Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Proposed Determination of Critical Habitat for the Mexican Spotted Owl
Federal RegisterDec 7, 1994
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) proposes to
designate critical habitat for the Mexican spotted owl (Strix
occidentalis lucida), a subspecies federally listed as threatened under
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). A total of
1,931,264 hectares (ha) (4,770,223 acres) of critical habitat is
proposed. This proposed critical habitat designation, if made final,
would provide additional protection requirements under section 7 of the
Act with regard to activities that are funded, authorized, or carried
out by any Federal agency. As information is received by the Service
from the Indian Tribal Governments, the Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery
Team (Team), Federal and State agencies, and the general public,
revisions may be made to this proposal to incorporate that new
information. In addition, section 4 of the Act requires the Service to
consider economic impact and any other relevant impacts prior to making
a final decision on the size and scope of critical habitat. An economic
analysis is currently being prepared and notice of its availability
will be published in the Federal Register and local newspapers.
DATES: Comments will be accepted until March 7, 1995. The Service will
hold public hearings on this proposed rule; dates and specific
locations for these hearings will be published in the Federal Register
and local newspapers at least 15 days prior to the first hearing.
ADDRESSES: The complete administrative record for this rule is on file
at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, New Mexico Ecological Services
State Office, 2105 Osuna NE., Albuquerque, New Mexico 87113. The
complete file for this rule will be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business hours at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Fowler-Propst, State
Supervisor, at the above address (505/883-7877).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Summary of Proposed Action
This rule proposes to designate critical habitat on certain lands
in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado, which now provide habitat
or may provide habitat for the Mexican spotted owl, and that are
managed for timber harvest. The Team has developed a draft Recovery
Plan that identifies commercial timber harvest as the main management
regime presenting a threat to Mexican spotted owl habitat.
On February 14, 1994, certain environmental groups and an
individual filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court in Arizona against
the Department of the Interior for failure to designate critical
habitat for the Mexican spotted owl. Dr. Robin Silver, et al. v. Bruce
Babbit, et al., CIV-94-0337-PHX-CAM. On October 6, 1994, the Court
ordered the Service to, ``publish a proposed designation of critical
habitat, including economic exclusion pursuant to 16 U.S.C. Sec.
1533(b)(2), no later than December 1, 1994, * * * [and] publish its
final designation of critical habitat, following the procedure required
by statute and Federal regulations for notice and comment, no later
than May 27, 1995.'' The Service plans to review the information which
has been assembled and analyzed by the Team as it makes final
determination about designation of critical habitat. It is anticipated
that the draft recovery plan will be available for public review and
comment in December 1994.
The Service is also pursuing conservation agreements and management
programs with various Indian Tribal Governments and the U.S. Forest
Service. If agreements can be reached and implementation ensured so
that special management consideration or protection is not necessary,
the Service may consider excluding those areas from critical habitat.
Such management agreements should include commitments to implementation
of the recovery plan for the species or equivalent protection.
Background
The Mexican spotted owl is a medium-sized bird ranging from parts
of central Colorado and Utah, south through Arizona, New Mexico, and
western Texas, then south through Mexico to the States of Michoacan and
Puebla. Mexican spotted owl habitat typically consists of dense, multi-
storied, montane forests with closed canopies, and deep, cool,
fractured canyons. The Mexican spotted owl is threatened by destruction
and modification of habitat caused by even-aged timber harvest methods
and wildfires, and decreased habitat suitability and potential
increased predation associated with habitat fragmentation.
Previous Federal Actions
The entire spotted owl species (Strix occidentalis) was classified
on the Service's 1989 Animal Notice of Review (54 FR 554; January 6,
1989) as a category 2 species. A category 2 species is one for which
listing may be appropriate, but for which additional biological
information is needed to support a proposed rule. The northern spotted
owl subspecies (S. o. caurina) was listed as a threatened species on
June 26, 1990 (55 FR 26194), and its critical habitat was designated on
January 15, 1992 (57 FR 1796). The California spotted owl subspecies
(S. o. occidentalis) remains a category 2 candidate.
On December 22, 1989, the Service received a petition submitted by
Dr. Robin D. Silver requesting the listing of the Mexican spotted owl
as an endangered or threatened species under the Act. On February 27,
1990, the Service found that the petition presented substantial
information indicating that listing may be warranted and initiated a
status review. In conducting its review, the Service published a notice
in the Federal Register (55 FR 11413) on March 28, 1990, requesting
public comments and biological data on the status of the Mexican
spotted owl. On December 6, 1990, the Mexican Spotted Owl Status Review
Team completed a draft report, and on February 20, 1991, the Service
made a finding, based on the contents of the report, that listing the
Mexican spotted owl pursuant to section 4(b)(3)(B)(i) of the Act was
warranted. Notice of this finding was published in the Federal Register
on April 11, 1991 (56 FR 14678). A proposed rule to list the Mexican
spotted owl as threatened without critical habitat was published in the
Federal Register on November 4, 1991 (56 FR 56344).
In the November 4, 1991, proposed rule and associated
notifications, all interested parties were requested to submit factual
reports or information that might bear on whether the Mexican spotted
owl should be listed. The comment period was reopened from May 11,
1992, to September 1, 1992 (57 FR 20073; May 11, 1992) to allow
submission of additional comments. Appropriate State agencies, county
governments, Federal agencies, scientific organizations, and other
interested parties were directly contacted and requested to comment,
and newspaper notices inviting public comment were published in
Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado. The Service held six public
hearings, which were announced in the proposed rule. A notice of the
hearing dates and locations was published in the Federal Register on
January 2, 1992 (57 FR 35), and in notices published in Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah, and Colorado newspapers. Interested parties were directly
contacted and notified of the hearings.
After a review of all comments received in response to the proposed
rule, the Service published a final rule to list the Mexican spotted
owl as a threatened species on March 16, 1993 (58 FR 14248). Section
4(a)(3) of the Act requires that, to the maximum extent prudent and
determinable, the Secretary designate critical habitat at the time a
species is determined to be endangered or threatened. The Service's
regulations (50 CFR 424.12(a)(2)) state that critical habitat is not
determinable if information sufficient to perform required analyses of
the impacts of the designation is lacking or if the biological needs of
the species are not sufficiently well known to permit identification of
an area as critical habitat. At the time of listing, the Service found
that, although considerable knowledge of Mexican spotted owl habitat
needs had been gathered in recent years, habitat maps in sufficient
detail to accurately delineate these areas were not available.
Subsequent to listing, the Service began gathering the data necessary
to develop this proposed rule.
On June 25, 1993, and again on August 16, 1993, the Service
received petitions to remove the Mexican spotted owl from the List of
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife (delist). In subsequent petition
findings published in the Federal Register (58 FR 49467, 59 FR 15361)
the Service addressed the issues raised in the petitions and determined
that the petitioners did not present substantial information indicating
that delisting the Mexican spotted owl was warranted. The petitioners
have legally challanged this decision in Federal District Court in New
Mexico in Coalition of Arizona/New Mexico Counties for Stable Economic
Growth v. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, et al., CIV 94-1058-
MV.
Habitat Characteristics
The physical and biological habitat features essential to the
conservation of the Mexican spotted owl, referred to as the primary
constituent elements, include those that support nesting, roosting,
foraging, and dispersal. These elements were determined from studies of
Mexican spotted owl habitat, including habitat structure, habitat use,
and prey preferences, throughout the range of the owl.
The vegetative communities and structural attributes used by the
Mexican spotted owl vary across its range. The vegetative communities
consist primarily of warm-temperate and cold-temperate forests, and, to
a lesser extent, woodlands and riparian deciduous forests. The mixed-
conifer community appears to be most frequently used in portions of its
range (Skaggs and Raitt 1988; Ganey and Balda 1989).
Mixed-conifer forests contain several species of overstory trees.
The most common are white fir (Abies concolor), Douglas fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii), and ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa). Less
common species are southwestern white pine (P. strobiformis), limber
pine (P. flexilis), aspen (Populus tremuloides), and corkbark fir
(Abies lasiocarpa var. arizonica).
The understory within mixed-conifer communities provides important
roosting sites for Mexican spotted owls. The understory usually
contains the same conifer species found in the overstory, with Gambel
oak (Quercus gambelii), maples (Acer grandidentatum and A. glabrum),
and New Mexico locust (Robinia neomexicana) also present. Montane
riparian canyon bottoms used by owls in the mixed-conifer zone may
contain box elder (Acer negundo), narrowleaf cottonwood (Populus
angustifolia), maples (Acer spp.), and alders (Alnus spp.).
In southeastern Arizona, owl habitat types include mixed-conifer
and Madrean Evergreen Forest and Woodland (Ganey and Balda 1989; Duncan
and Taiz 1992). Below the mixed-conifer vegetative zone are found two
series of Madrean Evergreen Woodland: the upper oak-pine occurs at
1,675 to 2,200 meters (5,500 to 7,200 feet), and the lower evergreen
oak (encinal) occurs at 1,525 to 1,980 meters (5,000 to 6,500 feet).
Within these vegetative zones, and particularly at lower elevations,
Mexican spotted owls are usually found in steep, forested canyons with
rocky cliffs.
At the northern edge of their range in northeastern Arizona,
southwestern Colorado, and southern Utah, Mexican spotted owls occur
during the breeding season between 1,340 and 2,160 meters (4,400 to
7,100 feet) in canyon habitats within pinyon-juniper woodland (Pinus
edulis and Juniperus osteosperma) or mixed-conifer forests. Canyon
habitat is characterized by the cool, humid conditions found in the
deep, steep-walled, fractured structures of sandstone slickrock.
Canyons frequently contain riparian and conifer pockets, and adjacent
slopes and mesa tops are vegetated by a variety of plant associations.
Although no studies have been completed, preliminary studies show most
Mexican spotted owl activity during the breeding season occuring within
and adjacent to canyons. Owls roost in the riparian and coniferous
pockets of canyon bottoms, on ledges, or in cavities in the slickrock
canyon walls (Gutierrez and Rinkevich 1991; van Riper and Willey 1992).
Characteristics associated with forested Mexican spotted owl
habitat usually develop with increasing forest age, but their
occurrence may vary by location, past forest management practices,
forest type, and productivity. Although Mexican spotted owl habitat is
variable over its range, some general attributes are common to the
subspecies' life-history requirements throughout its range. The
attributes of nesting and roosting habitat typically include a moderate
to high canopy closure (60 to 80 percent); a multi-layered canopy with
large overstory trees of various species; a high incidence of large
trees with various deformities (e.g., large cavities, broken tops,
mistletoe infections, and other evidence of decadence); large snags;
accumulations of fallen trees and other woody debris on the ground; and
sufficient open space below the canopy for owls to fly.
Forest habitat characteristics are best expressed in older mixed-
conifer forests. These characteristics may also develop in younger
stands, especially when the stands contain remnant large trees or
patches of large trees from earlier stands. Certain forest management
practices may also enhance tree growth and mature stand characteristics
where the older, larger trees are allowed to persist. Ganey and Balda
(1988) found an average of 402 ha (995 acres) of old-growth forest
within the 847 ha (2,092 acre) average home range for 3 pairs of radio-
monitored owls in northern Arizona. Fletcher (1990) reported an average
of 62 ha (154 acres) of old-growth forest and an average of 465 ha
(1,149 acres) of suitable habitat within the management territories
established by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for 359 Mexican spotted
owl sites in Arizona and New Mexico. Mexican spotted owl use of old
growth may vary greatly among regional habitat types, forest types, and
elevational ranges.
Forest habitat required for Mexican spotted owl nesting and
roosting appears to be more restricted than that required for foraging.
Ganey and Balda (1994) found significant owl selectivity in habitat use
in a comparison of the habitat characteristics of roosting, foraging,
and randomly available sites. Roosting sites had larger logs, greater
canopy cover, and higher densities and basal areas of both trees and
snags than foraging sites and random sites.
Spotted owls apparently use a wider array of habitat types for
foraging than for nesting and roosting, including fairly open and non-
contiguous forest, small openings, pure ponderosa pine forests,
woodlands, and rocky slopes. Use of these components may be determined
by their availability and by their proximity to the more characteristic
habitat attributes previously described. However, Ganey and Balda
(1994) found a greater selectivity in habitat used for foraging than
for random sample sites. As did roosting sites, foraging areas had
larger logs, greater canopy cover, and higher densities and basal areas
of both trees and snags than random sites. Owls also consistently
avoided foraging in forests in which the overstory had been partially
harvested.
Little is known about the habitat requirements for dispersal.
Habitat that meets the species' needs for nesting and roosting may also
provide for foraging and dispersal. However, habitat that supports
foraging or dispersal does not always provide constituent elements
required for nesting and roosting. The definition of the term
``dispersal'' is frequently limited to post-fledging movements of
juveniles. For the purposes of this rule, the Service considers the
term to include all movement, including winter shifts in territory and
dispersal from natal areas, and to encompass the important biological
concepts of connectivity within and between clusters of Mexican spotted
owl territories. Although habitat that allows for dispersal may be
marginal or unsuitable for nesting or roosting, it provides
connectivity between blocks of nesting habitat both locally and over
the Mexican spotted owl's range that is essential to demographic
interaction and genetic flow. Thus, dispersal habitat includes
unoccupied habitat of varying quality that may support intermittent use
as a ``stepping stone'' between occupied areas.
Mexican spotted owls occur in relatively isolated mountain ranges,
often separated by wide expanses of Sonoran, Chihuahuan, and Great
Basin desert and other nonforested lands. Preliminary studies of
juvenile owl dispersal in southern Utah (Willey 1993) and New Mexico
(Peter Stacey, University of Nevada, Reno, in litt., 1993) have shown
movements across a wide variety of habitat types, including both
riparian areas and vegetation types considered too open for consistent
use by Mexican spotted owls. In Southern Arizona, spotted owls occur in
isolated clusters separated by desert habitat. It is probable that
these small clusters are not self-sustaining, but depend on immigration
from other areas to maintain demographic and genetic viability.
The results of a 3-year telemetry study of owls and habitat in
southern Utah indicate seasonal shifts in habitat use (van Riper and
Willey 1992, Willey 1993). During the breeding season, about 25 percent
of adult owl locations occurred outside of steep canyon terrain. During
the fall and winter seasons, about half of the locations occurred on
mesa-tops, benches, and warm slopes above the canyons. Movement out of
the relatively cool canyons used in summer months to warmer areas used
in winter may be related to the thermoregulatory requirements of the
species. Movements out of the summer home ranges during the winter
season were highly variable. A few owls moved completely out of their
summer ranges, several shifted into adjacent areas with some overlap of
seasonal ranges, and others remained within the same area year round.
Current Situation
Federal, State, tribal, and private lands contain habitat for the
owl. Federal agencies involved include the Forest Service, Bureau of
Indian Affairs (BIA), National Park Service (NPS), Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and Department of Defense. Tribes include the Navajo,
San Carlos Apache, White Mountain Apache, Southern Ute, Jicarilla
Apache, Hualapai, and the Mescalero Apache. Efforts to estimate habitat
acreage and survey effort for owls have varied among agencies and
tribes, with the most intensive work being done by the Forest Service.
Currently, land-managing agencies characterize Mexican spotted owl
habitat under the term ``suitable.'' Suitable habitat is often
identified only as habitat able to sustain the combined nesting,
roosting, and foraging needs of the Mexican spotted owl. The definition
often excludes additional habitat used only for foraging and may
underestimate the total habitat available within an owl territory and
across the species' range.
Forest Service land in Arizona and New Mexico contains 1,267,000 ha
(3,130,000 acres) of suitable habitat, with an additional 421,000 ha
(1,040,000 acres) described as being capable of returning to suitable
condition (L. Henson, Southwest Regional Forester, in litt., 1993).
Forest Service land in Colorado is estimated to have about 356,000 ha
(880,000 acres) of forested suitable habitat. Recent estimates of
suitable canyon habitat in Utah national forests is about 58,000 ha
(143,000 acres) (Kate Grandison, Dixie National Forest, in litt.,
1994). No capable acreage figure is available for Utah and Colorado.
Combining all Forest Service suitable habitat with the capable habitat
in the Southwest Region (Arizona and New Mexico) yields a total of
habitat acreage of 2,102,000 ha (5,193,000 acres) on Forest Service
lands in the four-State area.
The Forest Service began Mexican spotted owl inventories in New
Mexico and Arizona in 1988. Inventories began in Colorado in 1989, and
in Utah in 1990. About 1,012,000 ha (2,500,000 acres) had been
inventoried in the Forest Service Southwest Region as of the end of the
1993 survey season (USFS 1993). Utah and Colorado national forests have
inventoried 354,000 ha (875,000 acres) and about 202,000 ha (500,000
acres), respectively (K. Grandison, in litt., 1994).
The Southwestern Region of the Forest Service establishes areas
around known owl locations, called management territories (MTs). Each
MT represents the occurrence of either a single owl or pair of owls,
and is based on either confirmed nest or roost locations, or nighttime
calling responses. Forest Service inventories through 1993 resulted in
the establishment of 740 MTs in Arizona and New Mexico (Heather Hollis,
Forest Service Southwest Regional Office, pers. comm., 1994). Four MTs
have been established from the six sites with owl detection records in
Utah (K. Grandison, pers. comm., 1994). No MTs have been established
for the six owl sites in Colorado (John Verner, Pike/San Isabel
National Forests, pers. comm., 1994).
There is potentially up to 435,000 ha (1,075,000 acres) of Mexican
spotted owl habitat on Indian reservations. The actual amount of
habitat may be lower because estimates supplied by the BIA Forestry
Division were developed from timber-type maps containing little
information about understory conditions or slope. The estimates may
also omit minimally forested or nonforested canyon habitat acreage.
Information available to the Service on owl survey efforts on Indian
lands is as follows:
The White Mountain Apache Tribe's Mexican spotted owl
conservation plan states that approximately 54 owl sites have been
located on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation;
Owl surveys on the Navajo Reservation have resulted in
the confirmation of owls at 26 sites (13 pairs and 13 singles) (John
Nysted, Navajo Fish and Wildlife Department, pers. comm., 1994);
The Jicarilla and the Hualapai wildlife departments
conducted owl surveys in 1993; however, no owls were detected; and
Current owl records exist for the San Carlos and
Mescalero Apache Reservations, but only limited information is
available on population estimates.
A total of 297,000 ha (734,000 acres) of potential owl habitat
occurs on BLM lands in Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico (BLM,
Colorado State Office, in litt. 1990; BLM, Utah State Office, in litt.
1990; BLM, New Mexico State Office, in litt. 1990; Ted Cordery, Arizona
BLM, pers. comm., 1992). In 1993, a total of 25 owl records were known
from BLM lands. There were 15 locations in Utah, 7 locations in
Colorado, and 1 location in New Mexico. There are several historical
records and two current records for sites on BLM lands in Arizona.
Most Mexican spotted owl habitat in national parks and monuments
consists of minimally forested, steep, shaded canyons in the northern
part of the owl's range. It is difficult to estimate acreage for this
type of habitat. The NPS estimated that 23 parks and monuments in the
Southwest contained between 96,000 and 177,000 ha (238,000 to 438,000
acres) of Mexican spotted owl habitat (NPS, Southwest Region, in litt.
1990; NPS, Rocky Mountain Region, in litt. 1990; J. Ray, NPS, Grand
Canyon National Park, pers. comm., 1990). As of 1993, the NPS had
records of a total of 32 sites in Utah and 2 sites in Colorado.
Between 72,000 and 82,000 ha (177,000 to 202,000 acres) of New
Mexico and Arizona State lands contain forests and canyons that could
be suitable Mexican spotted owl habitat. Several historical and recent
records exist for New Mexico State lands. In Arizona, surveys conducted
by the Arizona State Land Department and the Coconino National Forest
resulted in the establishment of three MTs on Forest Service land. No
information was available on suitable Mexican spotted owl habitat on
State lands in Utah and Colorado. However, a single owl was recorded on
Utah State lands in 1992.
Private lands in Arizona and New Mexico are currently estimated to
contain up to 53,000 ha (130,000 acres) of owl habitat (U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service 1994). No estimates exist for owl habitat acreage on
private lands in Colorado and Utah. This is partly due to the
difficulty in assessing the extent of existing canyon habitat in the
Colorado Plateau physiographic province, and partly a result of the
insufficient amount of owl surveys accomplished to accurately determine
the limit of the species' range.
The land-managing agencies and tribes estimate a total of 3,100,000
ha (7,666,000 acres) of suitable Mexican spotted owl habitat within the
United States. These estimates of habitat availability for nesting and
roosting activity are derived from median figures where estimates were
given as an acreage range and include capable habitat estimates where
available. The approximate proportion of Mexican spotted owl habitat in
the Southwest is: Forest Service, 68 percent; Tribal, 14 percent; BLM,
10 percent; NPS, 4 percent; the States of Arizona and New Mexico, 2
percent; and private lands, 2 percent.
The percentage of habitat for each category of ownership is
considered fairly accurate. However, the total acreage of owl habitat
is likely overestimated. The error is a consequence of inadequate
information on land status and questions about the types of vegetative
communities that provide owl habitat. Several agencies expressed
uncertainty about the accuracy of their habitat estimates.
The Service estimates that there is approximately 2,425,000 ha
(5,988,000 acres) of owl habitat suitable for nesting and roosting.
This estimate excludes most of the ponderosa pine community type
because this vegetation type is not significantly used by nesting and
roosting Mexican spotted owls. However, the Forest Service does
consider ponderosa pine forest to be suitable habitat when it has the
correct structural attributes (K.W. Fletcher, Forest Service Southwest
Region, pers. comm., 1992), but the forest stand maps and inventory
databases do not separate suitable from unsuitable stands in ponderosa
pine. Forest Service Mexican spotted owl inventory data place
approximately 50 MTs in ponderosa pine habitat, which would add about
40,000 ha (100,000 acres) to the suitable habitat base in Arizona and
New Mexico (Forest Service, in litt. 1992).
Definition of Critical Habitat
The Service is required to base critical habitat proposals upon the
best scientific and commercial data available and after taking into
consideration the economic impact, and any other relevant impact, of
specifying any particular area as critical habitat. The Service may
exclude areas from critical habitat designation when the benefits of
exclusion outweigh the benefits of including the areas within critical
habitat, provided the exclusion will not result in the extinction of
the species (Section 4(b)(2) of the Act).
Critical habitat is defined in Section 3(5)(A) of the Act as: ``(i)
the specific areas within the geographic area occupied by a species . .
. on which are found those physical or biological features (I)
essential to the conservation of the species, and (II) that may require
special management considerations or protection; and (ii) specific
areas outside the geographical area occupied by the species at the time
it is listed . . . upon a determination by the Secretary that such
areas are essential for the conservation of the species.'' The term
``conservation,'' as defined in Section 3(3) of the Act, means ``. . .
to use and the use of all methods and procedures which are necessary to
bring any endangered species or threatened species to the point at
which the measures provided pursuant to this Act are no longer
necessary,'' i.e., the species is recovered and can be removed from the
list of endangered and threatened species.
Role in Species Conservation
Proposed designation of critical habitat includes areas subject to
commercial timber harvest, the primary threat to the species. The
Service considers the protections that result from the listing of the
species as threatened, such as the jeopardy prohibition under section 7
and the prohibition of take under section 9 of the Act, to be adequate
protection in areas where other, localized threats may be present.
The use of the term ``conservation'' in the definition of critical
habitat indicates that its designation should identify lands that may
be needed for a species' eventual recovery and delisting. However, when
critical habitat is proposed or designated at the time a species is
listed, the Service frequently does not know precisely what may be
needed for recovery. In this regard, critical habitat serves to
preserve options for a species' eventual recovery. The Service is
continuing to work with the Recovery Team to determine those areas and
management approaches considered necessary for the recovery and
conservation of the species.
The designation of critical habitat will not, in itself, lead to
recovery, but, through regulations under section 7 of the Act, may
assist the Service and all Federal agencies in contributing toward the
species' conservation. Critical habitat helps focus conservation
activities by identifying areas that contain essential habitat features
(primary constituent elements), regardless of whether they are
currently occupied by the listed species, thus alerting the public and
land-managing agencies to the importance of an area in the conservation
of a listed species. Critical habitat also identifies areas that may
require special management considerations or protection, and provides
additional protection to areas where significant threats to the species
have been identified. Critical habitat receives protection from
destruction or adverse modification through required consultation under
section 7 of the Act with regard to actions carried out, funded, or
authorized by a Federal agency. Section 7 also requires conferences on
Federal actions that are likely to result in the adverse modification
or destruction of proposed critical habitat. Aside from the added
protection provided under section 7, the Act does not provide other
forms of protection to lands designated as critical habitat.
Designating critical habitat does not create a management plan for
a listed species. Designation does not establish numerical population
goals, prescribe specific management actions (inside or outside of
critical habitat), nor does it have a direct effect on areas not
designated as critical habitat. Specific management recommendations for
critical habitat are most appropriately addressed in recovery plans,
management plans, and through section 7 consultation.
Critical habitat identifies specific areas essential to the
conservation of a species. Areas not currently containing all of the
essential features, but with the capability to do so in the future, may
also be essential for the long-term recovery of the species,
particularly in certain portions of its range, and may be designated as
critical habitat. However, not all areas containing the features of a
listed species' habitat are necessarily essential to a species'
survival. Areas not included within critical habitat boundaries that
contain one or more of the primary constituent elements are still
important to a species' conservation and may be addressed under other
facets of the Act, and other conservation laws and regulations.
The steps used to determine proposed critical habitat are
summarized in the following sections on Primary Constituent Elements,
and Criteria for Identifying Candidate Critical Habitat Units.
Primary Constituent Elements
In determining which areas to propose as critical habitat, the
Service considers those physical and biological attributes that are
essential to a species' conservation and which may require special
management considerations or protection (section 3(5)(A)(i), of the
Act). Such physical and biological attributes are described in 50 CFR
424.12. They include, but are not limited to, the following:
Space for individual and population growth, and for normal
behavior;
Food, water, or other nutritional or physiological
requirements;
Cover or shelter;
Sites for breeding, reproduction, or rearing of offspring;
and
Habitats that are protected from disturbance or are
representative of the historic geographical and ecological
distributions of a species.
The primary constituent elements of critical habitat for the
Mexican spotted owl are those areas that include, but are not limited
to, the habitat components which provide or which have the potential to
provide for nesting, roosting, foraging, or dispersal. Forested
habitats used for nesting and roosting are typically characterized as
supporting mature stand attributes including high canopy closure,
multi-canopied structure, coniferous vegetation (sometimes including a
hardwood understory), large diameter trees, high densities of live
trees, snags and large logs. Canyon habitats for nesting and roosting
are generally sparsely vegetated, steep-walled areas, often containing
rock outcrops and crevices. Nesting and roosting habitat also supports
owl foraging activity; however, a wider array of habitat attributes may
be found in areas used solely for foraging and/or dispersal, including
fairly open and non-contiguous forest, small openings, woodlands, and
rocky slopes.
Areas of proposed critical habitat include both ``suitable'' and
``unsuitable'' forest habitat. Several definitions of ``suitable'' are
currently used by different land-managing agencies; however, the term
``suitable'' generally refers to habitat that supports the combined
activities of nesting, roosting, and foraging. In the Southwest,
``suitable'' habitat is often interpersed with ``unsuitable'' habitat
that may be important for foraging. This critical habitat proposal is
not limited to habitat that meets ``suitable'' definitions, but
includes habitat with any of the primary constituent elements described
above.
Criteria for Identifying Candidate Critical Habitat Units
The primary objective in proposing critical habitat is to identify
existing and potential Mexican spotted owl habitat considered essential
for the conservation of the species, and in need of special management
considerations or protection. The Service has focused on available
nesting and roosting habitat to identify locales that provide a nucleus
for delineation of critical habitat units. Additional habitat was added
as needed to develop units based on the criteria described below. In
its proposal of critical habitat, the Service has considered all
habitat types needed by the species through its definition of the
primary constituent elements.
Using aerial photography, Mexican spotted owl habitat and forest
type maps, and field verification, the Service identified areas to be
considered for designation as critical habitat. Because habitat maps
available to the Service were generally based on the varying
definitions of ``suitable habitat'' used by the agencies, the major
focus was on habitat that provides nesting, roosting, and some foraging
attributes. To assist in these determinations, the Service relied upon
the following principles developed by the Interagency Scientific
Committee (Thomas et al. 1990) for the northern spotted owl, and by
others working in the field of conservation biology:
--Develop and maintain large contiguous blocks of habitat to support
multiple reproducing pairs of owls;
--Minimize fragmentation and edge effect to improve habitat quality;
--Minimize distance to facilitate dispersal among blocks of breeding
habitat; and
--Maintain range-wide distribution of habitat to facilitate
recovery.
Several qualitative criteria were considered when determining
whether to select specific areas as potential critical habitat. The
following discussion describes the criteria and provides an explanation
of their use in selecting specific areas.
(1) Currently Suitable Habitat: The Service concentrated on the
existence of currently suitable Mexican spotted owl forested habitat
(primarily nesting and roosting, but also foraging) that contains one
or more of the primary constituent elements. The Service evaluated the
quality of existing habitat based on available habitat maps and
delineated the best available habitat (i.e., the least fragmented, most
contiguous forest habitat) in the critical habitat units.
(2) Large Contiguous Blocks of Habitat: The Service identified,
where available, large, contiguous blocks of habitat or areas that
mostly consist of Mexican spotted owl habitat. Areas were selected so
that critical habitat units would include as little low-quality habitat
as possible.
(3) Dispersal Distances: The widely-spaced nature of most Mexican
spotted owl territory clusters generally determined the distances
between proposed critical habitat units. However, where a unit was
developed to provide additional unoccupied habitat to enhance the
probability of cluster persistence, units were oriented to minimize
inter-unit distances and facilitate potential dispersal.
(4) Occupied Habitat: In evaluating potential critical habitat
units, the Service gave primary consideration to habitat currently
occupied by pairs or resident singles; however, some unoccupied areas
were selected if they were important for other reasons (e.g., territory
cluster contiguity and linkage). The Service may designate unoccupied
areas when such areas are essential for the conservation of the species
(section 3(5)(A)(ii) of the Act). Some units were selected based on
habitat suitability although no surveys had yet been conducted. All
areas selected, however, have potential for supporting Mexican spotted
owls.
(5) Rangewide Distribution: The Service is proposing critical
habitat units throughout the existing United States range of the
Mexican spotted owl to maintain genetic variation and cluster linkage.
(6) Special Management or Protection: Section 3(5)(A)(i)(II) of the
Act defines critical habitat as areas ``which may require special
management considerations or protection.'' The Service evaluated the
need for special management in terms of the existing situation (e.g.,
current quality of existing habitat), the relative importance of
territory clusters, or current management activities, and threats. For
example, the Fort Apache Indian Reservation is managed under an uneven-
age timber harvest prescription, unlike the even-age management cited
as a threat to the Mexican spotted owl. The White Mountain Apache Tribe
has developed a conservation strategy that the Service believes will
adequately protect the Mexican spotted owl on the Fort Apache Indian
Reservation. Thus, the Service has determined that additional special
management consideration or protection is not needed, and the area is
not proposed as critical habitat. All other areas selected are included
in this proposal because of their need for special management or
protection. However, the Forest Service and other Indian tribes have
begun work with the Service to develop and implement conservation
agreements or management plans to conduct timber harvests while
providing adequate protection to the owl and its habitat.
In addition, the Service evaluated the adequacy of existing
protection under the Act to determine whether critical habitat would
provide a necessary incremental benefit to the species. For example,
significant protection already exists under section 7 of the Act, such
as the prohibition of jeopardy to the species, the minimization of
project impacts through mandatory reasonable and prudent measures to
minimize incidental take, etc. The Service considers commercial timber
harvest to be the primary threat to the Mexican spotted owl, and thus
identified areas (proposed critical habitat units) where commercial
timber harvest is planned or authorized. In those areas, the
designation of critical habitat can provide protection above the
current protection under the Act by protecting unoccupied habitat. It
is important to note, however, that other areas are essential to the
species' recovery, and their exclusion from proposed critical habitat
designation does not imply otherwise. Although other threats to Mexican
spotted owls have been mentioned, such as oil and gas leasing, grazing,
recreation, etc., the Service has been unable to find evidence that
these threats are significant to the Mexican spotted owl population as
a whole. Rather, these activities are best dealt with through section 7
consultation on the species.
(7) Adequacy of Existing Regulatory Mechanisms: The Service
considered the existing legal status of areas (i.e., reserved areas
such as wilderness or parks) and has not proposed reserved areas as
critical habitat. In general, the current classification of wilderness
areas and parks provides adequate protection against potential habitat-
altering activities because they are primarily managed as natural
ecosystems. These lands are often essential to the conservation of the
species, as they provide important links and contain large areas of
habitat in relatively pristine condition. However, these lands by
themselves do not provide adequate habitat to support a viable range-
wide Mexican spotted owl population. The Service considered their
relative contribution to the Mexican spotted owl's conservation but
generally did not include them in critical habitat because of their
current classification unless they were inclusions within larger
surrounding critical habitat units.
Proposed Critical Habitat Designation
The Service has identified 112 proposed critical habitat units
totaling 1,931,264 ha (4,770,223 acres) in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah,
and Colorado. The approximate acreage of proposed critical habitat by
land ownership is shown in Table 1.
Management Considerations
Forest Practices
Management direction for lands with Mexican spotted owl habitat
varies within and between Tribal governments and Federal and State
agencies. A management emphasis for timber production is in effect on
much of Forest Service and tribally managed land. Some BLM Mexican
spotted owl habitat is managed primarily for natural resources
extraction, including timber, but is still available for wildlife and
recreation. National Park Service lands are managed for recreation and
preservation of natural values. State lands within owl habitat are
typically checkerboarded with Federal lands and are usually not large
enough to support owl territories of their own. State lands are managed
with similar resource management emphases as BLM land. Management
emphasis on private lands providing Mexican spotted owl habitat is
unknown.
Table 1.--Critical Habitat Acreage by Land Ownership and State
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Arizona New Mexico Colorado Utah Total
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Forest Service................................. 1,510,148 1,883,332 34,500 188,386 3,616,366
Bureau of Land Management...................... 0 10,790 562 72 11,424
National Park Service.......................... 45,892 0 0 0 45,892
Department of Defense.......................... 2,013 0 0 0 2,013
State.......................................... 3,333 5,847 620 20 9,820
Tribal......................................... 401,829 499,334 61,531 0 962,694
Private........................................ 28,396 86,185 6,890 543 122,014
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Total...................................... 1,991,611 2,485,488 104,103 189,021 4,770,223
Critical habitat units......................... 38 67 7 1 *112
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*One critical habitat unit overlaps two States.
Although the Forest Service is undergoing a process to change its
dominant silvicultural practices to uneven age systems, its current
management plans call for harvestable timberland in Arizona and New
Mexico to be primarily managed under an even-aged system using
shelterwood management. Commercial forests on the Navajo Indian
Reservation have also been managed under shelterwood prescriptions
(James Carter, BIA, pers. comm., 1990). Other commercial forests on
Indian lands in the Southwest are managed primarily as uneven-aged
stands by use of selective logging. Under the shelterwood system, a
stand is scheduled for a series of harvests culminating in a full
rotation cycle in 120 years or less. This cycle length maximizes timber
production, but does not provide enough time for stands to reach the
mature to old-growth conditions characteristic of forested Mexican
spotted owl habitat, and results in forest age distributions
unnaturally skewed toward younger stands. The conversion of complexly
structured forest stands to evenaged stands was identified by the
Service (USFWS 1991, USFWS 1993) as the greatest threat facing the
Mexican spotted owl.
The Service has determined habitat loss trends from current
National Forest plans, which provide the only available projections on
timber harvest trends into the future. Half of all shelterwood
management on National Forests is occurring in forests not suitable for
breeding (primarily pure ponderosa pine), and the other half in
suitable forest habitat. The Forest Plans project that an estimated 0.4
percent of Mexican spotted owl habitat will be made unsuitable for
breeding each year in the future if timber extraction continues as
outlined under current forest plans.
Uneven-aged management like that employed by the White Mountain
Apache Tribe maintains and promotes development of complex forest
structures. Methods include individual tree selection and group
selection. Individual tree selection entails the harvest of trees
selected from a size-distribution curve appropriate for forest type,
site conditions, and desired regeneration levels. Trees of various size
and age classes are retained, and multi-storied attributes and vertical
diversity are maintained. Group selection creates openings in the
forest stand up to a hectare (1 to 2 acres) in size, developing small
even-aged clumps of trees and within-stand horizontal diversity. The
Service considers the use of uneven-age management the silvicultural
method most compatible with maintenance of Mexican spotted owl habitat.
Current Management
The States of Arizona, Utah, and Colorado list the Mexican spotted
owl as a threatened species. Capture, handling, transportation, and
take of Mexican spotted owls are regulated by game laws and special
licenses for live wildlife. These State laws and licensing requirements
regulate hunting, recreation, and scientific investigation. Habitat
protection is not provided through State laws and regulations.
The Service is aware of Mexican spotted owl protection guidelines
that have been developed by two Indian nations. The guidelines for the
Mescalero Apache Reservation establish a 29 ha (72 acre) buffer zone
around active Mexican spotted owl roost or nest sites. No management
activities may occur within the buffer zone during the reproductive
season. After the reproductive season, the buffer is reduced to a 46-
meter (150-foot) radius encompassing 0.66 ha (1.6 acres) around
significant roost areas and a 61-meter (200-foot) radius encompassing
1.17 ha (2.9 acres) around nests.
The Fort Apache Indian Reservation is managed under a conservation
plan approved by the Tribal Council. This plan designates two levels of
owl protection. The first level protects clusters of owls and their
intervening habitat, and the second level focuses on individual owl
sites. This management strategy is largely based on a landscape rather
than site-by-site approach.
Most Federal agencies have policies to protect State-listed
threatened or endangered species, and some agencies also protect
species that are candidates for Federal listing. For instance, the NPS
Organic Act protects all wildlife on national parks and monuments.
However, general policies often do not include standards and guidelines
to measure policy success.
Prior to listing, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) provided the
only Federal protection for the Mexican spotted owl. Under the
provisions of the MBTA, it is unlawful to pursue, hunt, take, capture,
or kill in any manner any migratory bird unless permitted by
regulations. Although the Mexican spotted owl typically remains in its
summer range throughout the year, it is included on the list of birds
protected under the MBTA.
An interagency agreement for purpose of ensuring population
viability of the spotted owl (Strix occidentalis), including the
Mexican spotted owl, was signed by the Service, BLM, NPS, and Forest
Service on August 12, 1988 (U.S. Department of Interior 1988). Under
this agreement, each agency agreed to manage its lands to provide owl
habitat, to carry out habitat and population inventories sufficient to
assess long-term trends, and to carry out research activities
sufficient to provide empirical information on the validity of planning
assumptions. The degree to which this agreement has been implemented
has varied within and among agencies.
Specific management policies for the Mexican spotted owl have been
developed by the BLM in Colorado and New Mexico. The policy in Colorado
states, ``In areas with a confirmed nest or roost site, surface
management activities will be limited and will be determined on a case
by case basis to allow as much flexibility as possible outside of the
core area.'' Management policy in New Mexico states that habitat core
areas and territories of appropriate size will be established and
preserved wherever Mexican spotted owls are found.
Detailed guidelines for Mexican spotted owl management have been
developed by the Forest Service Southwest Region. The guidelines were
first issued as Mexican spotted owl Interim Directive (ID) No. 1 in
June 1989, and reissued as Mexican spotted owl ID No. 2 in June 1990.
Utah and Colorado national forests adopted ID No. 2 in 1991. The
guidelines expired December 26, 1991, but the Forest Service is
continuing to manage under ID No. 2. The IDs require establishment of a
Mexican spotted owl MT around each nest or roost site. Each MT (except
those on the Gila and Lincoln National Forests) has a core area of 182
ha (450 acres) and an overall size of 810 ha (2,000 acres). Activities
within the core area are limited to road construction. Within the MT,
activities, including timber harvest, are limited to a maximum of 314
ha (775 acres). The intent of the guidelines is to retain at least 405
ha (1,000 acres) of suitable habitat within the MT after proposed
management activities are identified and located. Forest Service
estimates indicate that suitable habitat within MTs currently averages
466 ha (1,150 acres) for territories in New Mexico and Arizona. In
Utah, MTs encompass 1,340 ha (3,350 acres) with a core of 350 ha (875
acres) (K. Grandison, pers. comm., 1994).
Application of the IDs has not been uniform on all forests.
Guidelines on two forests were modified. The core area was reduced in
size to 121 ha (300 acres) for the Lincoln National Forest under ID No.
1. Under ID No. 2, a core area of 182 ha (450 acres) was established
for all forests but the overall territory size was reduced to 607 ha
(1,500 acres) for the Lincoln and Gila National Forests. Both forests
have significant Mexican spotted owl populations, which has resulted in
conflicts with timber harvest plans. The ID provides no protection for
unoccupied suitable Mexican spotted owl habitat, nor does it address
forest activities not related to timber harvest.
The Service has examined spotted owl protective measures throughout
the species' range. The management strategies employed by various
agencies and tribes have been developed independently without a common
overall approach. These strategies provide varying levels of protection
to existing owl sites, but most do not conform to an overall, landscape
recovery strategy. In addition, there has been no assessment of the
adequacy of these varied approaches in promoting range-wide
conservation of the Mexican spotted owl. Thus the Service has
determined that the designation of critical habitat in areas subject to
timber harvest will help to preserve options until a long-term, range-
wide management strategy is developed and its implementation ensured.
Available Conservation Measures
Recovery Planning
The Service appointed the Team in March 1993. Since that time the
Team has assembled all available data on Mexican spotted owl biology,
the threats faced across the species' range, current protection
afforded the species, etc. Using that information, the Team developed
the Draft Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Plan. Availability of that
document will be announced in the Federal Register.
The Draft Mexican Spotted Owl Recovery Plan recommends a landscape
management strategy that will conserve the species as population and
habitat trends are assessed. If made final, the recovery plan will
guide management of this species over the next 10-15 years. The Service
will assess the value of critical habitat in implementing the recovery
plan, and that assessment may influence the final critical habitat
rulemaking.
Section 7 Consultation
Section 4(b)(8) of the Act requires, for any proposed or final
regulation to designate critical habitat, a brief description and
evaluation of those activities (public or private) that may adversely
modify such habitat or may be affected by such designation. Regulations
found at 50 CFR 402.02 define destruction or adverse modification of
critical habitat as a direct or indirect alteration that appreciably
diminishes the value of critical habitat for both the survival and
recovery of a listed species. Such alterations include, but are not
limited to, alterations adversely modifying any of those physical or
biological features that were the basis for determining the habitat to
be critical.
Section 7(a)(2) requires Federal agencies to ensure that activities
they authorize, fund, or carry out are not likely to destroy or
adversely modify critical habitat. This Federal responsibility
accompanies, and is in addition to, the requirement in section 7(a)(2)
of the Act that Federal agencies ensure their actions do not jeopardize
the continued existence of any listed species. As required by 50 CFR
402.14, a Federal agency must consult with the Service if it determines
an action may affect a listed species or critical habitat. Thus, the
requirement to consider adverse modification of critical habitat is an
incremental section 7 consideration above and beyond section 7 review
to evaluate jeopardy and incidental take of the species. Regulations
implementing this interagency cooperation provision of the Act are
found at 50 CFR 402.
Conference on Current Activities
Section 7(a)(4) of the Act and 50 CFR 402.10 of the regulations
require Federal agencies to confer with the Service on any action that
is likely to result in destruction or adverse modification of proposed
critical habitat. The Act requires Federal agencies to reinitiate
consultation on previously reviewed actions should conditions change
(e.g., if the Service designates critical habitat); consequently, some
Federal agencies may request conference with the Service on actions for
which formal consultation has been completed. Conference reports
provide conservation recommendations to assist the agency in
eliminating conflicts that may be caused by the proposed action. The
conservation recommendations in a conference report are advisory.
If an agency requests, and the Service concurs, the Service may
issue a formal conference report. Formal conference reports on proposed
critical habitat contain a biological opinion that is prepared
according to 50 CFR 402.14, as if critical habitat were designated. The
Service may adopt the formal conference report as the biological
opinion when the critical habitat is designated, if no significant new
information or changes in the action alter the content of the opinion
(see 50 CFR 402.10(d)).
Examples of Proposed Actions
Areas which contain habitat used by the owl during its life cycle
support a number of existing, proposed, and potential activities.
Commercial activities that may affect Mexican spotted owl critical
habitat include timber harvest, timber salvage harvest, other wood
fiber utilization (e.g., paper, firewood), snag removal, construction
of hydroelectric facilities, and construction of ski areas and resort
facilities. Additional activities include ``personal use'' commodity
production, such as fuelwood gathering and Christmas tree cutting.
Activities associated with land management by involved agencies include
campground and road construction, certain fire suppression activities
such as fire break construction and use of chemical fire retardants;
silvicultural activities such as forest pest management and stocking
control; and military maneuvers. The Service recognizes that these
activities may affect individual owls and portions of their habitat.
However, the Service has identified the timber management program as
the activity that constitutes the most significant threat to the
survival of the species because of its scope across the landscape, and
because it is the predominant threat to habitat in the areas with the
largest owl populations. The Service believes that where there are
other activities section 7 consultations on effects of projects to the
species and other regulatory mechanisms provide adequate protection.
In evaluating proposed activities within critical habitat through
section 7 analyses, the Service uses project descriptions and
biological assessments provided by the action agency, and focuses on
the likely impacts of a project on the constituent elements of the site
and surrounding areas. The Federal agencies requesting consultation can
assist the Service in its evaluation of proposed actions by providing
detailed information on the habitat configuration of a project area,
habitat conditions of surrounding areas, and information on known
locations of Mexican spotted owls.
Proposed actions would be individually examined in terms of site-
specific impacts to the primary constituent elements and the reasons
for which the critical habitat unit was designated. Certain proposed
actions, such as the selective harvest or commercial thinning of timber
stands, may or may not destroy or adversely modify critical habitat,
depending on the type and extent of harvest and the pre-project
condition of the site in relation to Mexican spotted owl habitat needs.
Activities that disturb, remove, or retard the development of the
primary constituent elements within designated critical habitat units
may adversely modify the Mexican spotted owl's critical habitat. These
activities may include, but are not limited to, actions that would
significantly reduce the canopy closure of a timber stand, modify
multi-canopy stand structure, significantly reduce the stand's average
tree diameter, significantly alter tree size and age class distribution
and species composition, reduce the availability of nesting structures
and sites, reduce the suitability of the landscape to provide for safe
movement, or reduce the abundance or availability of prey species.
In addition to site-specific analysis, Service evaluation of
proposed Federal actions would also consider the additive effects of
past, on-going, and proposed actions. Proposed projects within critical
habitat would also be examined spatially to determine adverse
modification of habitat across the surrounding landscape. The additive
effects of actions in proximity to the proposed project may
collectively result in the appreciable reduction of the value of a
critical habitat unit. Conversely, an isolated proposed action within a
spacious expanse of unmodified habitat may not adversely affect the
function for which a critical habitat unit was designed.
An activity cannot cause adverse modification of critical habitat
in an area that does not contain or have the potential to contain the
physical and biological features comprising the primary constituent
elements. Due to limitations in the fineness of the mapping effort, and
the interspersed nature of suitable and unsuitable habitat types, some
such areas have been incidentally included in the proposed designation
as inclusions within surrounding Mexican spotted owl habitat.
Furthermore, some activities may not be restricted due to critical
habitat designation because there would be no effect on the primary
constituent elements. However, Federal projects that do not adversely
modify critical habitat may still affect Mexican spotted owls (e.g.,
through disturbance) and, therefore, may be subject to review under
section 7 of the Act.
Some activities may be considered to be of benefit to Mexican
spotted owl habitat and, therefore, would not be expected to adversely
modify critical habitat. Examples of activities that could benefit
critical habitat may include some protective measures such as fire
suppression, prescribed burning, brush control, snag creation, and
certain silvicultural activities such as thinning.
Other Conservation Measures
Section 9 of the Act prohibits intentional and non-intentional
``take'' of listed species and applies to all landowners regardless of
whether or not their lands are within critical habitat. The term
``take'', as defined by the Act, means to harass, harm, pursue, hunt,
shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to attempt to engage
in any such conduct. ``Incidental take'' is take that results from, but
is not the purpose of, an otherwise lawful activity.
Section 7 and section 10(a)(1)(B) authorize the Service to allow
the incidental taking of listed species through otherwise lawful
activities such as timber harvesting. Biological opinions completed as
part of formal section 7 consultation may authorize a set amount of
incidental take associated with Federal activities. For non-Federal
actions, Section 10 incidental take permit applications must be
supported by a habitat conservation plan that identifies conservation
measures that the permittee agrees to implement to conserve the
species, usually on the permittee's lands. A key element of the
Service's review of a conservation plan is a determination of the
plan's effect upon the long-term conservation of the species. A
conservation plan would be approved and a section 10(a) permit issued
if it would minimize and mitigate the impacts of the taking and would
not appreciably reduce the likelihood of the survival and recovery of
that species in the wild.
The Service expects limited Federal involvement for projects on
non-Federal lands and few formal section 7 consultations on non-Federal
lands that are included in proposed critical habitat. For those areas
of non-Federal land within proposed critical habitat, section 7 would
apply only for actions that are funded, authorized, or carried out by a
Federal agency. The States and private individuals are still subject to
the ``take'' prohibitions under section 9 of the Act, however, and may
enter into the section 10 conservation planning process where
appropriate.
Economic Analysis
Section 4(b)(2) of the Act requires the Service to designate
critical habitat on the basis of the best scientific and commercial
information available and to consider the economic and other relevant
impacts of designating a particular area as critical habitat. The
Secretary may exclude areas from critical habitat upon a determination
that the benefits of such exclusions outweigh the benefits of
specifying such areas as part of critical habitat. The exclusion of
such areas from critical habitat may not occur when it is determined
such exclusion may result in the extinction of the species concerned.
An economic analysis is currently being prepared. The Service intends
to make the economic analysis available for public review and comment,
and notice of its availability will be published in the Federal
Register and local newspapers.
Public Comments Solicited
The Service intends that any final rule resulting from this
proposal will be as accurate and effective as possible. Therefore,
comments or suggestions from the public, governmental agencies, Indian
nations, the scientific community, industry, and any other interested
parties concerning this proposed rule are hereby sought. Comments are
particularly sought concerning:
(1) The reasons why any habitat should or should not be determined
to be critical habitat as provided by section 4 of the Act;
(2) Specific information on the amount and distribution of Mexican
spotted owl habitat, and the number of owls and distribution by
landowner and land designation;
(3) Specific information on the ability or values of proposed areas
to support other listed, proposed, or candidate species and the
relation of this proposal to maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem
integrity;
(4) Current or planned activities in the subject areas and their
possible impacts on proposed critical habitat;
(5) Any foreseeable economic or other impacts resulting from the
proposed designation of critical habitat;
(6) Economic values associated with benefits of designating
critical habitat for the Mexican spotted owl. Such benefits include
those derived from non-consumptive uses, e.g., hiking, camping, bird-
watching; enhanced watershed protection; improved air quality;
increased soil retention; ``existence values'', and reductions in
administrative costs; and
(7) The methodology the Service might use, under section 4(b)(2) of
the Act, in determining if the benefits of excluding an area from
critical habitat outweigh the benefits of specifying the area as
critical habitat.
Comments received during the 60-day comment period on this proposed
rule will be considered during preparation of a final rulemaking. The
final decision on the designation of critical habitat will take into
consideration the comments and any additional information received by
the Service.
Public Hearings
Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act provides for a public hearing on this
proposal, if requested within 45 days of the date of publication of the
proposal. As indicated under DATES, the Service will schedule public
hearings on this proposal due to the anticipated number of requests for
such hearings.
Parties wishing to make statements for the record should bring
copies of their statements to the hearing. Oral statements may be
limited in length, if necessary. There are no limits to the length of a
written statement presented at the hearing or subsequently submitted
for the record. Written comments will be accepted from any party until
the close of the comment period (see DATES). Written submissions will
be given the same weight and consideration as oral comments presented
at any hearing.
National Environmental Policy Act
The Service has determined that an Environmental Assessment, as
defined under the authority of the National Environmental Policy Act of
1969, need not be prepared in connection with regulations adopted
pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Act. A notice outlining the Service's
reasons for this determination was published in the Federal Register on
October 25, 1983 (48 FR 49244).
Required Determinations
This document has been reviewed by the Office of Management and
Budget under Executive Order 12866. Based on the information discussed
in this rule concerning public projects and private activities within
proposed critical habitat areas, it is not clear whether significant
economic impacts will result from the critical habitat designation.
There are a limited number of actions on private lands that have
Federal involvement through funds or permits that may be affected by
critical habitat designation. A final determination of the impacts of
the proposal is not possible until the required economic analysis is
completed. The final rule will contain determinations of the effects of
the proposed actions in compliance with all relevant laws, regulations,
and Executive Orders. Also, no direct costs, enforcement costs,
information collection, or recordkeeping requirements are imposed on
small entities by this proposed designation. Further, the rule contains
no recordkeeping requirements as defined by the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1980.
References Cited
A complete list of all references cited herein, as well as others,
is available upon request from the New Mexico Ecological Services State
Office (see ADDRESSES above).
Author(s)
The primary authors of this proposed rule are Marcos Gorresen and
Sonja Jahrsdoerfer (see ADDRESSES.)
List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17
Endangered and threatened species, Exports, Imports, Reporting and
recordkeeping requirements, and Transportation.
Proposed Regulation Promulgation
Accordingly, it is hereby proposed to amend part 17, subchapter B
of chapter I, title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as set forth
below:
PART 17--[AMENDED]
1. The authority citation for part 17 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361-1407; 16 U.S.C. 1531-1544; 16 U.S.C.
4201-4245; Pub. L. 99-625, 100 Stat. 3500; unless otherwise noted.
2. Section 17.11(h) is amended by revising the ``Critical Habitat''
entry for ``Owl, Mexican spotted,'' under Birds, to read
``Sec. 17.95(b)'' instead of ``NA''.
3. Section 17.95(b) is amended by adding critical habitat of the
Mexican spotted owl (Strix occidentalis lucida), in alphabetical order
(following the entry for EVERGLADE SNAIL KITE and preceding the entry
for PALILA), reading as follows:
Sec. 17.95 Critical habitat--fish and wildlife.
* * * * *
(b) * * *
Mexican Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis lucida)
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.000
TP07DE94.001
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
AZ-ASNF-1. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Nutrioso 1981,
Clifton 1986. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-1 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
681051 E 3731419 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line southerly to
681495 E 3707131 N
continuing to
677783 E 3705800 N
671541 E 3710523 N
669198 E 3711150 N
669435 E 3713944 N
670199 E 3716135 N
675165 E 3718090 N
677641 E 3721888 N
677316 E 3724015 N
677631 E 3725816 N
680104 E 3730230 N
to closure at starting point
681051 E 3731419 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.002
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
AZ-ASNF-2. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Nutrioso 1981,
Clifton 1986. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-2 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
639214 E 3749106 N
642179 E 3749878 N
645077 E 3747570 N
646687 E 3746842 N
648824 E 3748876 N
647673 E 3751291 N
649459 E 3752872 N
650824 E 3752867 N
651211 E 3751025 N
654982 E 3750550 N
656312 E 3747486 N
655236 E 3747262 N
652013 E 3747746 N
651420 E 3748351 N
651195 E 3746889 N
654376 E 3743391 N
657944 E 3743429 N
659991 E 3742676 N
661790 E 3742563 N
662869 E 3743970 N
665020 E 3745825 N
667435 E 3745415 N
669014 E 3744822 N
670283 E 3745982 N
670810 E 3745951 N
671244 E 3743995 N
674428 E 3742835 N
676432 E 3742513 N
675001 E 3741445 N
675743 E 3740486 N
676609 E 3740440 N
677731 E 3739776 N
678582 E 3738696 N
680944 E 3737931 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line southerly to
681013 E 3733458 N
continuing to
679464 E 3734541 N
680305 E 3732752 N
678775 E 3730665 N
677546 E 3728106 N
674034 E 3727288 N
671656 E 3727420 N
668866 E 3727132 N
667962 E 3724783 N
666870 E 3723259 N
667393 E 3721292 N
667035 E 3719815 N
666153 E 3719402 N
663772 E 3719700 N
658281 E 3718204 N
658847 E 3717564 N
662849 E 3717143 N
664072 E 3715468 N
662059 E 3715429 N
659601 E 3714377 N
655718 E 3714964 N
655822 E 3712485 N
656976 E 3711057 N
656069 E 3709334 N
656343 E 3707794 N
658159 E 3706659 N
658013 E 3704701 N
659490 E 3703114 N
658179 E 3702109 N
655070 E 3701666 N
652153 E 3700510 N
651498 E 3701202 N
650278 E 3699517 N
649069 E 3698788 N
648455 E 3701359 N
646212 E 3702714 N
646353 E 3704471 N
647862 E 3705369 N
647748 E 3707584 N
649714 E 3707609 N
652851 E 3709839 N
652318 E 3711485 N
650282 E 3711668 N
648510 E 3714360 N
645267 E 3715035 N
following Bear Wallow Wilderness boundary Northerly and westerly
to
639601 E 3722385 N
following San Carlos Indian Reservation/Fort Apache Indian
Reservation and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest boundary northerly
to
639432 E 3734282 N
continuing to
641330 E 3732466 N
642070 E 3731309 N
642976 E 3731437 N
643724 E 3732036 N
643563 E 3735258 N
645229 E 3736810 N
646428 E 3734075 N
645026 E 3732104 N
650329 E 3732547 N
651277 E 3731815 N
656036 E 3731960 N
659171 E 3730782 N
662219 E 3728181 N
664658 E 3728125 N
666802 E 3730143 N
668342 E 3730795 N
669719 E 3730929 N
667147 E 3738221 N
666111 E 3740438 N
665857 E 3742187 N
663884 E 3741550 N
662970 E 3739537 N
662077 E 3739099 N
664115 E 3737321 N
663936 E 3736449 N
665674 E 3735320 N
666376 E 3732465 N
660952 E 3736942 N
658668 E 3740059 N
657053 E 3740614 N
655354 E 3740265 N
652697 E 3737861 N
652607 E 3740274 N
650700 E 3739798 N
649747 E 3738511 N
648720 E 3739843 N
646778 E 3739757 N
645317 E 3740388 N
644110 E 3742249 N
643992 E 3744258 N
641076 E 3745004 N
639222 E 3747917 N
to closure at starting point
639214 E 3749106 N
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AZ-ASNF-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Nutrioso 1981.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-3 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
680677 E 3751624 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line southerly to
680860 E 3742985 N
continuing to
679015 E 3743738 N
680408 E 3744654 N
680105 E 3745776 N
676812 E 3747711 N
674522 E 3749363 N
673965 E 3751137 N
675971 E 3751301 N
677378 E 3749014 N
677415 E 3752229 N
675447 E 3754140 N
676520 E 3754494 N
678912 E 3753965 N
679527 E 3752800 N
to closure at starting point
680677 E 3751624 N
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AZ-ASNF-4. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Nutrioso 1981,
Springerville 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-4
is delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone
12) coordinates:
680425 E 3765075 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line southerly to
680539 E 3759491 N
continuing to
677965 E 3758327 N
676775 E 3758898 N
676417 E 3760481 N
674827 E 3761971 N
672634 E 3760389 N
following Escudilla Wilderness boundary southerly to
672978 E 3756035 N
continuing to
669499 E 3756265 N
665987 E 3758854 N
669745 E 3761995 N
672424 E 3762163 N
675033 E 3762935 N
677247 E 3763171 N
677421 E 3762403 N
679707 E 3760920 N
680079 E 3762566 N
680064 E 3763961 N
679303 E 3764647 N
to closure at starting point
680425 E 3765075 N
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AZ-ASNF-5. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Nutrioso 1981,
Springerville 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-5
is delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone
12) coordinates:
616256 E 3777733 N
615405 E 3778457 N
615950 E 3780357 N
616710 E 3781189 N
616920 E 3782257 N
615622 E 3783522 N
614218 E 3782577 N
613286 E 3785489 N
614820 E 3787177 N
618199 E 3785692 N
620695 E 3783685 N
623119 E 3782739 N
625388 E 3782312 N
627023 E 3783070 N
630161 E 3783030 N
632551 E 3782737 N
637364 E 3779360 N
638667 E 3775888 N
639374 E 3772902 N
639930 E 3772723 N
639566 E 3771860 N
641281 E 3768498 N
641905 E 3765728 N
641792 E 3764432 N
641804 E 3763631 N
641504 E 3763624 N
641521 E 3762823 N
642877 E 3762841 N
642981 E 3764690 N
643758 E 3764833 N
645650 E 3766066 N
645500 E 3769835 N
646675 E 3771161 N
651680 E 3769281 N
653095 E 3771307 N
657852 E 3768249 N
657409 E 3765581 N
660453 E 3763710 N
661036 E 3761888 N
661101 E 3758901 N
662944 E 3755903 N
662330 E 3754593 N
664976 E 3753701 N
665578 E 3756196 N
667203 E 3756216 N
667350 E 3755003 N
667814 E 3753820 N
668573 E 3751460 N
664751 E 3749599 N
663935 E 3750032 N
663751 E 3751159 N
664071 E 3752242 N
660131 E 3754524 N
659584 E 3756115 N
656736 E 3755237 N
655148 E 3755563 N
654920 E 3756764 N
658234 E 3759654 N
657105 E 3760866 N
655348 E 3761753 N
655446 E 3764697 N
653232 E 3764049 N
653830 E 3768226 N
651837 E 3767879 N
650924 E 3767042 N
651328 E 3765807 N
650409 E 3763637 N
647191 E 3763648 N
646544 E 3764351 N
645205 E 3764490 N
644306 E 3763786 N
643906 E 3758928 N
642095 E 3759835 N
639854 E 3759525 N
638873 E 3758711 N
639697 E 3760647 N
641168 E 3762492 N
641292 E 3764167 N
637780 E 3765976 N
637398 E 3767238 N
638336 E 3769354 N
634456 E 3773473 N
633843 E 3776296 N
631225 E 3776524 N
627207 E 3777429 N
624186 E 3777225 N
following Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Fort Apache Indian
Reservation boundary westerly, to closure at starting point
616256 E 3777733 N
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AZ-ASNF-6. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Shop Low 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-6 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
506824 E 3796307 N
507091 E 3796651 N
509805 E 3796232 N
511256 E 3794866 N
512428 E 3792995 N
513907 E 3793211 N
515573 E 3794253 N
514106 E 3795424 N
513936 E 3796051 N
514918 E 3797122 N
516683 E 3796314 N
518219 E 3797498 N
520240 E 3797326 N
522082 E 3796703 N
523475 E 3798437 N
523475 E 3798437 N
524173 E 3803336 N
525329 E 3806686 N
527239 E 3807978 N
528926 E 3806664 N
529813 E 3804209 N
532085 E 3802350 N
533926 E 3795835 N
543242 E 3793975 N
following Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Fort Apache Indian
Reservation and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Tonto National
Forest boundary westerly, to closure at starting point
506824 E 3796307 N
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AZ-ASNF-7. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Show Low 1981;
Bureau of Land Management map: Holbrook 1980. The perimeter of
critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-7 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
511031 E 3825384 N
511838 E 3824947 N
512348 E 3822241 N
511860 E 3816877 N
512090 E 3815521 N
513091 E 3816794 N
513778 E 3818301 N
514053 E 3820688 N
517145 E 3822455 N
518770 E 3815716 N
522838 E 3820503 N
524016 E 3821404 N
524803 E 3820902 N
524134 E 3820125 N
524265 E 3816780 N
522847 E 3815231 N
523406 E 3812600 N
522841 E 3811110 N
524714 E 3807732 N
523041 E 3804336 N
519999 E 3803563 N
516393 E 3804114 N
514262 E 3802586 N
511193 E 3799167 N
509127 E 3798828 N
505049 E 3804584 N
505965 E 3805669 N
508184 E 3805991 N
508907 E 3807809 N
509925 E 3809260 N
509903 E 3810337 N
510894 E 3811999 N
511112 E 3814127 N
508918 E 3813888 N
508906 E 3815107 N
510304 E 3817183 N
507109 E 3819212 N
506799 E 3820522 N
507674 E 3821245 N
508254 E 3822482 N
508402 E 3823808 N
509672 E 3824807 N
to closure at starting point
511031 E 3825384 N
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AZ-ASNF-8. From U.S. Geological Survey maps: Show Low 1981,
Payson 1981; Bureau of Land Management maps: Holbrook 1980, Sedona
1980. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-ASNF-8 is delineated
by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
498071 E 3831811 N
497133 E 3830184 N
496542 E 3827744 N
495035 E 3824715 N
495427 E 3822657 N
496795 E 3824498 N
497649 E 3826338 N
501569 E 3830272 N
501669 E 3831476 N
500665 E 3832828 N
503711 E 3831746 N
506230 E 3829593 N
504999 E 3827605 N
503176 E 3827524 N
501267 E 3826550 N
500985 E 3824323 N
501825 E 3822159 N
502378 E 3821427 N
501633 E 3818559 N
502934 E 3816845 N
504033 E 3816425 N
503955 E 3813214 N
502946 E 3813430 N
501176 E 3809595 N
498831 E 3808847 N
499135 E 3806333 N
498842 E 3805166 N
498001 E 3803969 N
499702 E 3802620 N
502239 E 3800153 N
503998 E 3798072 N
505154 E 3798058 N
506119 E 3796457 N
following Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Tonto National Forest
and Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Coconino National Forest
boundary westerly and northerly, to closure at starting point
498071 E 3831811 N
The following Universal Transverse Mercator coordinates
delineate an area within AZ-ASNF-8 excluded from the critical
habitat unit:
493134 E 3813062 N
493177 E 3815226 N
494113 E 3816834 N
494023 E 3817911 N
499290 E 3819810 N
500000 E 3819217 N
500240 E 3818610 N
499920 E 3817097 N
499458 E 3816160 N
495737 E 3813787 N
493134 E 3813062 N
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AZ-CCNF-1. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Payson 1981; Bureau
of Land Management map: Sedona 1980. The perimeter of critical
habitat unit AZ-CCNF-1 is delineated by the following Universal
Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
467656 E 3810849 N
466774 E 3812091 N
467265 E 3813631 N
468965 E 3815239 N
470916 E 3818190 N
471469 E 3819546 N
472899 E 3820815 N
472989 E 3821951 N
473536 E 3822831 N
477135 E 3825608 N
476711 E 3827006 N
476981 E 3829803 N
480121 E 3830569 N
481408 E 3828599 N
479202 E 3825662 N
483296 E 3824844 N
484429 E 3823660 N
484747 E 3824551 N
483764 E 3825090 N
487663 E 3828788 N
489418 E 3831581 N
491814 E 3832043 N
493424 E 3832975 N
497812 E 3833882 N
498220 E 3832071 N
following Apache-Sitgreave National Forest/Coconino National Forest
boundary southerly to
487638 E 3804964 N
continuing to
486079 E 3807551 N
488010 E 3810566 N
490129 E 3811716 N
489079 E 3814309 N
490370 E 3815953 N
489296 E 3816671 N
488083 E 3814453 N
486671 E 3813623 N
485449 E 3811207 N
484399 E 3810970 N
482659 E 3810343 N
481104 E 3810793 N
479433 E 3811999 N
478334 E 3815840 N
477042 E 3814911 N
475614 E 3811134 N
following Coconino National Forest/Tonto National Forest boundary
westerly, to closure at starting point
467656 E 3810849 N
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AZ-CCNF-2. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Payson 1981; Bureau
of Land Management map: Sedona 1980. The perimeter of critical
habitat unit AZ-CCNF-2 is delineated by the following Universal
Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
452196 E 3826663 N
455413 E 3827141 N
457307 E 3826192 N
459859 E 3825274 N
461266 E 3825474 N
462756 E 3826273 N
463058 E 3828077 N
466081 E 3830265 N
469986 E 3830843 N
470540 E 3829472 N
472317 E 3830342 N
473546 E 3828472 N
472773 E 3825971 N
470980 E 3824898 N
469562 E 3826431 N
469504 E 3827305 N
467090 E 3827440 N
466010 E 3826094 N
466269 E 3822885 N
467812 E 3821561 N
467575 E 3820502 N
468102 E 3819548 N
466845 E 3818428 N
466215 E 3817267 N
465983 E 3816498 N
464948 E 3815529 N
464217 E 3809075 N
following Coconino National Forest/Tonto National Forest boundary
southerly to
464542 E 3806101 N
continuing to
462822 E 3805626 N
461447 E 3807352 N
461014 E 3808205 N
following Coconino National Forest/Tonto National Forest boundary
northerly, southerly and westerly to
455175 E 3809733 N
continuing to
455350 E 3811266 N
453666 E 3810250 N
452652 E 3810873 N
following Fossil Creek Wilderness boundary northerly to
451932 E 3816971 N
continuing to
450754 E 3819052 N
452343 E 3819762 N
451035 E 3821333 N
450670 E 3822886 N
following Clear Creek Wilderness boundary easterly and westerly, to
closure at starting point
452196 E 3826663 N
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AZ-CCNF-3. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Sedona 1980,
Flagstaff 1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CCNF-3 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
445243 E 3881912 N
446844 E 3881049 N
448293 E 3881155 N
447886 E 3879379 N
449375 E 3877848 N
448861 E 3876329 N
445705 E 3875776 N
447142 E 3874006 N
447638 E 3871685 N
449551 E 3871805 N
450685 E 3873407 N
452312 E 3872409 N
453781 E 3873481 N
455508 E 3872635 N
456289 E 3870804 N
455807 E 3868602 N
454568 E 3866608 N
455557 E 3865528 N
455863 E 3864031 N
455602 E 3861320 N
457831 E 3857143 N
456095 E 3856550 N
457552 E 3854418 N
455793 E 3852249 N
456892 E 3851395 N
457679 E 3847969 N
459466 E 3847434 N
460298 E 3848641 N
460369 E 3852445 N
458916 E 3852969 N
459339 E 3855280 N
459176 E 3861734 N
462532 E 3862959 N
463927 E 3861538 N
464367 E 3859725 N
465539 E 3858693 N
465800 E 3856376 N
468117 E 3853629 N
468343 E 3850615 N
470919 E 3845756 N
469469 E 3839892 N
468556 E 3838842 N
465200 E 3840258 N
464454 E 3841845 N
463473 E 3843118 N
460130 E 3842871 N
456481 E 3841314 N
453247 E 3841042 N
451729 E 3842870 N
453836 E 3844303 N
451873 E 3846132 N
453540 E 3847909 N
453549 E 3849106 N
450853 E 3849130 N
446346 E 3849918 N
447831 E 3850801 N
446909 E 3853131 N
445397 E 3853724 N
445878 E 3855720 N
444988 E 3857744 N
442660 E 3859279 N
443493 E 3864522 N
446792 E 3867451 N
447730 E 3869055 N
445475 E 3871235 N
444843 E 3868998 N
442788 E 3867966 N
440073 E 3867421 N
438747 E 3869007 N
439668 E 3870270 N
439442 E 3871193 N
438650 E 3871939 N
438955 E 3873049 N
438436 E 3874466 N
438974 E 3875593 N
440444 E 3876986 N
440061 E 3880010 N
441902 E 3880273 N
442652 E 3881614 N
to closure at starting point
445243 E 3881912 N
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AZ-CCNF-4. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Sedona 1980,
Flagstaff 1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CCNF-4 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
411162 E 3888459 N
411436 E 3887183 N
413255 E 3886692 N
416682 E 3887651 N
416957 E 3889749 N
following Navajo Army Depot/Coconino National Forest boundary
southerly to
423289 E 3889855 N
continuing to
423315 E 3888691 N
422594 E 3887402 N
420066 E 3887145 N
416780 E 3885570 N
417568 E 3884754 N
417380 E 3884099 N
419482 E 3882976 N
419948 E 3881692 N
419576 E 3880489 N
421248 E 3879441 N
422023 E 3880178 N
424066 E 3880374 N
426737 E 3879281 N
428858 E 3878020 N
429990 E 3879762 N
432171 E 3881363 N
431766 E 3883902 N
435940 E 3883827 N
437117 E 3882604 N
437462 E 3878844 N
436914 E 3875266 N
435942 E 3873707 N
433779 E 3871900 N
431540 E 3870725 N
following Red Rocks Secret Mountain Wilderness northerly and
westerly to
411269 E 3869688 N
continuing to
411226 E 3869730 N
following Sycamore Canyon Wilderness boundary northerly, to closure
at starting point
411162 E 3888459 N
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AZ-CCNF-5. From Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CCNF-5 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
459734 E 3893409 N
459673 E 3892086 N
458517 E 3891427 N
457572 E 3891550 N
456473 E 3890074 N
456504 E 3889161 N
454831 E 3886326 N
452865 E 3885379 N
452214 E 3886755 N
451330 E 3888854 N
450408 E 3888256 N
449146 E 3884792 N
446511 E 3886238 N
445087 E 3887424 N
444939 E 3887906 N
444254 E 3888681 N
443059 E 3887998 N
442450 E 3889563 N
443140 E 3891166 N
444243 E 3891381 N
447046 E 3890517 N
448367 E 3889911 N
447995 E 3890893 N
448487 E 3891612 N
451084 E 3892786 N
452448 E 3893121 N
453948 E 3892651 N
455915 E 3891574 N
458865 E 3893408 N
to closure at starting point
459734 E 3893409 N
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AZ-CCNF-6. From Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CCNF-6 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
435028 E 3912773 N
434479 E 3913983 N
433341 E 3914482 N
431996 E 3914225 N
430852 E 3913150 N
429612 E 3914508 N
429210 E 3915457 N
430241 E 3916816 N
432363 E 3916770 N
435256 E 3918748 N
438463 E 3916505 N
440939 E 3917584 N
445460 E 3916645 N
446951 E 3916176 N
449588 E 3917258 N
449831 E 3918414 N
450708 E 3919386 N
452448 E 3920670 N
453945 E 3919764 N
454998 E 3918375 N
454735 E 3916974 N
452409 E 3915721 N
448841 E 3915030 N
446665 E 3915461 N
444784 E 3913757 N
446540 E 3912330 N
446253 E 3911251 N
447142 E 3910071 N
445708 E 3909383 N
445563 E 3906164 N
448064 E 3903642 N
445712 E 3902893 N
445185 E 3901438 N
445127 E 3900357 N
444391 E 3900357 N
441720 E 3900757 N
439591 E 3900772 N
439717 E 3903502 N
437343 E 3905240 N
435318 E 3905461 N
434158 E 3905476 N
433598 E 3905563 N
434423 E 3908300 N
435620 E 3909150 N
436254 E 3908992 N
following Kachina Peaks Wilderness boundary, to closure at starting
point
435028 E 3912773 N
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AZ-CCNF-7. From Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CCNF-7 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
423447 E 3923447 N
423966 E 3923012 N
426475 E 3920186 N
425869 E 3916958 N
423790 E 3915112 N
423490 E 3915152 N
following Coconino National Forest/Kaibab National Forest boundary
northerly, to closure at starting point
423447 E 3923447 N
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AZ-CRNF-10. From Bureau of Land Management map: Tucson 1990. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CRNF-10 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
514720 E 3588478 N
517406 E 3592224 N
521443 E 3593754 N
525972 E 3594746 N
524725 E 3593327 N
525612 E 3591646 N
529708 E 3592347 N
530274 E 3590233 N
531194 E 3589130 N
532946 E 3587566 N
532710 E 3584774 N
532877 E 3583185 N
532555 E 3580921 N
530900 E 3578861 N
529826 E 3577993 N
527068 E 3578404 N
525820 E 3579410 N
following Pusch Ridge Wilderness boundary northerly and westerly,
to closure at starting point
514720 E 3588478 N
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AZ-CRNF-13. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Safford 1973,
Mammoth 1986. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-CRNF-13 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
590057 E 3627151 N
591756 E 3626497 N
595044 E 3624654 N
600186 E 3624284 N
605383 E 3624819 N
607357 E 3624057 N
609047 E 3623746 N
612568 E 3617718 N
611712 E 3614673 N
612512 E 3613234 N
614484 E 3611466 N
614853 E 3609054 N
612871 E 3607735 N
611623 E 3607421 N
608687 E 3607524 N
607095 E 3608184 N
605255 E 3610406 N
600901 E 3612880 N
599856 E 3614090 N
598289 E 3613576 N
596460 E 3615603 N
594635 E 3617134 N
592085 E 3617511 N
590035 E 3618287 N
587186 E 3620872 N
587461 E 3622254 N
586187 E 3622768 N
585169 E 3624946 N
588094 E 3626103 N
to closure at starting point
590057 E 3627151 N
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AZ-KANF-1. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Williams 1983.
Bureau of Land Management maps: Flagstaff 1982,Prescott 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-KANF-1 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
393244 E 3874603 N
390878 E 3877037 N
391959 E 3879302 N
388817 E 3877612 N
388723 E 3879279 N
389856 E 3880231 N
390296 E 3882856 N
392046 E 3884681 N
392442 E 3886669 N
394341 E 3887323 N
396798 E 3886537 N
397322 E 3885259 N
400238 E 3885629 N
401329 E 3884831 N
402063 E 3882963 N
403192 E 3882132 N
403667 E 3880646 N
405611 E 3879116 N
406536 E 3880126 N
409130 E 3878019 N
409336 E 3879301 N
410343 E 3880607 N
410179 E 3882883 N
410329 E 3883885 N
406430 E 3888239 N
406180 E 3889105 N
407963 E 3888660 N
409434 E 3889268 N
411007 E 3888733 N
following Sycamore Canyon Wilderness boundary southerly and westerly
to
402127 E 3872864 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Prescott National Forest boundary
northerly and westerly to
400284 E 3873826 N
following Sycamore Canyon Wilderness boundary northerly, westerly
and southerly to
399925 E 3873841 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Prescott National Forest boundary
westerly to
399214 E 3873871 N
following Sycamore Canyon Wilderness boundary northerly, westerly
and southerly to
398265 E 3873932 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Prescott National Forest boundary
to
397474 E 3874002 N
following Sycamore Canyon Wilderness boundary northerly to
397346 E 3874205 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Prescott National Forest boundary
westerly, to closure at starting point
393244 E 3874603 N
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AZ-KANF-2. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Williams 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-KANF-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
391337 E 3898885 N
392197 E 3898866 N
393469 E 3897059 N
392786 E 3893444 N
392561 E 3891157 N
392089 E 3890335 N
391012 E 3889902 N
389037 E 3889687 N
387093 E 3888770 N
384827 E 3888706 N
381768 E 3890009 N
382694 E 3891151 N
384517 E 3891866 N
385717 E 3891535 N
387591 E 3893519 N
387860 E 3895106 N
387037 E 3896445 N
388106 E 3898035 N
388192 E 3898783 N
388945 E 3898230 N
to closure at starting point
391337 E 3898885 N
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AZ-KANF-3. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Williams 1983,
Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982. The perimeter of
critical habitat unit AZ-KANF-3 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
408401 E 3914757 N
410056 E 3914738 N
413186 E 3913953 N
412899 E 3911497 N
414512 E 3910270 N
413325 E 3908617 N
410384 E 3907681 N
407007 E 3908927 N
405528 E 3911560 N
406663 E 3913649 N
to closure at starting point
408401 E 3914757 N
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AZ-KANF-4. From Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-KANF-4 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
423490 E 3915152 N
419476 E 3915782 N
416778 E 3918671 N
417490 E 3919313 N
417519 E 3921286 N
416499 E 3921001 N
414217 E 3922320 N
414536 E 3923959 N
414978 E 3924928 N
415767 E 3925613 N
417733 E 3926720 N
419623 E 3926585 N
422156 E 3926511 N
423026 E 3924940 N
422859 E 3923967 N
423447 E 3923447 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Coconino National Forest boundary
southerly, to closure at starting point
423490 E 3915152 N
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AZ-KANF-5. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Tuba City 1983;
Bureau of Land Management maps: Fredonia 1978, Grand Canyon 1984.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-KANF-5 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
374340 E 4032182 N
372772 E 4036716 N
372861 E 4042136 N
373921 E 4046988 N
375933 E 4047114 N
378425 E 4044855 N
377283 E 4041540 N
378765 E 4037085 N
381370 E 4036595 N
385297 E 4037911 N
381311 E 4040592 N
378990 E 4048457 N
379629 E 4049528 N
381749 E 4049858 N
384816 E 4048615 N
387619 E 4046991 N
390729 E 4043286 N
393869 E 4044877 N
392574 E 4052611 N
396078 E 4059372 N
399413 E 4059180 N
400905 E 4053771 N
402409 E 4049754 N
403748 E 4044333 N
405368 E 4043124 N
406708 E 4036472 N
406776 E 4032955 N
408595 E 4025453 N
410483 E 4021820 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Grand Canyon National Park boundary
westerly and northerly to
406200 E 4021704 N
continuing to
405568 E 4022995 N
405347 E 4025105 N
403567 E 4025847 N
402161 E 4027181 N
401772 E 4030093 N
402210 E 4031873 N
401091 E 4035788 N
401741 E 4039765 N
399772 E 4039788 N
397757 E 4040442 N
397368 E 4038870 N
398119 E 4037351 N
397423 E 4034404 N
396248 E 4030950 N
395875 E 4028394 N
397297 E 4023415 N
following Kaibab National Forest/Grand Canyon National Park boundary
westerly and northerly, to closure at starting point
374340 E 4032182 N
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AZ-NAIR-1. From U.S. Geological Survey maps: Rock Point 1986,
Canyon de Chelly 1984; Bureau of Land Management maps: Gallup 1981,
Toadlena 1980. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAIR-1 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
664498 E 4083196 N
667700 E 4082440 N
670789 E 4080812 N
672895 E 4077576 N
672548 E 4073349 N
669062 E 4073059 N
667261 E 4071276 N
667407 E 4069845 N
665785 E 4069188 N
664321 E 4067036 N
659333 E 4065894 N
658950 E 4062981 N
660292 E 4058522 N
658366 E 4055377 N
657688 E 4050045 N
657809 E 4047830 N
658727 E 4045611 N
661606 E 4044865 N
664085 E 4046660 N
665863 E 4047007 N
667386 E 4044565 N
667339 E 4041179 N
668962 E 4039593 N
671304 E 4039206 N
675106 E 4040824 N
676943 E 4039232 N
678611 E 4042165 N
680582 E 4043568 N
683292 E 4043334 N
684182 E 4041489 N
681529 E 4040110 N
678117 E 4036486 N
681766 E 4033841 N
679591 E 4028071 N
681238 E 4025027 N
684893 E 4021019 N
687201 E 4017013 N
687606 E 4014570 N
687022 E 4012032 N
688686 E 4011836 N
688713 E 4008089 N
692252 E 4006636 N
691136 E 4000425 N
693455 E 3999019 N
695658 E 3993691 N
697165 E 3993464 N
699146 E 3987141 N
701404 E 3981509 N
702348 E 3975511 N
697340 E 3974603 N
695249 E 3971528 N
693112 E 3973167 N
691507 E 3973078 N
690664 E 3971110 N
691780 E 3967833 N
689837 E 3962520 N
687004 E 3958869 N
684568 E 3956741 N
682344 E 3955677 N
680519 E 3955581 N
680750 E 3962194 N
680638 E 3967650 N
680106 E 3968809 N
680340 E 3972544 N
678777 E 3974290 N
679592 E 3976002 N
681834 E 3974549 N
685189 E 3974215 N
686727 E 3975646 N
685784 E 3978339 N
685615 E 3982153 N
684326 E 3986144 N
684971 E 3989539 N
684851 E 3992441 N
679159 E 4000412 N
676596 E 3999936 N
675715 E 3996500 N
669597 E 3996016 N
668510 E 3996997 N
670047 E 3999512 N
673451 E 4000906 N
676492 E 4001043 N
674489 E 4002078 N
672797 E 4005668 N
676546 E 4009755 N
675486 E 4012991 N
673089 E 4011645 N
671694 E 4012522 N
670765 E 4015043 N
668707 E 4015795 N
667336 E 4019085 N
665281 E 4019463 N
662482 E 4022942 N
661504 E 4027433 N
662238 E 4031362 N
661149 E 4033665 N
650331 E 4045040 N
649327 E 4048815 N
652609 E 4052722 N
653035 E 4055924 N
650944 E 4061684 N
655488 E 4064322 N
656411 E 4066910 N
657653 E 4069487 N
657108 E 4070798 N
656859 E 4073492 N
658455 E 4076275 N
657133 E 4078326 N
655710 E 4078670 N
654850 E 4079808 N
656438 E 4082748 N
659579 E 4082483 N
to closure at starting point
664498 E 4083196 N
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AZ-NAIR-2. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Ganado 1984. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAIR-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
667884 E 3954269 N
670060 E 3954258 N
671888 E 3953041 N
668950 E 3947696 N
668783 E 3944993 N
671701 E 3938375 N
671481 E 3936605 N
668501 E 3936337 N
663963 E 3943110 N
663460 E 3947889 N
to closure at starting point
667884 E 3954269 N
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AZ-NAIR-3. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Ganado 1984. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAIR-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
654984 E 3967813 N
657267 E 3967366 N
655791 E 3964771 N
657580 E 3964312 N
657683 E 3962446 N
659049 E 3960488 N
658863 E 3959065 N
655226 E 3957843 N
654890 E 3956304 N
652494 E 3956225 N
654617 E 3954350 N
658167 E 3953829 N
659118 E 3953119 N
658090 E 3951809 N
654278 E 3951170 N
651366 E 3953186 N
649301 E 3956167 N
645453 E 3955865 N
644842 E 3956413 N
646674 E 3960529 N
648692 E 3963284 N
652118 E 3967455 N
to closure at starting point
654984 E 3967813 N
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AZ-NAIR-4. From U.S. Geological Survey maps: Ganado 1984, Canyon
de Chelly 1984. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAIR-4 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
651340 E 4004495 N
652317 E 4003508 N
652011 E 4000874 N
656314 E 4001885 N
657299 E 4001028 N
659530 E 4003744 N
661180 E 4003853 N
664610 E 4002532 N
665312 E 3999944 N
666229 E 3998907 N
666049 E 3997832 N
664834 E 3999072 N
662934 E 3998499 N
660966 E 3999110 N
658946 E 3995380 N
653165 E 3996867 N
655439 E 3993748 N
656249 E 3989397 N
659860 E 3989917 N
660452 E 3986684 N
658866 E 3985885 N
658971 E 3983345 N
657330 E 3983340 N
654921 E 3984844 N
653725 E 3985917 N
653499 E 3988550 N
651463 E 3992664 N
650365 E 3991442 N
647590 E 3994126 N
648099 E 3996480 N
648080 E 3999867 N
646260 E 4000363 N
646348 E 4002790 N
to closure at starting point
651340 E 4004495 N
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AZ-NAIR-5. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Canyon de Chelly
1984. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAIR-5 is delineated
by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
651188 E 4016192 N
653417 E 4016047 N
652125 E 4013683 N
654146 E 4014464 N
660136 E 4015777 N
660865 E 4014423 N
658293 E 4012030 N
650992 E 4010081 N
649132 E 4011045 N
648743 E 4013154 N
649349 E 4015342 N
to closure at starting point
651188 E 4016192 N
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AZ-NAMR-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Flagstaff 1982.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-NAMR-1 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
416959 E 3890683 N
418988 E 3891366 N
420643 E 3891032 N
422168 E 3890950 N
423618 E 3890551 N
423289 E 3889855 N
following Navajo Army Depot/Coconino National Forest boundary
westerly to
416957 E 3889749 N
to closure at starting point
416959 E 3890683 N
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AZ-PRNF-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Bradshaw
Mountains 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-PRNF-1 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
379607 E 3781394 N
378315 E 3780049 N
376714 E 3780674 N
376229 E 3781860 N
377019 E 3783259 N
376019 E 3783268 N
374644 E 3784389 N
374453 E 3786485 N
373242 E 3787721 N
373723 E 3788587 N
370106 E 3789062 N
370033 E 3790473 N
371164 E 3792144 N
372624 E 3791987 N
373472 E 3791293 N
377033 E 3791700 N
377804 E 3790925 N
377777 E 3789829 N
376874 E 3788019 N
377994 E 3786380 N
following Castle Creek Wilderness boundary southerly, to closure at
starting point
379607 E 3781394 N
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AZ-PRNF-2. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Bradshaw
Mountains 1981, Prescott 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat
unit AZ-PRNF-2 is delineated by the following Universal Transverse
Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
369367 E 3821419 N
370700 E 3818807 N
373441 E 3819206 N
374337 E 3818691 N
374840 E 3818005 N
377325 E 3817403 N
376590 E 3814870 N
376990 E 3813719 N
378680 E 3812052 N
378890 E 3810879 N
380474 E 3809601 N
379956 E 3808246 N
379413 E 3805464 N
378449 E 3804449 N
377139 E 3804495 N
375262 E 3805870 N
373673 E 3805263 N
373479 E 3804099 N
374005 E 3802354 N
373618 E 3801656 N
371668 E 3803387 N
370565 E 3801651 N
369753 E 3801277 N
369153 E 3804012 N
367306 E 3803214 N
366815 E 3805986 N
365380 E 3806547 N
363995 E 3807564 N
367475 E 3809108 N
364461 E 3810084 N
364031 E 3811508 N
363071 E 3813118 N
363576 E 3814387 N
365267 E 3815182 N
365307 E 3813851 N
368227 E 3813409 N
368536 E 3814397 N
368690 E 3816514 N
367237 E 3817815 N
366243 E 3816746 N
364996 E 3816169 N
363465 E 3817110 N
362515 E 3815517 N
360540 E 3816671 N
358831 E 3816213 N
357285 E 3816978 N
356961 E 3818502 N
357271 E 3819069 N
356680 E 3820827 N
354515 E 3822268 N
353028 E 3823983 N
355499 E 3827261 N
356891 E 3827377 N
356441 E 3825497 N
359637 E 3823729 N
360788 E 3820274 N
362688 E 3819820 N
following Prescott National Forest boundary easterly, to closure at
starting point
369367 E 3821419 N
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AZ-PRNF-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Prescott 1981.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-PRNF-3 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
393903 E 3844494 N
397673 E 3843175 N
399213 E 3842030 N
398907 E 3839370 N
399181 E 3837313 N
397845 E 3836328 N
394730 E 3835247 N
393417 E 3836764 N
392080 E 3836937 N
391844 E 3837620 N
392635 E 3837778 N
391622 E 3839567 N
392098 E 3842762 N
390251 E 3844860 N
390372 E 3844893 N
following Woodchute Wilderness boundary easterly and northerly, to
closure at starting point
393903 E 3844494 N
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AZ-SCIR-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Nutrioso 1981.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-SCIR-1 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
639681 E 3716228 N
638500 E 3715650 N
636471 E 3716161 N
633869 E 3715216 N
628910 E 3713886 N
627363 E 3713761 N
623026 E 3715071 N
following Fort Apache Indian Reservation/San Carlos Indian
Reservation boundary easterly and northerly to
639570 E 3724456 N
to closure at starting point
639681 E 3716228 N
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AZ-SCIR-2. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Nutrioso 1981,
Clifton 1986, Globe 1979, Seneca 1992; U.S. Geological Survey map:
Seneca 1992. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-SCIR-2 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
592922 E 3707844 N
595486 E 3704471 N
596208 E 3702896 N
598409 E 3702786 N
600267 E 3701278 N
606352 E 3695376 N
608581 E 3694543 N
611204 E 3694765 N
613762 E 3692888 N
615151 E 3692370 N
615372 E 3691301 N
616366 E 3689130 N
617798 E 3688319 N
619439 E 3685349 N
620057 E 3683885 N
622357 E 3681138 N
622809 E 3680112 N
624123 E 3679490 N
624217 E 3677371 N
622826 E 3677973 N
622063 E 3677415 N
620861 E 3677722 N
619076 E 3679752 N
617848 E 3680413 N
617098 E 3682507 N
615311 E 3685796 N
613781 E 3685423 N
612239 E 3685874 N
608966 E 3687384 N
609498 E 3689571 N
607426 E 3691554 N
605695 E 3692740 N
603396 E 3689726 N
600242 E 3693293 N
600602 E 3695175 N
600624 E 3696137 N
596036 E 3699545 N
591315 E 3701454 N
589631 E 3703791 N
590313 E 3705624 N
591421 E 3707026 N
to closure at starting point
592922 E 3707844 N
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AZ-SCIR-3. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Seneca 1992. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-SCIR-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
561642 E 3734349 N
562805 E 3732706 N
565002 E 3731514 N
567723 E 3729519 N
567785 E 3728057 N
569282 E 3727782 N
572701 E 3728025 N
573940 E 3726781 N
575159 E 3724075 N
576532 E 3723781 N
575679 E 3721453 N
574362 E 3719699 N
574240 E 3717304 N
571051 E 3717524 N
568455 E 3716006 N
567796 E 3716889 N
566895 E 3719836 N
564774 E 3719298 N
562330 E 3720763 N
560874 E 3720650 N
559494 E 3721335 N
557490 E 3719902 N
555012 E 3720550 N
551623 E 3720047 N
549710 E 3721396 N
547444 E 3724567 N
547779 E 3726919 N
551948 E 3726307 N
552467 E 3728968 N
554753 E 3731167 N
556667 E 3730630 N
557933 E 3732790 N
559510 E 3734160 N
to closure at starting point
561642 E 3734349 N
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AZ-TONF-1. From U.S. Geological Survey maps: Show Low 1981,
Payson 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-TONF-1 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
520080 E 3777912 N
517953 E 3778757 N
518382 E 3780284 N
519127 E 3781453 N
518841 E 3783084 N
517987 E 3781609 N
514700 E 3780485 N
509300 E 3780736 N
510523 E 3781950 N
503673 E 3789186 N
500000 E 3790869 N
498153 E 3791713 N
496906 E 3793778 N
496858 E 3795523 N
499216 E 3795390 N
500000 E 3796592 N
500401 E 3797081 N
500000 E 3798029 N
499152 E 3799129 N
498789 E 3799137 N
496139 E 3797134 N
493403 E 3798445 N
491901 E 3799803 N
491857 E 3801486 N
493500 E 3803906 N
following Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest/Tonto National Forest
boundary to
520043 E 3795178 N
following Tonto National Forest/Fort Apache Indian Reservation
boundary, to closure at starting point
520080 E 3777912 N
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AZ-TONF-2. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Payson 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-TONF-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
480368 E 3807751 N
480144 E 3807214 N
478574 E 3806656 N
477768 E 3805723 N
476383 E 3806351 N
476712 E 3808891 N
475645 E 3809345 N
474973 E 3807656 N
474505 E 3806301 N
473367 E 3805588 N
472338 E 3804536 N
471097 E 3804268 N
466031 E 3805227 N
465374 E 3807892 N
465323 E 3807396 N
464558 E 3806130 N
following Coconino National Forest/Tonto National Forest westerly,
northerly and easterly, to closure at starting point
480368 E 3807751 N
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TP07DE94.037
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AZ-TONF-3. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Payson 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit AZ-TONF-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) AZ-TONF-3
coordinates:
460842 E 3808536 N
459306 E 3808634 N
457269 E 3805862 N
456714 E 3805864 N
456712 E 3804231 N
455028 E 3803322 N
451031 E 3806378 N
455097 E 3806301 N
455175 E 3809733 N
following Coconino National Forest/Tonto National Forest boundary
easterly, southerly and northerly, to closure at starting point
460842 E 3808536 N
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TP07DE94.038
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AZ-TONF-5. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Seneca 1992, Bureau
of Land Management map: Theodore Roosevelt Lake 1981. The perimeter
of critical habitat unit AZ-TONF-5 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
493068 E 3747729 N
492781 E 3749030 N
489666 E 3752724 N
486104 E 3751938 N
484964 E 3754141 N
485428 E 3758105 N
487212 E 3759579 N
494623 E 3758736 N
501055 E 3758611 N
501087 E 3756530 N
502617 E 3755173 N
505523 E 3755297 N
507045 E 3754065 N
following Sierra Ancha Wilderness boundary southerly to
506455 E 3735628 N
continuing to
505584 E 3735094 N
504686 E 3735639 N
503384 E 3737575 N
501477 E 3739176 N
499472 E 3740415 N
498265 E 3743160 N
495941 E 3744432 N
following Salome Wilderness boundary northerly, westerly and
southerly, to closure at starting point
493068 E 3747729 N
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TP07DE94.039
TP07DE94.040
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CO-BLM-4. From Bureau of Land Management map: Antonito 1985. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-BLM-4 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
325228 E 4100138 N
327504 E 4098823 N
328541 E 4096404 N
following Colorado/New Mexico state line westerly to
325319 E 4096470 N
following Bureau of Land Management/Southern Ute Indian Reservation
northerly, to closure at starting point
325228 E 4100138 N
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TP07DE94.041
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CO-SJNF-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Durango 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SJNF-1 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
276898 E 4113198 N
279427 E 4117982 N
281866 E 4121940 N
284899 E 4119341 N
286870 E 4113038 N
following San Juan National Forest/Southern Ute Indian Reservation
boundary westerly, to closure at starting point
276898 E 4113198 N
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TP07DE94.042
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CO-SJNF-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Durango 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SJNF-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
293946 E 4112846 N
294050 E 4114193 N
298337 E 4116308 N
299838 E 4116295 N
302335 E 4114651 N
following San Juan National Forest/Southern Ute Indian Reservation
boundary southerly and westerly, to closure at starting point
293946 E 4112846 N
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TP07DE94.043
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CO-SJNF-3. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Antonito 1985,
Durango 1983. The perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SJNF-3 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
327034 E 4117356 N
328126 E 4116497 N
327811 E 4115734 N
330405 E 4116066 N
332447 E 4115985 N
334230 E 4114115 N
333150 E 4110836 N
332918 E 4108890 N
331199 E 4109202 N
329246 E 4110075 N
325805 E 4110111 N
322907 E 4112126 N
320660 E 4112125 N
318375 E 4113046 N
320753 E 4115731 N
321571 E 4116113 N
325444 E 4117381 N
to closure at starting point
327034 E 4117356 N
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TP07DE94.044
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CO-SUIR-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Durango 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SUIR-1 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
276898 E 4113198 N
following San Juan National Forest/Southern Ute Indian Reservation
boundary easterly to
286870 E 4113038 N
continuing to
287440 E 4112429 N
286996 E 4110380 N
285580 E 4106485 N
282835 E 4105848 N
281908 E 4107325 N
279969 E 4105900 N
278257 E 4106674 N
277148 E 4108267 N
276811 E 4109992 N
to closure at starting point
276898 E 4113198 N
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TP07DE94.045
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CO-SUIR-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Durango 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SUIR-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
302291 E 4113405 N
302771 E 4113393 N
303788 E 4109966 N
302766 E 4107219 N
298976 E 4110286 N
297105 E 4108500 N
297948 E 4105482 N
297299 E 4101803 N
294405 E 4100647 N
292399 E 4100827 N
290577 E 4104115 N
289305 E 4104285 N
286967 E 4106271 N
288474 E 4109259 N
290243 E 4110499 N
293946 E 4112846 N
following San Juan National Forest/Southern Ute Indian Reservation
boundary easterly and northerly, to closure at starting point
302291 E 4113405 N
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TP07DE94.046
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CO-SUIR-3. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Durango 1983,
Antonito 1985. The perimeter of critical habitat unit CO-SUIR-3 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
305023 E 4096922 N
306518 E 4098292 N
310805 E 4097689 N
312377 E 4098203 N
312040 E 4099067 N
310649 E 4100042 N
309901 E 4101607 N
311897 E 4102041 N
314005 E 4103047 N
316438 E 4102121 N
321250 E 4102023 N
322490 E 4100643 N
325228 E 4100138 N
following Southern Ute Indian Reservation/Bureau of Land Management
boundary southerly to
325319 E 4096470 N
following New Mexico/Colorado state line westerly, to closure at
starting point
305023 E 4096922 N
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TP07DE94.047
TP07DE94.048
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NM-BLM-1. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Chama 1981,
Abiquiu 1978. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-BLM-1 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
346419 E 4043099 N
346284 E 4039952 N
347142 E 4039142 N
347955 E 4039103 N
348702 E 4038302 N
351972 E 4038225 N
351962 E 4037446 N
following Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service boundary
westerly and northerly, to closure at starting point
340889 E 4041655 N
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TP07DE94.049
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NM-BLM-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Zuni 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-BLM-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
731662 E 3922977 N
733028 E 3921747 N
735176 E 3921726 N
736182 E 3923060 N
737711 E 3922677 N
738046 E 3921256 N
following Bureau of Land Management boundary westerly, to closure at
starting point
731662 E 3922977 N
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TP07DE94.050
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NM-BLM-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Taos 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-BLM-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
435597 E 4016742 N
following Bureau of Land Management boundary southerly to
431185 E 4010355 N
continuing to
430666 E 4010128 N
430453 E 4011203 N
431048 E 4012226 N
431188 E 4013213 N
432334 E 4013374 N
435232 E 4016894 N
to closure at starting point
435597 E 4016742 N
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TP07DE94.051
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NM-BLM-4. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Navajo Reservoir
1980. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-BLM-4 is delineated
by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
292948 E 4063398 N
following Bureau of Land Management/U.S. Forest Service boundary
southerly to
294282 E 4052894 N
continuing to
293223 E 4053664 N
293429 E 4055209 N
293724 E 4055959 N
293704 E 4056853 N
292360 E 4057778 N
292725 E 4059240 N
292739 E 4060923 N
292452 E 4062412 N
to closure at starting point
292948 E 4063398 N
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TP07DE94.052
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NM-BLM-5. From Bureau of Land Management map: Chama 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-BLM-5 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
326880 E 4096438 N
324833 E 4093549 N
323285 E 4092583 N
323436 E 4096510 N
following New Mexico/Colorado state line easterly, to closure at
starting point
326880 E 4096438 N
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TP07DE94.053
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NM-CANF-1. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Navajo Reservoir
1980. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-1 is delineated
by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
292662 E 4097213 N
297259 E 4095511 N
299622 E 4095691 N
300408 E 4095355 N
300393 E 4093220 N
297305 E 4089973 N
292080 E 4089934 N
291350 E 4090831 N
291409 E 4092222 N
288869 E 4093424 N
288932 E 4096317 N
290066 E 4097276 N
following New Mexico/Colorado state line, to closure at starting
point
292662 E 4097213 N
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TP07DE94.054
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NM-CANF-2. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Navajo Reservoir
1980. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-2 is delineated
by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
295082 E 4082660 N
297776 E 4080896 N
300371 E 4081841 N
302444 E 4081290 N
300381 E 4079391 N
300540 E 4076496 N
299782 E 4074701 N
300306 E 4072919 N
298848 E 4071068 N
297536 E 4071675 N
295016 E 4066624 N
293046 E 4067611 N
293185 E 4070746 N
293085 E 4073778 N
295407 E 4075432 N
294514 E 4080505 N
to closure at starting point
295082 E 4082660 N
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TP07DE94.055
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NM-CANF-3. From U.S. Geological Survey map: Belen 1980. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
292948 E 4063398 N
294260 E 4064084 N
296187 E 4063544 N
296443 E 4064614 N
297497 E 4063863 N
298324 E 4064351 N
299576 E 4063596 N
299444 E 4062332 N
299470 E 4060484 N
300019 E 4057496 N
300070 E 4056441 N
299294 E 4054812 N
297627 E 4054248 N
297682 E 4052739 N
297100 E 4051759 N
294282 E 4052894 N
following U.S. Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management boundary
northerly and westerly, to closure at starting point
292948 E 4063398 N
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TP07DE94.056
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NM-CANF-4. From Bureau of Land Management map: San Mateo
Mountains 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-4 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
373579 E 4032718 N
373914 E 4032004 N
375963 E 4031537 N
377209 E 4030945 N
375112 E 4027525 N
376850 E 4026389 N
377866 E 4026257 N
378929 E 4026999 N
382826 E 4027565 N
383632 E 4026954 N
383564 E 4024626 N
381533 E 4023981 N
377977 E 4021387 N
375487 E 4021263 N
368275 E 4027898 N
368252 E 4028816 N
370641 E 4029045 N
to closure at starting point
373579 E 4032718 N
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TP07DE94.057
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NM-CANF-5. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Chama 1981,
Abiquiu 1978. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-5 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
392165 E 4042116 N
392771 E 4041194 N
392502 E 4040310 N
392552 E 4039703 N
394067 E 4039672 N
395495 E 4038541 N
396093 E 4038554 N
397455 E 4038191 N
397675 E 4037007 N
399212 E 4036861 N
398731 E 4035381 N
399528 E 4033901 N
399143 E 4033004 N
398240 E 4034355 N
393294 E 4035957 N
392557 E 4036672 N
389798 E 4037925 N
389045 E 4040330 N
390388 E 4041727 N
to closure at starting point
392165 E 4042116 N
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TP07DE94.058
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NM-CANF-6. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Chama 1981,
Abiquiu 1978. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-6 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
400629 E 4053646 N
401323 E 4052637 N
404028 E 4052467 N
404995 E 4052360 N
406784 E 4051680 N
407505 E 4051521 N
409065 E 4049207 N
407083 E 4046378 N
408093 E 4044589 N
408313 E 4041941 N
407405 E 4041579 N
408094 E 4040090 N
407950 E 4039697 N
407481 E 4039359 N
406107 E 4039853 N
402332 E 4040006 N
402463 E 4041778 N
402793 E 4043074 N
403456 E 4044569 N
402743 E 4045301 N
402386 E 4047800 N
401172 E 4048167 N
400955 E 4049612 N
402481 E 4050478 N
400818 E 4051764 N
399976 E 4053168 N
to closure at starting point
400629 E 4053646 N
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TP07DE94.059
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NM-CANF-7. From Bureau of Land Management map: Chama 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-7 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
392437 E 4054501 N
393479 E 4054340 N
394189 E 4053268 N
393994 E 4052708 N
395645 E 4051818 N
395465 E 4050786 N
395716 E 4050174 N
395450 E 4048728 N
393561 E 4048143 N
391810 E 4046950 N
391561 E 4046358 N
389765 E 4045293 N
387566 E 4043772 N
386569 E 4043386 N
386043 E 4043654 N
385977 E 4044571 N
385102 E 4046573 N
385464 E 4047126 N
385508 E 4048168 N
385034 E 4050631 N
388071 E 4052483 N
390333 E 4053036 N
391792 E 4052741 N
to closure at starting point
392437 E 4054501 N
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TP07DE94.060
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NM-CANF-8. From Bureau of Land Management map: Taos 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-8 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
444407 E 4011054 N
445887 E 4008664 N
444279 E 4007357 N
443082 E 4005673 N
441761 E 4005440 N
440460 E 4006342 N
following U.S. Forest Service/Picuris Pueblo Indian Reservation
boundary northerly and westerly to
432103 E 4010484 N
continuing to
431185 E 4010355 N
following U.S. Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management boundary
northerly to
431203 E 4011542 N
432771 E 4011566 N
432763 E 4013194 N
434371 E 4013182 N
434388 E 4014786 N
435575 E 4014778 N
435597 E 4016742 N
following U.S. Forest Service/private boundary southerly and
easterly, to closure at starting point
444407 E 4011054 N
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TP07DE94.061
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NM-CANF-9. From Bureau of Land Management map: Taos 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-9 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
455512 E 4025045 N
457328 E 4024532 N
459410 E 4024238 N
462224 E 4024950 N
462542 E 4023399 N
460258 E 4021342 N
463207 E 4020829 N
464505 E 4019697 N
465213 E 4017372 N
462565 E 4017808 N
461610 E 4016116 N
460324 E 4016206 N
460287 E 4017272 N
458816 E 4018216 N
456024 E 4015795 N
456465 E 4014979 N
458818 E 4015289 N
459016 E 4013723 N
462160 E 4013806 N
460937 E 4012312 N
461356 E 4011329 N
459284 E 4011423 N
456901 E 4012856 N
456548 E 4011793 N
455071 E 4010271 N
453844 E 4010493 N
452668 E 4009760 N
453262 E 4009056 N
454097 E 4009245 N
455101 E 4008596 N
456971 E 4009717 N
457457 E 4008461 N
456268 E 4006276 N
454850 E 4006325 N
455075 E 4005214 N
453783 E 4004534 N
451776 E 4006843 N
448730 E 4005100 N
451851 E 4003878 N
451418 E 4002164 N
450288 E 4001636 N
449068 E 4002054 N
448072 E 4002170 N
448108 E 4001741 N
449565 E 3999591 N
449250 E 3997481 N
447518 E 3999597 N
445941 E 3996485 N
445123 E 3996998 N
444804 E 3999718 N
444436 E 4000612 N
446057 E 4002783 N
445135 E 4003397 N
445173 E 4005180 N
447152 E 4007005 N
446887 E 4008469 N
446265 E 4009404 N
446753 E 4010378 N
449689 E 4013555 N
449051 E 4016491 N
450717 E 4019920 N
451921 E 4020145 N
453870 E 4023315 N
455622 E 4022944 N
to closure at starting point
455512 E 4025045 N
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TP07DE94.062
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NM-CANF-10. From Bureau of Land Management map: Wheeler Peak
1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-10 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
451209 E 4044786 N
450341 E 4045639 N
449559 E 4045497 N
449568 E 4046718 N
446447 E 4049286 N
445218 E 4050499 N
445051 E 4052090 N
445921 E 4052985 N
447895 E 4053417 N
449038 E 4053158 N
447410 E 4051828 N
449616 E 4050226 N
448444 E 4049495 N
450109 E 4048652 N
449422 E 4047421 N
452282 E 4047642 N
451933 E 4049444 N
453430 E 4048328 N
453097 E 4050127 N
454506 E 4049393 N
454617 E 4050510 N
456941 E 4049618 N
following Wheeler Peak Wilderness boundary westerly, to closure at
starting point
451209 E 4044786 N
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TP07DE94.063
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NM-CANF-11. From Bureau of Land Management map: Wheeler Peak
1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-11 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
449934 E 4061600 N
450893 E 4061256 N
451826 E 4060010 N
454305 E 4059359 N
456168 E 4057285 N
456506 E 4055714 N
454778 E 4053664 N
452412 E 4055237 N
452737 E 4057797 N
451296 E 4057800 N
449651 E 4059135 N
to closure at starting point
449934 E 4061600 N
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TP07DE94.064
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NM-CANF-12. From Bureau of Land Management map: Wheeler Peak
1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-12 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
461765 E 4068754 N
462402 E 4068220 N
460418 E 4066009 N
462591 E 4066191 N
463930 E 4065679 N
463951 E 4066309 N
464310 E 4066361 N
464570 E 4065467 N
465597 E 4066589 N
466161 E 4065507 N
464973 E 4064059 N
467035 E 4065070 N
469435 E 4064792 N
464814 E 4062389 N
463830 E 4063060 N
463528 E 4064473 N
462473 E 4065554 N
459751 E 4064455 N
456110 E 4063618 N
454633 E 4064155 N
454284 E 4063108 N
453272 E 4063325 N
452438 E 4063382 N
452382 E 4064896 N
following Latir Peak Wilderness boundary easterly, to closure at
starting point
461765 E 4068754 N
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TP07DE94.065
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NM-CANF-13. From Bureau of Land Management map: Wheeler Peak
1982. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CANF-13 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
477956 E 4060624 N
478355 E 4062603 N
481874 E 4063449 N
480594 E 4064077 N
481798 E 4065299 N
483740 E 4065576 N
484759 E 4064826 N
485401 E 4063425 N
484938 E 4061504 N
following Carson National Forest boundary westerly to
479890 E 4058718 N
continuing to
480326 E 4058415 N
480091 E 4057431 N
478875 E 4057313 N
477861 E 4059530 N
477840 E 4060160 N
to closure at starting point
477956 E 4060624 N
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TP07DE94.066
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NM-CINF-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Grants 1978. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-1 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
269326 E 3907440 N
following Cibola National Forest/Cebolleta Grant boundary southerly
to
267991 E 3904671 N
266758 E 3903134 N
266501 E 3897545 N
266161 E 3894600 N
264216 E 3894655 N
continuing to
262334 E 3893737 N
261119 E 3893762 N
260229 E 3895120 N
258330 E 3895687 N
256693 E 3897174 N
257127 E 3899398 N
256284 E 3900263 N
256461 E 3909058 N
258282 E 3909860 N
261058 E 3909760 N
262582 E 3911317 N
262071 E 3913672 N
262902 E 3914276 N
265858 E 3913361 N
267626 E 3911746 N
268871 E 3909934 N
to closure at starting point
269326 E 3907440 N
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TP07DE94.067
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NM-CINF-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Zuni 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
728974 E 3927891 N
730469 E 3927412 N
731319 E 3926574 N
following Cibola National Forest boundary southerly and easterly to
737547 E 3919639 N
continuing to
737713 E 3918043 N
737039 E 3916024 N
738179 E 3913675 N
741140 E 3913338 N
743068 E 3912406 N
747071 E 3913198 N
747110 E 3911838 N
748715 E 3911887 N
748753 E 3910272 N
754195 E 3908556 N
755793 E 3909262 N
756029 E 3907016 N
755972 E 3905633 N
757971 E 3904253 N
759443 E 3905854 N
761543 E 3904350 N
763971 E 3903401 N
768690 E 3904567 N
768831 E 3901356 N
769697 E 3901225 N
771958 E 3898737 N
770162 E 3896396 N
768455 E 3896331 N
767401 E 3895562 N
767631 E 3889815 N
769194 E 3889856 N
769249 E 3888120 N
768315 E 3887258 N
767634 E 3886118 N
766290 E 3885614 N
765003 E 3886699 N
764844 E 3889859 N
762154 E 3890301 N
762130 E 3891233 N
760842 E 3892025 N
759634 E 3892161 N
759906 E 3893224 N
758627 E 3893554 N
759127 E 3894586 N
757086 E 3895287 N
757907 E 3896915 N
757051 E 3901217 N
754708 E 3900843 N
753346 E 3898275 N
752083 E 3897586 N
749628 E 3897451 N
749450 E 3900734 N
739960 E 3900426 N
739791 E 3906245 N
742981 E 3906947 N
743214 E 3909884 N
742316 E 3911138 N
736629 E 3911589 N
734257 E 3912786 N
732597 E 3914847 N
731320 E 3917558 N
730252 E 3918038 N
728050 E 3920206 N
726964 E 3923178 N
to closure at starting point
728974 E 3927891 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.068
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Zuni 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
741674 E 3895631 N
750097 E 3895858 N
751347 E 3895473 N
754515 E 3893272 N
755588 E 3892149 N
758291 E 3890283 N
760271 E 3888114 N
761655 E 3886170 N
760728 E 3882894 N
759754 E 3882525 N
758017 E 3884859 N
754818 E 3886344 N
753147 E 3887953 N
751523 E 3887859 N
751465 E 3889473 N
749876 E 3889450 N
749829 E 3891048 N
748244 E 3891009 N
747938 E 3893039 N
743793 E 3894140 N
741757 E 3894084 N
to closure at starting point
741674 E 3895631 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.069
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-4. From Bureau of Land Management map: San Mateo
Mountains 1979. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-4 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
277487 E 3750826 N
278003 E 3750825 N
278202 E 3749412 N
277198 E 3747921 N
275136 E 3746291 N
274960 E 3745176 N
273358 E 3743846 N
272467 E 3740707 N
272070 E 3738927 N
272935 E 3738505 N
274450 E 3738540 N
275429 E 3736926 N
277026 E 3736109 N
279648 E 3733057 N
280220 E 3731477 N
280137 E 3729540 N
283585 E 3729268 N
283911 E 3727113 N
282322 E 3724246 N
following Apache Kid wilderness boundary westerly to
270219 E 3720992 N
continuing to
269298 E 3720142 N
267574 E 3723956 N
266064 E 3733236 N
262781 E 3741144 N
259877 E 3743089 N
261233 E 3746107 N
262062 E 3748742 N
260034 E 3750784 N
259227 E 3751102 N
258894 E 3752069 N
259032 E 3754491 N
260106 E 3755089 N
264778 E 3755516 N
268202 E 3754948 N
following Withington Wilderness boundary southerly and easterly, to
closure at starting point
277487 E 3750826 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.070
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-5. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Magdalena 1979,
San Mateo Mountains 1979. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-
CINF-5 is delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator
(Zone 13) coordinates:
301747 E 3773333 N
302462 E 3770993 N
301025 E 3769355 N
302839 E 3766911 N
303779 E 3765083 N
306367 E 3764416 N
307201 E 3762127 N
304596 E 3755771 N
300851 E 3752634 N
296381 E 3752724 N
296032 E 3753282 N
297100 E 3755450 N
296653 E 3757275 N
297016 E 3758929 N
297305 E 3761699 N
294423 E 3762335 N
293683 E 3765310 N
293895 E 3766995 N
293727 E 3768551 N
292689 E 3768732 N
292445 E 3769879 N
293796 E 3770377 N
296675 E 3770103 N
298481 E 3770627 N
298544 E 3773204 N
to closure at starting point
301747 E 3773333 N
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TP07DE94.071
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-6. From Bureau of Land Management map: Magdalena 1979.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-6 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
233694 E 3789333 N
231361 E 3789378 N
230246 E 3792072 N
230191 E 3793928 N
228111 E 3795850 N
227890 E 3796455 N
227488 E 3800764 N
226900 E 3804399 N
230102 E 3804345 N
232389 E 3802189 N
234826 E 3802487 N
239668 E 3800886 N
241299 E 3800580 N
242381 E 3799348 N
241238 E 3797601 N
240974 E 3795652 N
240372 E 3794166 N
237069 E 3794485 N
235299 E 3791225 N
to closure at starting point
233694 E 3789333 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.072
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-7. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Magdalena 1979,
Quemado 1983. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-7 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13)
coordinates:
232448 E 3786183 N
230360 E 3785133 N
229997 E 3783775 N
231743 E 3780822 N
229360 E 3778238 N
following U.S. Forest Service boundary westerly within the following
Zone 12 coordinates to
776732 E 3778451 N
continuing to
775665 E 3778404 N
775543 E 3783187 N
776562 E 3784232 N
continuing within the following Zone 13 coordinates
225252 E 3786042 N
226623 E 3788271 N
226405 E 3789318 N
227373 E 3790904 N
227724 E 3792466 N
228789 E 3793102 N
229298 E 3791309 N
229993 E 3789838 N
231006 E 3788742 N
232187 E 3787061 N
to closure at starting point
232448 E 3786183 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.073
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-CINF-8. From Bureau of Land Management map: Belen 1979. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-CINF-8 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
372294 E 3852417 N
374560 E 3850733 N
373057 E 3848633 N
372867 E 3846596 N
374025 E 3844989 N
374048 E 3837030 N
373117 E 3830960 N
371652 E 3830349 N
368404 E 3823949 N
366889 E 3825215 N
following Manzano Mountain Wilderness boundary northerly, to closure
at starting point
372294 E 3852417 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.074
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Truth or
Consequences 1979. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-1
is delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone
13) coordinates:
227246 E 3692991 N
226036 E 3693436 N
224741 E 3695314 N
223084 E 3696187 N
222426 E 3697234 N
221696 E 3697888 N
221075 E 3700545 N
221153 E 3702403 N
222967 E 3701587 N
224762 E 3701753 N
227142 E 3704031 N
227975 E 3703849 N
228246 E 3702923 N
230609 E 3700973 N
231127 E 3701219 N
233320 E 3701083 N
234824 E 3701658 N
235970 E 3700071 N
239278 E 3699484 N
239845 E 3697340 N
239212 E 3696908 N
237899 E 3697158 N
238480 E 3695744 N
237056 E 3695148 N
237418 E 3687585 N
following Aldo Leopold Wilderness boundary westerly, to closure at
starting point
227246 E 3692991 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.075
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Truth or
Consequences 1979; U.S. Geological Survey map: Hatch 1982. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-2 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
243674 E 3648731 N
243840 E 3642951 N
242907 E 3639333 N
240692 E 3635006 N
238397 E 3637045 N
234280 E 3642720 N
231963 E 3647861 N
228470 E 3653582 N
228805 E 3654839 N
229631 E 3656014 N
226906 E 3657161 N
226043 E 3661310 N
following Aldo Leopold Wilderness boundary easterly and southerly,
to closure at starting point
243674 E 3648731 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.076
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Silver City 1978;
U.S. Geological Survey map: Mogollon Mountains 1985. The perimeter
of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-3 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
756670 E 3656420 N
759557 E 3655742 N
760033 E 3657581 N
761454 E 3656483 N
762784 E 3657818 N
763467 E 3656815 N
764773 E 3657807 N
766662 E 3657511 N
767681 E 3656891 N
767427 E 3655643 N
770132 E 3653646 N
769811 E 3651229 N
770949 E 3649029 N
773181 E 3647939 N
773366 E 3642021 N
767591 E 3641092 N
761688 E 3641426 N
759088 E 3642713 N
758312 E 3644755 N
748259 E 3652313 N
748561 E 3655206 N
following Gila Wilderness boundary northerly, to closure at starting
point
756670 E 3656420 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.077
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-4. From Bureau of Land Management map: Tularosa
Mountains 1983; U.S. Geological Survey map: Mogollon Mountains 1985.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-4 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
710738 E 3693704 N
707492 E 3694401 N
707147 E 3695974 N
708298 E 3696601 N
707882 E 3698481 N
708830 E 3699576 N
707626 E 3701634 N
709634 E 3702785 N
707437 E 3704115 N
708437 E 3705741 N
707830 E 3707389 N
708799 E 3709723 N
716198 E 3712868 N
720041 E 3712826 N
720685 E 3714349 N
720602 E 3715469 N
725393 E 3715575 N
725064 E 3725226 N
723469 E 3725197 N
718303 E 3728267 N
718166 E 3735009 N
719511 E 3735193 N
720912 E 3734640 N
722565 E 3734690 N
722441 E 3738685 N
726410 E 3738767 N
726312 E 3742799 N
727869 E 3745094 N
729419 E 3745166 N
729337 E 3748321 N
730884 E 3749948 N
733505 E 3749986 N
736049 E 3749684 N
737270 E 3748486 N
739939 E 3748862 N
741644 E 3747936 N
743642 E 3747242 N
742368 E 3745341 N
742148 E 3744049 N
740541 E 3744043 N
738977 E 3742407 N
742311 E 3739237 N
743907 E 3739257 N
745577 E 3737680 N
745598 E 3737126 N
744040 E 3735441 N
744250 E 3726363 N
741163 E 3724669 N
737809 E 3727859 N
737763 E 3729485 N
739298 E 3731149 N
740920 E 3731168 N
742523 E 3732800 N
743149 E 3734428 N
742493 E 3735182 N
741834 E 3734799 N
739589 E 3734371 N
737671 E 3734344 N
737706 E 3732736 N
729838 E 3726016 N
729842 E 3724410 N
731483 E 3722863 N
730894 E 3721686 N
730202 E 3720748 N
730414 E 3719559 N
728542 E 3718160 N
730190 E 3717580 N
731982 E 3717864 N
731796 E 3716429 N
731989 E 3714661 N
730523 E 3712337 N
728691 E 3713118 N
727278 E 3711891 N
728205 E 3711469 N
728194 E 3709063 N
726768 E 3706664 N
725549 E 3705332 N
726937 E 3704935 N
731666 E 3704432 N
731527 E 3702470 N
731961 E 3699879 N
following Gila Wilderness boundary, to closure at starting point
710738 E 3693704 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.078
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-5. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Tularosa
Mountains 1983, Nutrioso 1981. The perimeter of critical habitat
unit NM-GINF-5 is delineated by the following Universal Transverse
Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
680687 E 3751224 N
681588 E 3751457 N
683085 E 3750838 N
683915 E 3747375 N
684288 E 3745256 N
685471 E 3743719 N
686281 E 3742097 N
686355 E 3738872 N
691943 E 3738957 N
691881 E 3740525 N
692678 E 3740510 N
692660 E 3742122 N
694267 E 3742162 N
694249 E 3743306 N
696187 E 3743906 N
697882 E 3743923 N
699475 E 3744723 N
700308 E 3744747 N
701905 E 3745616 N
701838 E 3747997 N
698628 E 3747911 N
698592 E 3750374 N
700151 E 3752193 N
700159 E 3752946 N
703344 E 3752960 N
703394 E 3750484 N
706624 E 3750565 N
706649 E 3749371 N
708887 E 3749430 N
709534 E 3749610 N
710366 E 3750942 N
709837 E 3752155 N
709930 E 3754040 N
713873 E 3754237 N
714660 E 3754953 N
714595 E 3755833 N
716102 E 3755947 N
717947 E 3753626 N
718022 E 3751231 N
714117 E 3751122 N
714169 E 3749548 N
713317 E 3749528 N
713352 E 3747161 N
711747 E 3747122 N
711747 E 3746300 N
706718 E 3746180 N
706759 E 3744096 N
704235 E 3744048 N
702863 E 3740782 N
700304 E 3739559 N
696009 E 3735892 N
696099 E 3731074 N
694513 E 3729451 N
692903 E 3729394 N
692941 E 3727789 N
691336 E 3727756 N
691407 E 3724553 N
689835 E 3724521 N
684080 E 3720000 N
following Apache National Forest/Blue Ridge Primitive Area boundary
northerly and westerly to
681230 E 3721161 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line northerly to
681051 E 3731419 N
continuing to
682068 E 3732668 N
682306 E 3734452 N
681013 E 3733458 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line northerly to
680944 E 3737931 N
continuing to
681864 E 3740897 N
680858 E 3742988 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line northerly to closure at
starting point
680687 E 3751224 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.079
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-6. From Bureau of Land Management map: Tularosa
Mountains 1983. The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-6 is
delineated by the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12)
coordinates:
720925 E 3760853 N
724210 E 3757733 N
724311 E 3756135 N
722797 E 3754495 N
717979 E 3754400 N
717877 E 3756004 N
716236 E 3757559 N
716159 E 3759973 N
718598 E 3760013 N
720045 E 3760846 N
to closure at starting point
720925 E 3760853 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.080
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-7. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Tularosa
Mountains 1983, Quemado 1983. The perimeter of critical habitat unit
NM-GINF-7 is delineated by the following Universal Transverse
Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
738241 E 3780533 N
737952 E 3778690 N
738926 E 3776213 N
737534 E 3775620 N
736520 E 3775778 N
734828 E 3775662 N
734037 E 3775006 N
733723 E 3773516 N
732788 E 3772320 N
731868 E 3772300 N
731845 E 3773902 N
731600 E 3775079 N
729716 E 3773572 N
730266 E 3771527 N
731945 E 3769867 N
734188 E 3768856 N
736661 E 3768903 N
738398 E 3770989 N
738545 E 3772114 N
739905 E 3774114 N
742935 E 3774918 N
742877 E 3772818 N
746031 E 3772568 N
745867 E 3773829 N
747508 E 3774341 N
749603 E 3774138 N
750584 E 3773590 N
751811 E 3772291 N
752654 E 3772010 N
755481 E 3767732 N
755636 E 3765608 N
749795 E 3765645 N
749835 E 3764703 N
745770 E 3764534 N
745752 E 3765153 N
745632 E 3765388 N
744860 E 3766116 N
742852 E 3766230 N
740090 E 3765997 N
736136 E 3765204 N
736163 E 3764316 N
732899 E 3764342 N
732895 E 3765124 N
731496 E 3765935 N
728823 E 3769574 N
727510 E 3768996 N
726528 E 3769320 N
727372 E 3770224 N
725318 E 3770476 N
722499 E 3770582 N
721357 E 3771515 N
717195 E 3768959 N
716272 E 3769035 N
715046 E 3768753 N
714289 E 3769502 N
712720 E 3769645 N
710681 E 3768741 N
709377 E 3769391 N
709687 E 3773619 N
711909 E 3775857 N
713558 E 3776052 N
715070 E 3775933 N
716865 E 3775968 N
717817 E 3775839 N
718331 E 3774749 N
717917 E 3773789 N
716686 E 3772780 N
717203 E 3771225 N
719147 E 3773505 N
720704 E 3775125 N
723073 E 3774193 N
728826 E 3777485 N
731039 E 3777549 N
736299 E 3778663 N
736285 E 3780237 N
to closure at starting point
738241 E 3780533 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.081
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-8. From Bureau of Land Management map: Quemado 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-8 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
699349 E 3769883 N
701397 E 3767767 N
699843 E 3765989 N
699866 E 3764900 N
697231 E 3765840 N
695747 E 3766003 N
694401 E 3767557 N
695492 E 3769729 N
697764 E 3768661 N
698582 E 3769866 N
to closure at starting point
699349 E 3769883 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.082
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-9. From Bureau of Land Management maps: Tularosa
Mountains 1983, Nutrioso 1981, Springerville 1981, Quemado 1983. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-9 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
680425 E 3765075 N
681995 E 3766076 N
683665 E 3766926 N
686614 E 3767174 N
689171 E 3765921 N
688920 E 3763755 N
686612 E 3762719 N
685582 E 3761303 N
684328 E 3759560 N
682991 E 3760022 N
680539 E 3759491 N
following Arizona/New Mexico state line northerly, to closure at
starting point
680425 E 3765075 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.083
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-10. From Bureau of Land Management map: Tularosa
Mountains 1983; U.S. Geological Survey map: Mogollon Mountains 1985.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-10 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
750246 E 3697436 N
748558 E 3698004 N
747824 E 3701836 N
746485 E 3703842 N
749650 E 3707137 N
749617 E 3708753 N
747969 E 3710319 N
746737 E 3710563 N
745435 E 3710450 N
743455 E 3712177 N
740609 E 3712851 N
738290 E 3712431 N
736947 E 3714722 N
735538 E 3716268 N
735835 E 3717416 N
734950 E 3718094 N
734862 E 3719708 N
738013 E 3721371 N
746264 E 3713497 N
748789 E 3713528 N
750382 E 3711943 N
752742 E 3711985 N
754394 E 3710407 N
756004 E 3710430 N
756068 E 3708178 N
752878 E 3703669 N
752241 E 3700230 N
753552 E 3700770 N
753320 E 3699139 N
755501 E 3699209 N
758405 E 3700696 N
760153 E 3701219 N
761559 E 3699810 N
760589 E 3698782 N
following Gila Wilderness boundary westerly, to closure at starting
point
750246 E 3697436 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.084
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-GINF-11. From Bureau of Land Management map: Quemado 1983.
The perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-GINF-11 is delineated by
the following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 12) coordinates:
737598 E 3788618 N
739320 E 3787807 N
740304 E 3786918 N
740335 E 3785728 N
739398 E 3785610 N
739136 E 3784674 N
738126 E 3782980 N
736428 E 3781994 N
734832 E 3783540 N
732466 E 3785217 N
731678 E 3788124 N
737598 E 3788618 N
to closure at starting point
737598 E 3788618 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.085
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-JAIR-1. From Bureau of Land Management map: Chama 1981; U.S.
Geological Survey map: Navajo Reservoir 1980. The perimeter of
critical habitat unit NM-JAIR-1 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
323436 E 4096510 N
323285 E 4092583 N
322301 E 4091584 N
319396 E 4091929 N
317373 E 4091275 N
319853 E 4090475 N
319627 E 4085437 N
316075 E 4082792 N
313056 E 4083780 N
312482 E 4086353 N
313238 E 4088098 N
312969 E 4089153 N
310604 E 4089019 N
310861 E 4090180 N
308563 E 4092661 N
308532 E 4094605 N
306325 E 4094215 N
305004 E 4095589 N
305014 E 4096922 N
following New Mexico/Colorado state line easterly, to closure at
starting point
323436 E 4096510 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.086
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-JAIR-2. From Bureau of Land Management map: Chama 1981; U.S.
Geological Survey map: Navajo Reservoir 1980. The perimeter of
critical habitat unit NM-JAIR-2 is delineated by the following
Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
322376 E 4086554 N
324865 E 4082920 N
328355 E 4078560 N
329398 E 4076124 N
328989 E 4075236 N
327413 E 4074516 N
327345 E 4073330 N
326229 E 4072162 N
324415 E 4074125 N
324261 E 4076165 N
324780 E 4077386 N
323364 E 4076578 N
322624 E 4073173 N
321838 E 4072409 N
321454 E 4068884 N
319077 E 4069437 N
317828 E 4071971 N
318127 E 4073381 N
319002 E 4074018 N
321666 E 4073171 N
321902 E 4074363 N
318953 E 4075990 N
319229 E 4077280 N
321004 E 4078572 N
322018 E 4077646 N
323173 E 4079464 N
321801 E 4081240 N
321854 E 4084214 N
321542 E 4084884 N
to closure at starting point
322376 E 4086554 N
BILLING CODE 4310-55-P
TP07DE94.087
BILLING CODE 4310-55-C
NM-JAIR-3. From Bureau of Land Management map: Chama 1981. The
perimeter of critical habitat unit NM-JAIR-3 is delineated by the
following Universal Transverse Mercator (Zone 13) coordinates:
335667 E 4073457 N
338132 E 4072853 N
339514 E 4069419 N
339603 E 4067557 N
335143 E 4062658 N
337882 E 4062197 N
340622 E 406
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