[Federal Register: November 30, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 231)] [Notices] [Page 59807-59809] From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov] [DOCID:fr30no01-113] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Fish and Wildlife Service The Priority List Under the Multistate Conservation Grant Program for Conservation Projects Submitted to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice--Multistate Conservation Grant Program. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Service is publishing the priority list for the Multistate Conservation Grant Program submitted by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies. This notice is required by the Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuges System Centennial Act [[Page 59808]] of 2000. Grants may be made from this list. DATES: This notice is effective upon date of publication in the Federal Register. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris McKay, Grants Manager, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 140, Arlington Virginia 22203, (703) 358-1711. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Fish and Wildlife Programs Improvement and National Wildlife Refuges System Centennial Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-408) established a Multistate Conservation Grant Program within the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration and Federal Aid in Sport Fish Restoration Acts. The Improvement Act authorizes grants of up to $3 million annually from funds available under each of the Restoration Acts, for a total of up to $6 million annually. Grants may be made from a priority list of projects submitted by the International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (IAFWA), representing the State fish and wildlife agencies. The Service Director, exercising the authority of the Secretary, need not fund all recommended projects, but may not fund projects which are not recommended. To be eligible for consideration, a project must benefit fish and/ or wildlife conservation in at least 26 States, a majority of the States in a Fish and Wildlife Service Region, or a regional association of State fish and wildlife agencies. Grants may be made to a State or group of States, to non-governmental organizations, and, solely for carrying out the National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and Wildlife- Associated Recreation, to the Fish and Wildlife Service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Title Applicant Wildlife funds Sport fish funds ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 2001 Economic Contributions of Sport American Sportfishing ................. $73,044 Fishing. Association. National Survey of Fishing, Hunting and USFWS........................ $1,432,516 1,432,516 Wildlife-Associated Recreation. Representation of the Northeastern Northeast Association of Fish 4,500 4,500 Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Wildlife Agencies. in International Conventions and Protocols. The 2001 Economic Contributions of Hunting. IAFWA--Animal Use Issues Task 76,992 ................. Force. Pumpout Equipment Standards and Lifecycle States Organization for ................. 299,000 Testing. Boating Access. Representationo f the Association of Association of Midwest Fish 4,500 4,500 Midwest Fish and Wildlife Agencies in and Wildlife Agencies. International Conventions and Protocols. New Computer Models for Trap Testing in the Northeast Association of Fish 76,937 ................. Development of Best Management Practices and Wildlife Resource to Improve Management of State Wildlife Agencies. Resources. The Need to Develop a Geographic Tennessee Wildlife Resources 33,750 ................. Information System to Facilitate Agency. Integrated Bird Conservation in the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region. Sage-Grouse Interstate Working Group Western Association of Fish 120,000 ................. Coordinator. and Wildlife Agencies. Management Assistance Team (MAT)........... IAFWA........................ 248,340 248,340 Instream Flows for Reverine Resource Wyoming Game and Fish ................. 16,650 Stewardship. Department. Step Outside............................... National Shooting Sports 171,100 ................. Foundation. Fish and Wildlife Reference Service........ KRA Corporation.............. 236,141 236,141 Fate and Effect of the Aquaculture Department of Biological ................. 59,915 Therapeutic Potassium Permanganate. Sciences, Arkansas State University. Coordination of Vegetation Establishment IAFWA--Agricultural 75,000 ................. and Management on Conservation Reserve Conservation Task Force. Program Lands. Representation of the Western Assocaition Western Association of Fish 4,500 4,500 of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and its and Wildlife Agencies. Member States in International Treaties and Protocols. Understanding the Relationship Between Wildlife Management Institute 61,450 ................. Waterfowl Hunting Regulations and Hunter Satisfaction/Participation, with Recommendations for Improvements to Agency Management and Conservation Programs. Development and Validation of Determinative IAFWA--Fisheries and Water ................. 49,335 Analytical Method for the Marker Residue Resources Policy Committee. of AQUI-S, a Fish Anesthetic for Public Fish Facilities and Fishery Management. Development of a Model for Infecting Fish IAFWA--Fisheries and Water ................. 105,651 with Columnaris to Facilitate Pivotal Resources Policy Committee. Efficacy Trials for Treating the Disease with Candidate Therapeutants. New Animal Drug Application (NADA) for IAFWA--Fisheries and Water ................. 96,921 Oxytetracycline Immersion Therapy for Resources Policy Committee. Diseases of Cool and Warm Water Fish Species Cultured on Public Fish Facilities. Multistate Conservation Grant Program IAFWA--Executive Committee... 44,460 44,460 Coordination. Support for State ``Hooked On Fishing--Not Future Fisherman Foundation.. ................. 294,200 On Drugs'' and Fishing Tackle Loaner Programs. Bird Conservation for the Nation: IAFWA--Migratory Bird 250,000 ................. Implementation of All-Bird Conservation. Committee. Representation of the Southeastern Southeast Association of Fish 4,500 4,500 Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies and Wildlife Agencies. in International Conventions and Protocols. [[Page 59809]] Outreach Project--Enhancing Communications IAFWA--Furbearer Resources 200,000 ................. Strategies and Improving Administration of Task Force. State Wildlife Resource Programs through Implementating Best Management Practices (BMP's): A Plan to Assist State Agencies with the Dissemination of New Technology for Furbearer Management. Science and Civics, Sustaining Wildlife, Project WILD................. 26,328 26,328 Involving High School Students and Addressing Wildlife Needs. ------------------------------------- Total.................................. ............................. 3,071,014 3,000,501 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Both total amounts are over the amount allocated by Congress for this program. Funds allocated, but not spent, from FY 2001 will be used to make up the difference for FY 2002. Dated: October 16, 2001. Marshall P. Jones, Jr., Acting Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. [FR Doc. 01-29702 Filed 11-29-01; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-55-M