Hi Folks,

Saw the following notice in the federal register. We get few Mtn Plover through this area, but this has some application to the interests of some of the 'vagrant-hunters' among us.....

Jon. Anderson
Olympia, Washington
festuca at olywa.net


[Federal Register: September 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 174)]
[Proposed Rules] [Page 53083-53101]
>From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
Full text is at:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/14mar20010800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2003/03-22860.htm
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Withdrawal of the Proposed Rule to List the Mountain Plover as Threatened

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: We, the Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), determine that the action of listing the mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) as threatened, pursuant to the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act), is not warranted, and we consequently withdraw our proposed rule and our proposed special rule. We make this determination because threats to the species as identified in the proposed rule are not as significant as earlier believed, and current available data do not indicate that the threats to the species and its habitat, as analyzed under the five listing factors described in section 4(a)(1) of the Act, are likely to endanger the species in the foreseeable future throughout all or a significant portion of its range.

ADDRESSES: The supporting documentation for this rulemaking is available for public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours, at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Field Office, 764 Horizon Drive, Building B, Grand Junction, Colorado 81506-3946, telephone; 970-243-2778, facsimile 970-245-6933, or e-mail al_pfister at fws.gov.
Pertinent information also is available at the Web site http://www.r6.fws.gov/mtnplover/

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Allan Pfister, Assistant Field Supervisor, Grand Junction, Colorado (see ADDRESSES), telephone 970-243-2778; facsimile 970-245-6933.