[Federal Register: September 4, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 172)]
[Notices]               
[Page 51645]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Sporting Conservation Council

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Sporting Conservation 
Council (Council). The meeting agenda includes policy discussions on 
implementation of the Executive Order on hunting heritage and wildlife 
conservation and plans for a 2008 Conference on North American Wildlife 
Policy regarding the North American Conservation Model; State/Federal/
Tribal Wildlife Management; Habitat Conservation and Management; 
Funding for Wildlife Conservation; and Perpetuating Hunter Traditions. 
This meeting is open to the public, and will include a session for the 
public to comment.

DATES: We will hold the meeting on September 17, 2008, from 2 p.m. to 4 
p.m.; the public comment session will be from 2:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in the Olympic Boardroom at the 
Hyatt Regency Hotel at 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis T. Seitts, 9828 North 31st 
Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85051-2517; 602-906-5603 (phone); or Twinkle_
Thompson-Seitts@blm.gov (e-mail).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of the Interior established 
the Council in February 2006 (71 FR 11220, March 6, 2006). The 
Council's mission is to provide advice and guidance to the Federal 
Government through the Department of the Interior on how to increase 
public awareness of: (1) The importance of wildlife resources, (2) the 
social and economic benefits of recreational hunting, and (3) wildlife 
conservation efforts that benefit recreational hunting and wildlife 
resources.
    The Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture 
signed an amended charter for the Council in June 2006 and July 2006, 
respectively. The revised charter states that the Council will provide 
advice and guidance to the Federal Government through the Department of 
the Interior and the Department of Agriculture.
    The Council will hold a meeting on the date shown in the DATES 
section at the address shown in the ADDRESSES section. The meeting will 
include a session for the public to comment. Previous Council meetings 
this year occurred on April 8 in Denver, CO (73 FR 14997, March 20, 
2008), and June 17 in Washington, DC (73 FR 31501, June 2, 2008).

    Dated: August 29, 2008.
Phyllis T. Seitts,
Designated Federal Officer,Sporting Conservation Council.
 [FR Doc. E8-20523 Filed 9-3-08; 8:45 am]

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