Federal Register: December 23, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 246)
DOCID: FR Doc 02-32211
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Comprehensive conservation plans; availability, etc.:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice.
SUBJECT CATEGORY:
Red River National Wildlife Refuge
DATES: This action was effective on December 23, 2002.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY:
The Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved the establishment of Red River National Wildlife Refuge, located along the Red River Waterway in Caddo, Bossier, Red River, Natchitoches, and De Soto Parishes, Louisiana.
SUMMARY:
Red River National Wildlife Refuge, LA,
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
The Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service has approved the establishment of Red River National Wildlife Refuge to provide for the restoration and conservation of native plant and animal communities on suitable sites in the Red River Valley, including restoration of extirpated species; to provide habitat to more than 350 species of birds (including migratory and resident waterfowl, shorebirds, and neotropical migratory birds), aquatic life, and a wide array of other species associated with river basin ecosystems; and to provide technical to private landowners in the restoration of their lands for the benefit of fish and wildlife.
Authority: This notice is published under this authority of the
Red River National Wildlife Refuge Act, Pub. L. 106300, and the
National Wildlife Refuge System Administration Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C., 668dd668ee).
Dated: December 16, 2002.
Sam D. Hamilton,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 0232211 Filed 122002; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 431055M
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT
George Chandler, Project Leader, Red River National Wildlife Refuge, c/o North Louisiana Refuges' Complex, 11372 Highway 143, Farmerville, Louisiana 71241; telephone: 318/726 4222, fax: 318/7264667, email: George_Chandler@fws.gov.