plan may do so by contacting the Wolf 
Recovery Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 100 North Park, 
Suite 320, Helena, Montana 59604, or by accessing the website. The 
Control Plan and the Reassessment can be retrieved from the Service's 
Region 6 website at . The complete administrative 
record of this action is on file at the above address and is available 
for inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Bangs, Wolf Recovery Coordinator 
(see ADDRESSES above), or at telephone (406) 449-5225, extension 204, 
or e-mail .