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20 September 2006
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[Federal Register: September 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 182)]
[Notices]
[Page 55012-55013]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr20se06-76]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
White-Tailed Deer Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement,
Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service.
ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare a White-tailed Deer Management Plan
Environmental Impact Statement, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC.
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SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969, the National Park Service (NPS) is preparing a White-tailed
Deer Management Plan Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Rock
Creek Park, Washington, DC. The purpose of this plan and EIS is to
develop a deer management plan that supports long-term protection,
preservation, and restoration of native vegetation and other natural
and cultural resources within the park. A scoping brochure will be
prepared that details the issues identified to date, and possible
alternatives to be considered. Copies of the brochure may be obtained
from Rock Creek Park Natural Resources Division or the NPS Web site
(http://www.nps.gov/rocr).
DATES: The NPS will accept comments from the public for 60 days from
the publication of this notice. In addition, public scoping meetings
will be conducted at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center. Please check
the local newspapers, the NPS Web site (http://www.nps.gov/rocr) or
contact the Natural Resources Division, Rock Creek Park.
ADDRESSES: Information will be available for public review and comment
at the Rock Creek Park Nature Center, local public libraries, NPS Web
site (http://www.nps.gov/rocr), and the Planning, Environment and Public Comment (PEPC) Web site (http://parkplanning.nps.gov).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adrienne A. Coleman, Superintendent,
Rock Creek Park, 3545 Williamsburg Lane, NW., Washington, DC 20008,
(202) 895-6000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The purpose of this plan and environmental
impact statement is to develop a deer management plan that supports
long-term protection, preservation, and restoration of native
vegetation and other natural and cultural resources within the park. A
deer management plan is needed at this time to address: the potential
of deer becoming the dominant force in the park's ecosystem and
adversely impacting native vegetation and other wildlife, excessive
deer browse causing a decline in forest regeneration and impacting the
existing shrubs and herbaceous species, deer impacts on cultural
landscapes, and opportunities for coordinating management actions with
other jurisdictional entities.
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There are a number of objectives for this plan. The plan would
develop and implement informed, scientifically-based vegetation impact
levels and corresponding measures of deer population size that would
serve as a threshold for taking management actions. In addition, it
would maintain, restore and promote the natural abundance,
distribution, and diversity of native plant species by reducing
excessive deer browsing, trampling, and non-native seed dispersal. The
plan would allow for white-tailed deer populations within the park
while protecting the natural abundance, distribution, and diversity of
other native wildlife, including ground nesting birds, from the adverse
effects of deer. The plan would also protect the habitat of rare plant
and animal species from deer impacts. In addition, the protection of
cultural landscapes and visitor safety conflicts with deer would also
be addressed. Finally, an objective of the plan would be to call for
the sharing of information regarding the role and management of white-
tailed deer among park staff, surrounding communities, the public, and
other nearby governmental entities managing deer.
Preliminary alternatives that will be considered to meet the
purpose and need include: reproductive control, fencing of large park
areas to exclude park deer, lethal reduction with and without firearms,
limited capture and euthanasia, and a combination of these management
strategies. The continuation of current management (no action
alternative) will also be analyzed.
Persons commenting on the purpose, need, objectives, preliminary
alternatives, or any other issues associated with the plan, may submit
comments by any one of several methods. To be most helpful to the
scoping process, comments should be received within 60 days of the
publication of this Notice of Intent. Comments may be mailed to Natural
Resource Management, Rock Creek Park, 3545 Williamsburg Lane, NW.,
Washington, DC 20008. Comments may also be sent via the Internet at
http://parkplanning.nps.gov. Please submit Internet comments as a text
file avoiding the use of special characters and any form of encryption.
Please put ``Deer Management'' in the subject line and include your
name and return address in your Internet message. If commenters do not
receive a receipt confirmation from the system, please contact the
Natural Resources Division at (202) 895-6221. Comments may also be
hand-delivered to Rock Creek Park Headquarters, 3545 Williamsburg Lane,
NW., Washington, DC 20008.
It is the NPS's practice to make comments, including names, home
addresses, home phone numbers and e-mail addresses of respondents,
available for public review. Individual respondents may request that we
withhold their names and/or home addresses, etc., but if they wish us
to consider withholding this information they must state this
prominently at the beginning of their comments. In addition, they must
present a rationale for withholding this information. This rationale
must demonstrate that disclosure would constitute a clearly unwarranted
invasion of privacy. Unsupported assertions will not meet this burden.
In the absence of exceptional, documentable circumstances, this
information will be released. The NPS will always make submissions from
organizations or businesses, and from individuals identifying
themselves as representatives or officials of organizations or
businesses, available for public inspection in their entirety.
If commenters wish to have names and/or addresses withheld and
comment through the NPS Web site, it is still possible to receive
additional information on the project in the future by filling in the
name and address field and marking ``keep my contact information
private'' where indicated. If commenters do not want to receive any
additional information on the project in the future, they may type ``N/
A'' in the name and address field.
Dated: August 4, 2006.
Joseph M. Lawler,
Regional Director, National Capital Region.
[FR Doc. 06-7981 Filed 9-19-06; 8:45 am]
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