Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Status Reviews for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf and Queen Charlotte Goshawk

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Notice of Status

Reviews for the Alexander Archipelago Wolf and Queen Charlotte Goshawk

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of status reviews; reopening of comment period.

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SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) provides notice that

the comment period on the rangewide status reviews for the Queen

Charlotte goshawk (Accipiter gentilis laingi) and the Alexander

Archipelago wolf (Canis lupus ligoni) is reopened. The Service solicits

any information, data, comments, and suggestions from the public, other

government agencies, the scientific community, industry, or other

interested parties concerning the status of these species. The notice

of the status reviews was published on December 5, 1996 (61 FR 64496),

and extension of the comment period was published December 3, 1996 (61

FR 69065). On February 14, 1997 (62 FR 6930), the public comment period

was reopened until March 5, 1997.

DATES: The comment period, previously scheduled to close March 5, 1997

(62 FR 6930), is reopened and will now close on April 4, 1997. Any

comments received by the closing date will be considered in the

findings on the species' status under the Endangered Species Act.

ADDRESSES: Comments and materials should be sent to Field Supervisor,

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological Services, 3000 Vintage

Blvd., Suite 201, Juneau, Alaska 99801-7100.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ms. Teresa Woods, 1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska 99503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The Service has prepared draft status reviews for the Queen

Charlotte goshawk and the Alexander Archipelago wolf. The information

in the reviews will be used in the Service's evaluation

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of whether listing either species under the Endangered Species Act

(Act) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) is warranted. The

Queen Charlotte goshawk occurs in forested areas throughout coastal

mainland and insular areas of British Columbia, Canada, and

southeastern Alaska. The Alexander Archipelago wolf occurs in forested

areas of insular and mainland southeast Alaska, from Dixon Entrance

(US/Canada border) to Yakutat Bay, including all large islands of the

Alexander Archipelago except Admiralty, Baranof, and Chichagof Islands.

The Service is requesting any information, data, comments, and

suggestions from the public, other government agencies, the scientific

community, industry, or other interested parties concerning the status

of these species. All information regarding the status of these

species, including comments received on the draft status reviews will

be considered. Please contact Teresa Woods at (907) 786-3505 to obtain

a copy of the status reviews.

Author

The primary author of this notice is Teresa Woods, U.S. Fish and

Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,1011 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, Alaska

99503.

Authority

The authority for this action is the Endangered Species Act of

1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531-1544).

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and threatened species, Export, Import, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements, Transportation.

Dated: March 20, 1997.

Robyn Thorson,

Acting Regional Director, Region 7, Fish and Wildlife Service.

[FR Doc. 97-7778 Filed 3-26-97; 8:45 am]

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