[Federal Register: January 13, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 8)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Multistate Conservation Grant Program; Priority List for
Conservation Projects.
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of priority list.
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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, are publishing, in
this document, the priority list submitted by the International
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies for the Multistate
Conservation Grant Program. This notice is required by the Wildlife and
Sport Fish Restoration Programs Improvement Act of 2000. Grants may be
made from this priority list.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris McKay, National Grants Manager,
Division of Federal Aid, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 4401 North
Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop MBSP-4020, Arlington, Virginia 22203; phone
(703) 358-2156; or e-mail chris_mckay@fws.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration
Programs Improvement Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106-408) (Improvement Act)
established a Multistate Conservation Grant Program within the Federal
Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 669-669k) and Federal Aid in
Sport Fish Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 777-777m) (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), which represent 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 that are not recommended.
To be eligible for consideration by the IAFWA, 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, for the purpose of carrying out the National Survey of Fishing,
Hunting and Wildlife-Associated Recreation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service.
The priority list of projects submitted by the IAFWA follows:
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Wildlife Sport fish
Project title Applicant funds (in funds (in
dollars) dollars)
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Wildlife Values in the West.. Western 223,961 223,961
Association of
Fish &
Wildlife
Agencies
(WAFWA).
Step Outside................. National 92,600 92,600
Shooting
Sports
Foundation.
Becoming an Outdoors Woman... University of 93,050 93,050
Wisconsin--Ste
vens Point.
Women in the Outdoors........ National Wild 77,500 77,500
Turkey
Federation.
The Trailblazer Adventure U.S. 80,000 80,000
Program. Sportsmen's
Alliance
Foundation.
Automated Wildlife Data IAFWA Automated 81,840 81,840
Systems Program Coordination. Wildlife Data
Systems Task
Force.
Provide Adaptive Equipment to Paralyzed 44,000
State Fish & Game Veterans of
Departments to Assist America.
Physically Challenged
Individuals in Traditional
Outdoor Activities.
Measuring Public Opinion of Northeast 175,000 175,000
Fish and Wildlife Agencies Conservation
in 13 Northeast States. Information &
Education
Association.
Continued Support for State Future 51,500
``Hooked on Fishing--Not on Fisherman
Drugs'' Programs. Foundation.
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``The Northern Bobwhite Tennessee 225,000
Conservation Initiative: Wildlife
Moving the Plan Forward''. Resources
Agency.
Chronic Wasting Disease IAFWA Wildlife 357,500
Prevention and Management Health Task
Planning. Force.
Fish & Wildlife Reference KRA Corporation 249,779 249,779
Service: Managing and
Providing Information to
State Wildlife and Natural
Resources Agencies.
* Evaluation of the Fish and Virginia 20,356 20,356
Wildlife Reference Service. Polytechnic
Institute &
State
University.
Data Management Support for Virginia 92,154
the Chronic Wasting Disease Polytechnic
Initiative. Institute &
State
University.
Unwanted Aquatic Species: A IAFWA Fisheries 391,840
Two-Year Project to Address & Water
State, Regional and National Resources
Aquatic Invasive Species Policy
Issues. Committee.
Conservation Communication IAFWA 114,000 114,000
Team. Education,
Outreach &
Diversity
Committee and
Point to Point
Communications.
National 4-H Sportfishing National 4-H 150,623
Initiative. Sportfishing
Committee of
the Texas 4-H
Youth
Development
Foundation.
Creating Master Naturalist Texas Parks & 97,325 97,325
programs. Wildlife
Department.
National Housing Incident International 66,800
Clearinghouse. Hunter
Education
Association.
Wildlife Law News Weekly Center for 40,500 40,500
Alert and Online Services. Wildlife Law
at the
University of
New Mexico
Institute of
Public Law.
Management Assistance Team... IAFWA.......... 408,272 408,272
Sage Grouse Data Management: WAFWA Sage 27,800
Making States' Data Grouse and
Available to Conservation Columbian
Planning Teams. Sharp-tailed
Grouse
Technical
Committee.
Bird Conservation for the IAFWA Bird 214,520
Nation: Support for State Conservation
All-Bird Conservation Committee.
Efforts.
Assessing Ownership, Use and IAFWA Furbearer 118,800
Modifications of Trapping Resources Task
Systems, and Familiarity of Force;
Trapping BMPs by Trappers in Education,
the United States. Outreach &
Diversity
Committee; and
Wildlife
Resources
Policy
Committee.
Development of a Detailed IAFWA National 125,000 125,000
National Conservation Need Grants
for a National Fishing, Committee.
Hunting, and Wildlife-
Associated Recreation Survey.
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* Denotes project submitted pending a final decision of the IAFWA
Executive Committee, which is expected December 13, 2002.
The total cost of the proposed Wildlife Restoration projects is
more than the amount allocated by Congress for this program. If we were
to fund all of these projects, funds allocated, but not spent, from
Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 would be used to make up the difference for FY
2003. The rest of the funding would come from FY 2004 and FY 2005
allocations because six of these projects are multi-year projects.
We expect to decide by January 10, 2003, which of the listed
projects will be awarded a FY 2003 Multistate Conservation Grant. We
will also publish the list of the awards in the Federal Register
immediately afterwards.
Dated: November 27, 2002.
Steve Williams,
Director.
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