April 7, 2006
Comment Deadline for Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project 5-Year Review
Endangered Species Updates
April 7, 2006
USFWS Solicits Public Comment on Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project 5-Year Review -- Comment Deadline on April 17, 2006
This is a reminder that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife published a request in the Federal Register (Vol. 71, No. 51), on Thursday, March 16, 2006 requesting public comment on the 5-Year Review that the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project's Adaptive Management Oversight Committee completed in December 2005.
Note: Copies of the 5-Year Review are available from USFWS, the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, or the Arizona Game and Fsh Department. They can be downloaded from http://azgfd.gov/wolf.
The Service's comment notice was basically as follows:
Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project 5-Year Review
ACTION: Notice of document availability.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) announces the availability of the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Reintroduction Project (Reintroduction Project) 5-Year Review under the authority of section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (Act), as amended. The 5-Year Review was conducted by the Mexican Wolf Blue Range Adaptive Management Oversight Committee (AMOC). The 5-Year Review and public comment will inform our decision to continue, continue with modification, or terminate the Reintroduction Project. This 5-Year Review should not be confused with status reviews (also called 5-year reviews) conducted under section 4(c)(2)(A) of the Act. This 5-year program evaluation of the Reintroduction Project is conducted pursuant to a 1998 section 10(j) final rule.
DATES: The comment period for this 5-Year Review closes April 17, 2006. Comments on the 5-Year Review must be received by the closing date to assure consideration.
ADDRESSES: Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office, 2105 Osuna NE., Albuquerque, NM 87113.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mexican Wolf Recovery Coordinator, telephone: (800) 299–0196 ×4748; facsimile: (505) 346–2542; or e-mail: FW2ESWolf5YReview@fws.gov