Federal Register: December 22, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 247)
DOCID: FR Doc 00-32759
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of Availability.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Availability of Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary for Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge, Hartford, KS
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to manage the Flint Hills NWR for the next 1015 years.
SUMMARY:
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge, KS,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge straddles the Neosho River in eastern Kansas. The area is dominated by complex resource management issues revolving around the flood control function of John Redmond Reservoir. Activities associated with agriculture, flood control, and public recreation have placed increasing demands on the landscape and identified the need for more responsible utilization of land and water resources that support the remaining native ecosystem components.
Flint Hills National Wildlife Refuge will continue to conserve
habitat for the diverse array of native plants and animals that rely
upon the resources of the Refuge for survival. This Plan describes the
conservation activities that the Fish and Wildlife Service intends to carry our on Flint Hills NWR.
Dated: December 18, 2000.
Ralph O. Morgenweck,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 0032759 Filed 122100; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 431055M
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
Jerre Gamble, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Flint Hills NWR, P.O. Box 128, Hartford, KS 66854; 316/392 5553.