[Federal Register: November 5, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 214)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Notice of Three Public Open Houses Prior to Proposing a Revision 
to the Special Rule for a Nonessential Experimental Population of Red 
Wolves in North Carolina

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public open houses.

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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service, announce three public open 
houses in eastern North Carolina to present information to, and answer 
questions from the public prior to proposing a change to the special 
rule for the nonessential experimental population (NEP) of red wolves 
in eastern North Carolina under section 10(j) of the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973, as amended (Act).

DATES AND ADDRESSES: We will hold the first open house on Tuesday, 
November 16, 1999, at the Mattamuskeet Lodge, Mattamuskeet National 
Wildlife Refuge, 1 Mattamuskeet Refuge Road, Swan Quarter, North 
Carolina 27885, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The second open house will be 
on Wednesday, November 17, 1999, at the Vernon James Research & 
Extension Conference Center, 207 Research Station Road, Plymouth, North 
Carolina 27962, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm. The third open house will be 
on Thursday, November 18, 1999, at Tyrrell Hall, 108 South Water 
Street, Columbia, North Carolina 27925, from 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian T. Kelly, Wildlife 
Biologist/Field Projects Coordinator, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
P.O. Box 1969, 708 North Highway 64/264, Manteo, North Carolina 27954 
(telephone 252/473-1131, extension 27).