[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 135 (Monday, July 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42104-42105]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-16881]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS-HQ-EA-2013-N136; FF09D00000-FXGO1664091HCC05D-134]
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of teleconference.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce a public
teleconference of the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation
Council (Council).
DATES: Teleconference: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 2-3:30 p.m. (Eastern
daylight time). For deadlines and directions on registering to listen
to the teleconference, submitting written material, and giving an oral
presentation, please see ``Public Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Winchell, Council Coordinator,
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Mailstop 3103-AEA, Arlington, VA 22203;
telephone (703) 358-2639; fax (703) 358-2548; or email joshua_winchell@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the requirements of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App., we announce that
Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council will hold a
teleconference.
Background
Formed in February 2010, the Council provides advice about wildlife
and habitat conservation endeavors that:
1. Benefit wildlife resources;
2. Encourage partnership among the public, sporting conservation
organizations, States, Native American tribes, and the Federal
Government; and
3. Benefit recreational hunting.
The Council advises the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary
of Agriculture, reporting through the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service (Service), in consultation with the Director, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM); Director, National Park Service (NPS); Chief, Forest
Service (USFS); Chief, Natural Resources Service (NRCS); and
Administrator, Farm Services Agency (FSA). The Council's duties are
strictly advisory and consist of, but are not limited to, providing
recommendations for:
1. Implementing the Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Resource
Conservation Plan--A Ten-Year Plan for Implementation;
2. Increasing public awareness of and support for the Wildlife
Restoration Program;
3. Fostering wildlife and habitat conservation and ethics in
hunting and shooting sports recreation;
4. Stimulating sportsmen and women's participation in conservation
and management of wildlife and habitat resources through outreach and
education;
5. Fostering communication and coordination among State, tribal,
and Federal governments; industry; hunting and shooting sportsmen and
women; wildlife and habitat conservation and management organizations;
and the public;
6. Providing appropriate access to Federal lands for recreational
shooting and hunting;
7. Providing recommendations to improve implementation of Federal
conservation programs that benefit wildlife, hunting, and outdoor
recreation on private lands; and
8. When requested by the Designated Federal Officer in consultation
with the Council Chairperson, performing a variety of assessments or
reviews of policies, programs, and efforts through the Council's
designated subcommittees or workgroups.
Background information on the Council is available at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Meeting Agenda
The Wildlife and Hunting Heritage Conservation Council will
consider a letter to the Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior
regarding:
(a) The process the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest
Service employ in the development and implementation of land and travel
management plans for the allowance and furtherance of recreational
shooting and the use of motorized big game retrieval, where
appropriate; and
(b) The participation of the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S.
Forest Service in the 2006 Federal Lands Hunting, Fishing and Shooting
Sports Roundtable Memorandum of Understanding (MOU).
The final agenda will be posted on the Internet at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Public Input
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You must contact the Council
Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER
If you wish to INFORMATION CONTACT) no later
than
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Listen to the teleconference........... Monday, July 22, 2013.
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Submit written information or questions Monday, July 22, 2013.
before the teleconference for the
council to consider during the
teleconference.
Give an oral presentation during the Monday, July 22, 2013.
teleconference.
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Submitting Written Information or Questions
Interested members of the public may submit relevant information or
questions for the Council to consider during the teleconference.
Written statements must be received by the date listed in ``Public
Input'' under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, so that the information may be
made available to the Council for their consideration prior to this
teleconference. Written statements must be supplied to the Council
Coordinator in one of the following formats: One hard copy with
original signature, and one electronic copy via email (acceptable file
formats are Adobe Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, or rich text
file).
Giving an Oral Presentation
Individuals or groups requesting to make an oral presentation
during the teleconference will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker,
with no more than a total of 30 minutes for all speakers. Interested
parties should contact the Council Coordinator, in writing (preferably
via email; see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT), to be placed on the
public speaker list for this teleconference. To ensure an opportunity
to speak during the public comment period of the teleconference,
members of the public must register with the Council Coordinator.
Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or
those who had wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the
agenda, may submit written statements to the Council Coordinator up to
30 days subsequent to the teleconference.
Meeting Minutes
Summary minutes of the teleconference will be maintained by the
Council Coordinator (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) and will be
available for public inspection within 90 days of the meeting and will
be posted on the Council's Web site at http://www.fws.gov/whhcc.
Rowan W. Gould,
Acting Deputy Director.
[FR Doc. 2013-16881 Filed 7-12-13; 8:45 am]
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