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 applicants 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-841795

Applicant: Marc A. Baker, Chino Valley, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus); and remove samples from individuals of the Lee pincushion

cactus [Coryphantha sneedii (=Escobaria) (=Mammillaria) var. leei], and

the Sneed pincushion cactus [Coryphantha sneedii

(=Escobaria=Mammillaria) var. sneedii] in New Mexico and Texas.

Permit No. PRT-841798

Applicant: James A. Sedgwick, U.S. Geological Survey, Ft. Collins,

Colorado

Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys

for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in

Arizona and New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-798107

Applicant: Kenneth J. Kingsley, SWCA, Inc., Tucson, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for the following endangered species in Arizona, New Mexico,

and Texas:

Mammals

Mexican long-nosed bat (Leptonycteris nivalis)

gray bat (Myotis grisescens)

Indiana bat (Myotis sodalis)

Ozark big-eared bat (Corynorhinus (=Plecotus) townsendii ingens)

Louisiana black bear (Ursus americanus luteolus)

jaguar (Panthera onca)

jaguarundi (Felis yagouaroundi)

ocelot (Felis pardalis)

Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana sonoriensis)

Mount Graham red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis)

Hualapai Mexican vole (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis)

gray wolf (Canis lupus)

Birds

Yuma clapper rail (Rallus longirostris yumanensis)

masked bobwhite (Colinus virginianus ridgwayi)

bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis)

northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)

interior least tern (Sterna antillarum)

piping plover (Charadrius melodus)

brown pelican (Pelicanus occidentalis)

Attwater's greater prairie chicken (Tympanuchus cupido attwateri)

black-capped vireo (Vireo atricapillus)

golden-cheeked warbler (Dendroica chrysoparia)

whooping crane (Grus americana)

red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis)

Reptiles

New Mexico ridge-nosed rattlesnake (Crotalus willardi obscurus)

concho water snake (Nerodia paucimaculata)

Kemp's ridley sea turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)

desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii)

Amphibians

Barton Springs salamander (Eurycea sosorum)

Houston toad (Bufo houstonensis)

San Marcos salamander (Eurycea nana)

Texas blind salamander (Typhlomolge rathbuni)

Sonoran tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi)

Fish

Big Bend gambusia (Gambusia gaigei)

bonytail chub (Gila elegans)

Clear Creek gambusia (Gambusia heterochir)

Comanche Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon elegans)

desert pupfish (Cyprinodon macularius)

fountain darter (Ethostoma fonticola)

Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis occidentalis)

Gila trout [Oncorhynchus (=salmo) gilae]

humpback chub (Gila cypha)

Leon Springs pupfish (Cyprinodon bovinus)

Pecos gambusia (Gambusia nobilis)

razorback sucker (Xyrauchen texanus)

Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus)

San Marcos gambusia (Gambusia georgei)

Virgin River chub (Gila robusta seminuda)

woundfin (Plagopterus argentissimus)

Yaqui chub (Gila purpurea)

Invertebrates

Socorro isopod (Thermosphaeroma thermophilus)

Peck's Cave amphipod (Stygobromus pecki)

Kanab ambersnail (Oxyloma haydeni)

Alamosa springsnail (Tryonia alamosae)

Socorro springsnail (Pyrgulopsis neomexicana)

Clams

Ouachita rock-pocketbook (Arkansia wheeleri)

Insects

Comal Springs riffle beetle (Heterelmis comalensis)

Comal Springs dryopid beetle (Stygoparnus comalensis)

Coffin Cave mold beetle (Batrisodes texanus)

Kretschmarr Cave mold beetle (Texamaurops reddelli)

Tooth Cave ground beetle (Rhadine persephone)

American burying beetle (Nicrophorus americanus)

Arachnids

Bone Cave harvestman (Texella reyesi)

Bee Creek Cave harvestman (Texella reddelli)

Tooth Cave pseudoscorpion (Tartarocreagris texana)

Tooth Cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica)

Plants

Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra)

Arizona agave (Agave arizonica)

ashy dogwood (Thymophyla tephroleuca (=Dyssodia t.)

black lace cactus (Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii (=E.

melanocentrus)

Brady pincushion cactus (Pediocactus bradyi (=Toumeya b.)

bunched cory cactus (Coryphantha ramillosa)

Canelo Hills ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes delitescens)

Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus chisosensis var.

chisosensis (=E. reichenbachii var. c.)

Cochise pincushion cactus (Coryphantha robbinsorum (=Cochiseia r.,

Escobaria r.)

Davis' green pitaya (Echinocereus viridiflorus var. Davisii (=E.

Davisii)

eastern prairie fringed orchid (Platanthera leucophaea)

gypsum wild-buckwheat (Eriogonum gypsophilum)

Hinckley's oak (Quercus hinckleyi)

Holy Ghost ipomopsis (Ipomopsis sancti-spiritus)

Huachuca water umbel (Lilaeopsis schaffneriana ssp. recurva)

Johnston's frankenia (Frankenia johnstonii)

Jones Cycadenia (Cycadenia humilis var. jonesii)

Kearney's blue-star (Amsonia kearneyana)

Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii)

Kuenzler hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var. kuenzleri)

large-fruited sand verbena (Abronia macrocarpa)

Lee pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. leei) (=Escobaria l.,

Mammillaria l.)

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Lloyd's mariposa cactus (Neolloydia mariposensis (=Echinocactus m.,

Echinomastus m.)

Lloyd's hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus lloydii (=E. Roetteri var. l.)

Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus)

Mesa Verde cactus (Sclerocactus mesae-verdae (=Coloradoa m.,

Echinocactus m., Pediocactus m.)

Navajo sedge (Carex specuicola)

Navasota ladies'-tresses (Spiranthes parksii)

Nellie cory cactus (Coryphantha minima (=C. Nellieae, Escobaria n.,

Mammillaria n.)

Nichol's Turk's head cactus (Echinocactus horizonthalonius var.

nicholii)

Peebles Navajo cactus (Pediocactus peeblesianus var. peeblesianus

(=Echinocactus p., Navajoa p., Toumeya p., Utahia p.)

Pima pineapple cactus (Coryphantha scheeri var. robustispina)

Sacramento prickly-poppy (Argemone pleiacantha ssp. pinnatisecta)

Sacramento Mountains thistle (Cirsium vinaceum)

San Francisco Peaks groundsel (Senecio franciscanus)

sentry milk-vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax var. cremnophylax)

Siler pincushion cactus (Pediocactus sileri) (=Echinocactus s., Utahia

s.) slender rush-pea (Hoffmannseggia tenella)

Sneed pincushion cactus (Coryphantha sneedii var. sneedii (=Escobaria

s., Mammillaria s.)

South Texas ambrosia (Ambrosia cheiranthifolia)

star cactus (Astrophytum asterias)

Terlingua Creek cat's eye (Cryptantha crassipes)

Texas ayenia (Ayenia limitaris)

Texas prairie dawn (=Texas bitterweed) (Hymenoxys texana)

Texas poppy-mallow (Callirhoe scabriuscula)

Texas trailling phlox (Phlox nivalis ssp. texensis)

Texas wild-rice (Zizania texana)

Texas snowbells (Styrax texana)

Tobusch fishhook cactus (Ancistrocactus tobuschii) (=Echinocactus t.,

Mammillaria t.)

Todsen's pennyroyal (Hedeoma todsenii)

Walker's manioc (Manihot walkerae)

Welsh's milkweed (Asclepias welshii)

western prairie fringed orchid (P. praeclara)

white bladderpod (Lesquerella pallida)

Zuni (=Rhizome) fleabane (Erigeron rhizomatus)

Permit No. PRT-841838

Applicant: Paul Price Associates, Austin, Texas

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for black-capped vireos (Vireo atricapillus) and golden-cheeked

warblers (Dendroica chrysoparia) in Bell, Hays, Williamson, Hardin,

Montgomery, and Walker Counties, Texas.

Permit No. PRT-841841

Applicant: Dennis D. Parker, Patagonia, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus) on the Gila River, Grant County, New Mexico; the Verde, Santa

Cruz, San Pedro, Salt and Gila Rivers in Arizona; the Mimbres, San

Francisco and Rio Grande Rivers in New Mexico; and the Hachita/Animas

areas of New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-841847

Applicant: Allen Haden, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff,

Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct activities for research

and recovery purposes of the bonytail chub (Gila elegans) at Northern

Arizona University Animal Care Facility.

Permit No. PRT-826091

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix, Arizona

Applicant request authorization to conduct presence/absence surveys

for peregrine falcon (Falco pereginus anatum), lesser long-nosed bat

(Leptonycteris curasoae yerbabuenae), southwestern willow flycatcher

(Empidonax traillii extimus), cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl (Glaucidium

brasilianum cactorum), Sonoran pronghorn (Antilocapra americana

sonoriensis) in lands administered by the Bureau of Reclamation in

Phoenix, Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-835678

Applicant: Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Boulder City, Nevada

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for Southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus) along the shorelines of Lake Mead and Lake Mojave in Mohave

County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada.

Permit No. PRT-841873

Applicant: Cimarron Oilfield Service Co., Farmington, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for Mancos milk-vetch (Astragalus humillimus), Zuni fleabane

(Erigeron rhizomatus), Knowlton's cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii), Mesa

Verde cactus (Sclerocactus mesae-verdae), peregrine falcons (Falco

peregrinus), bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and southwestern

willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus) in Arizona and New

Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-819528

Applicant: New Mexico Natural Heritage Program, Albuquerque, New

Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for Kuenzler's hedgehog cactus (Echinocereus fendleri var.

kuenzleri) and collect parts of the Lee's pincushion cactus (Escobaria

sneedii var. leei) on the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-799099

Applicant: Dale W. Stahlecker, Eagle Ecological Services, Santa Fe,

New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for Northern aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis septentrionalis)

in southern New Mexico to include White Sands Missile Range.

Permit No. PRT-841896

Applicant: Katharine Hinman, Sound Beach, New York

Applicant requests authorization to survey for lesser long-nosed

bats (Leptonycteris curasoae) using standard techniques to evaluate

various techniques for studying foraging behavior and pollination

success in southeastern Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-824714

Applicant: Bureau of Land Management, Farmington District,

Farmington, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus anatum),

Knowlton cactus (Pediocactus knowltonii), and Mancos milk-vetch

(Astragalus humillimus) on the lands administered by the Farmington

District in New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-841898

Applicant: The Hopi Tribe, Kykotsmovi, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus) on the Hopi Reservation.

Permit No. PRT-841901

Applicant: The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, Ohio

Applicant requests authorization to obtain masked bobwhite quail

(Colinus virginianus ridgwayi) from the Buenos Aires National Wildlife

Refuge in Sasabe, Arizona and transport them to the Cincinnati Zoo for

propagation and recovery purposes and educational display.

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Permit No. PRT-841909

Applicant: Prescott National Forest, Prescott, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys and monitoring for American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus

anatum), southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii extimus),

Hualapai Mexican voles (Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis), razorback

suckers (Xyrauchen texanus), Gila topminnow (Poeciliopsis o.

occidentalis), Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae), Colorado squawfish

(Ptychocheilus lucius), and Arizona cliffrose (Purshia subintegra) on

the Prescott National Forest, Yavapai County, Arizona.

Permit No. PRT-841927

Applicant: Lincoln National Forest, Alamogordo, New Mexico

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys and monitoring for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax

traillii extimus), American peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus

anatum), and northern aplomado falcons (Falco femoralis

septentrionalis) on the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico.

Permit No. PRT-822998

Applicant: Coronado National Forest, Tucson, Arizona

Applicant requests authorization to conduct presence/absence

surveys for southwestern willow flycatchers (Empidonax traillii

extimus) on the Coronado National Forest, Arizona.

DATES: Written comments on these permit applications must be received

on or before May 22, 1998.

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.

Renne Lohoefener,

ARD-Ecological Services, Region 2, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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