[PCA] Draft Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed)
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov
Mon Mar 13 11:58:17 CST 2006
Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed) is an endemic plant species from
Washington State....
For full FR notice, see:
http://epa.gov/EPA-SPECIES/2006/March/Day-13/
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[Federal Register: March 13, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 48)]
[Notices]
[Page 12711-12712]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
Draft Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta (Showy Stickseed)
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of document availability for review and comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (``we''), announce the
availability of the Draft Recovery Plan for Hackelia venusta (Showy
Stickseed), for public review and comment.
DATES: Comments on the draft recovery plan must be received on or
before May 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft recovery plan are available for
inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the
following location: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Central Washington
Field Office, 215 Melody Lane, Wenatchee, Washington 98801 (telephone:
509-665-3508). Requests for copies of the draft recovery plan and
written comments and materials regarding this plan should be addressed
to the Field Supervisor, Ecological Services, at the above Wenatchee
address. An electronic copy of the draft recovery plan is also
available online at <A HREF="
http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/index.html#plans
">http://endangered.fws.gov/recovery/index.html#plans</A>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim McCracken, Fish and Wildlife
Biologist, at the above Wenatchee address.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Restoring endangered or threatened animals and plants to the point
where they are again secure, self-sustaining members of their
ecosystems is a primary goal of the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and
our endangered species program. The ESA (16 U.S.C. 1533 (f)) requires
the development of recovery plans for listed species unless such a plan
would not promote the conservation of a particular species. Recovery
plans help guide the recovery effort by describing actions considered
necessary for the conservation of the species, establishing criteria
for downlisting or delisting listed species, and estimating time and cost
for implementing the measures needed for recovery (16 U.S.C. 1533 (f)).
Section 4(f) of the ESA also requires that public notice, and an
opportunity for public review and comment, be provided during recovery
plan development. We will consider all information presented during the
public comment period in the development of each new or revised
recovery plan. Comments received may result in changes to the draft
recovery plan. Comments regarding recovery plan implementation may be
forwarded to appropriate Federal or other entities so that they can
take these comments into account during the course of implementing
recovery actions. Individual responses to comments will not be provided.
Showy stickseed (Hackelia venusta) is a perennial plant with showy
white or blue-tinged flowers in the forget-me-not plant family
(Boraginaceae). The species is a narrow endemic, being known from only
1 population of roughly 600 individuals in Chelan County, Washington.
It occurs primarily on Federal lands, but a very small portion of the
population is on private lands. Within its limited range, Hackelia
venusta is found in open areas of steeply sloping, highly unstable
granitic sand and granite cliffs. The common feature to its habitat
appears to be the relatively sparse cover of other vascular plants and
low canopy cover.
Hackelia venusta was listed as an endangered species on February 6,
2002 (67 FR 5515). The major threats to Hackelia venusta include
collection and physical disturbance to the plants and habitat by
humans, mass wasting (landslides), nonnative noxious weeds, competition
and shading from native trees and shrubs due to fire suppression, some
highway maintenance activities, and low seedling establishment. The
small population size and limited geographic extent of the species
exacerbates all of these threats, and renders Hackelia venusta highly
vulnerable to extirpation or extinction from either human-caused or
random natural events.
Objectives of a recovery plan would be to reduce the threats to
Hackelia venusta and increase population size and geographic
distribution. The first step in the recovery strategy for the species
would be to protect and stabilize the existing population. This would
include management to maintain an open habitat, noxious weed control,
minimizing the damage of collection and trampling within the
population, seed collection and long-term seed banking to protect the
genetic resources of the species, and the development and
implementation of management plans. In addition, to reduce the
potential for extinction due to loss of the single population, recovery
actions will likely require establishing additional populations within
the estimated historical range of the species.
Public Comments Solicited
We solicit written comments on the draft recovery plan described in
this notice. All comments received by the date specified above will be
considered in the development of this plan.
Authority
The authority for this action is section 4(f) of the Endangered
Species Act, 16 U.S.C. 1533(f).
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Dated: December 6, 2005.
David J. Wesley,
Acting Regional Director, Region 1, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. E6-3505 Filed 3-10-06; 8:45 am]
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