Federal Register: November 9, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 218)
DOCID: FR Doc 01-28159
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 for North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, Scottsbluff, NE
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
Pursuant to the Refuge Improvement Act of 1997, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has published the North Platte National Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive Conservation Plan and Summary. This Plan describes how the FWS intends to manage the North Platte NWR for the next 1015 years.
SUMMARY:
North Platte National Wildlife Refuge, NE,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The 2,722-acre North Platte National
Wildlife Refuge is located in the Nebraska Panhandle, within the
Central Flyway and Kansas/Platte Rivers ecosystem, about eight miles
north of the city of Scottsbluff, NE. This Refuge is superimposed over
or adjoining three Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs consisting of Lake
Minatare, Winters Creek Lake, and Lake Alice. The North Platte NWR was
established by Executive Order in 1916 as a ``preserve and breeding
ground for native birds.'' Since the Refuge is superimposed over Bureau
lands, it remains subordinate to ``Reclamation service uses.''
Management of the North Platte NWR will be guided by its purpose to
provide a preserve and breeding ground for migratory birds as well as
to provide for the life requirements of other species of wildlife,
subject to Bureau uses, and to provide compatible, high quality environmental education and wildlifeoriented recreational
opportunities.
Dated: September 21, 2001.
John A. Blankenship,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.
[FR Doc. 0128159 Filed 11801; 8:45 am]
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