Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

Endangered and Threatened Species Permit Applications

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications.

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SUMMARY: The following individuals have applied for a permit to conduct

certain activities with endangered species. This notice is provided

pursuant to section 10(a) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531, et seq.).

Permit No. PRT-830271

Applicant: Patrick Mullen Burchfield, Brownsville, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to receive, rehabilitate, and

release endangered and threatened sea turtles that are found sick,

injured, or cold shocked on Texas beaches including Kemp's ridley

(Lepidochelys kempii), green (Chelonia mydas incl. Agassizi), hawksbill

(Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback

(Dermochelys coriacea), and olive ridley (Lepidochelys olivacea) sea

turtles.

Permit No. PRT-810341

Applicant: Dr. David W. Owens, College Station, Texas

The applicant requests authorization to take/receive salvaged

specimens of endangered/threatened sea turtles that may occur along the

Texas coast for scientific research and recovery purposes,

rehabilitation and release back into the wild, and to permanently hold

nonreleasable specimens for future scientific research aimed at

enhancement of propagation or survival of the species. Species include

Kemp's Ridley (Lepidochelys kempii), Green (Chelonia mydas), and

Hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles.

Permit No. PRT-831384

Applicant: Deborah L. Risberg, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct surveys for

southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus), and

Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) on reservation areas

and statewide within New Mexico and Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-830213

Applicant: Dr. George A. Ruffner, Mesa, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for, mist net, and band Southwestern willow flycatchers

(Empidonax traillii extimus) within the State of Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-4 832201 0

Applicant: Dr. Richard N. Conner, Nacogdoches, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to monitor nest success, cavity

competitors, and other biotic features within red-cockaded woodpecker

(Picoides borealis) habitat during and outside the red-cockaded

woodpecker breeding season.

Permit No. PRT-4 831957 0

Applicant: Bryan R. Adams, Lake Jackson, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to display 5 Kemp's ridley

(Lepidochelys kempii) sea turtles for educational purposes.

Permit No. PRT-4 832018

Applicant: Leonard Robbins, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Gallup, New

Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus), Mexican spotted owls (Strix occidentalis lucida), peregrine

falcons (Falco pereginus), bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus),

black-footed ferrets (Mustela nigripes), Navajo sedge (Carex

specuicola), and the Mesa Verde cacti (Sclerocactus mesae-verdae)

within the Navajo Indian Reservation and Indian allotted lands in

Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

Permit No. PRT-829995

Applicant: Richard W. Buickerood, Dallas, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to display 45 Texas blind

salamanders (Typhlomolge rathbuni), and 57 Barton Springs salamanders

(Eurycea sosorum) for educational display purposes at the Dallas Zoo

and Dallas Aquarium.

Permit No. PRT-821369

Applicant: Rhonda M. Sidner, Tucson, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization for scientific research and

recovery purposes to conduct population surveys, capture (using mist

netting techniques), handle, photograph, and release unharmed at the

capture site Mexican long-nosed bats (Leptoncycteris nivalis) in

Hidalgo County, New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-832385

Applicant: D. Craig Rudolph, Nacogdoches, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for American burying beetles (Nicrophorus americanus) in

eastern Texas.

Permit No. PRT-833003

Applicant: Eric C. Milstead, Portales, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to collect 3000 seeds from gypsum

wild buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum) from each of the 3 populations

of this species near Carlsbad, New Mexico. A specimen will also be

collected for storage in the herbarium as a tool for future reference.

Specimens will be pressed and added to the herbarium collections at

Eastern New Mexico University and either New Mexico State University or

the University of New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-825473

Applicant: Edward M. Sutherland, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for the following federally-protected species:

American peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus ovatum)

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)

whooping crane (Grus americana)

Concho water snake (Nerodia harteri paucimaculata)

black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)

brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentals)

cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum)

interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)

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piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus)

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans)

Permittee also requests authorization to collect the minimal

amounts necessary for identification of the following plants from

existing or new highway rights-of-way:

Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)

Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha minima)

slender rush pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)

Sneed's pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. Sneedii)

star cactus (Astrophylum asterias)

Terlingua Creek cat's-eye (Cryptantha crassipes)

Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)

Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)

Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)

Texas prairie dawn (Hymenoxys texana)

Texas snowbells (Styrax texana)

Texas trailing phlox (Phlox nivalis var. texensis)

Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii)

Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)

white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida)

ashy dogweed (Thymophylla tephroleuca)

black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii)

bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa)

Davis' green pitaya (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. Davisii)

Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi)

Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)

large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)

Little Aguja pondweed (Potamogeton clystocarpus)

Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis)

Permit No. PRT-820283

Applicant: Dr. David M. Leslie, Stillwater, Oklahoma

Applicant requests authorization to collect by seine and freeze 30

specimens of Pecos Gambusia (Gambusia nobilis) at each of 10 sites in

the Diamond Y Draw Preserve of the Texas Nature Conservancy, Pecos

County, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-833851

Applicant: Robert Hansen, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization for scientific monitoring,

enhancement of propagation or survival, and incidental taking of the

Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum).

Permit No. PRT-833866

Applicant: Donna Work, Lufkin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis); monitor

populations, cavity trees, and stand conditions; midstory and

understory removal/control; install artificial cavity inserts,

restrictor plates, hardware cloth, and snake exclusion devices; banding

and sexing of juveniles; and capturing, handling and possible banding

of adults.

Permit No. PRT-833867

Applicant: Juan Valera-Lema, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization hold 4 Barton Springs salamanders

(Eurycea sosorum) and to collect and/or receive 25 additional species

for educational display purposes at the Austin Nature and Science

Center.

Permit No. PRT--833868

Applicant: E. Linwood Smith, Tucson, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for the cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum

cactorum) on the Barry M. Goldwater Air Force Range in Arizona.

Permit No. PRT--822998

Applicant: John M. McGee, Tucson, Arizona

Applicant request authorization for scientific research and

recovery purposes to survey for the Sonora tiger salamander (Ambystoma

tigrinum stebbinsi), Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp

recurva), Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri robustispina), New

Mexican ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus), Gila

topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis occidentals), Sonora chub (Gila

ditaenia), American peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum), and

Canelo Hills ladies' tresses (Spiranthes delitescens).

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be by October

14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Written data or comments should be submitted to the Legal

Instruments Examiner, Division of Endangered Species/Permits,

Ecological Services, P.O. Box 1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103.

Please refer to the respective permit number for each application when

submitting comments. All comments received, including names and

addresses, will become part of the official administrative record and

may be made available to the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,

Ecological Services, Division of Endangered Species/Permits, P.O. Box

1306, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87103. Please refer to the respective

permit number for each application when requesting copies of documents.

Documents and other information submitted with these applications are

available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act

and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written

request for a copy of such documents within 30 days of the date of

publication of this notice, to the address above.

Jerome M. Butler,

Acting Regional Director, Region 2 Albuquerque, New Mexico.

[FR Doc. 97-24115 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]

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