[Federal Register: September 13, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 177)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

 
Recovery Plan for the Carson Wandering Skipper (Pseudocopaeodes 
eunus obscurus)

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of document availability.

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SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce the 
availability of the recovery plan for the Carson wandering skipper 
(Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus). The plan includes recovery criteria 
and measures for the conservation of the Carson wandering skipper in 
California and Nevada.

ADDRESSES: You may obtain a copy of the plan by either of the following 
methods:
    Internet: Download a copy at http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/index.html#plans
, or

    U.S. mail: Send a request to U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Nevada 
Fish and Wildlife Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard, Suite 234, Reno, NV 
89502.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcy Haworth, Fish and Wildlife 
Biologist, at the above Reno address (telephone: 775-861-6300).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    Restoring endangered or threatened animals and plants to the point 
where they are again secure, self-sustaining members of their 
ecosystems is a primary goal of our endangered species program. To help 
guide the recovery effort, we are working to prepare recovery plans for 
most of the listed species native to the United States. Recovery plans 
describe actions considered necessary for the conservation of the 
species, establish criteria for the recovery levels for downlisting or 
delisting them, and estimate time and cost for implementing the 
recovery measures needed.
    Section 4(f) of the Endangered Species Act (Act) (16 U.S.C. 1531 et 
seq.) requires us to provide public notice and an opportunity for 
public review and comment during recovery plan development. We made the 
draft recovery plan for the Carson wandering skipper available for 
public comment from March 2, 2006, through May 31, 2006 (71 FR 10703). 
We considered information we received during the public comment period 
in our preparation of this final recovery plan, and also summarized 
that information in an appendix of the recovery plan. We will forward 
substantive comments regarding recovery plan implementation to 
appropriate Federal or other entities so they can take these comments 
into account in the course of implementing recovery actions.
    The Carson wandering skipper (Pseudocopaeodes eunus obscurus) is a 
small butterfly in the subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers). This 
subspecies is federally listed as endangered. Only four extant 
populations are known from Washoe County and Douglas County, Nevada, 
and Lassen County, California. A fifth known population of the 
subspecies, from Carson City, Nevada, is considered extirpated as of 
1998.
    Our goal for this subspecies is to recover it to the point where 
downlisting and eventually delisting would be appropriate. Recovery 
criteria include protection and management in perpetuity of the 
existing populations, without downward population trends; development 
and implementation of adaptive management plans; and discovery or 
establishment of one or more additional populations.

Authority

    The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered 
Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).

    Dated: September 6, 2007.
Ken McDermond,
Acting Manager, California/Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E7-18042 Filed 9-12-07; 8:45 am]

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