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2 Endangered Species Tech. Bull. 1 (1976-1977)

handle is hein.animal/endanspb0002 and id is 1 raw text is: December 1976-January 1977 Vol. II. No. 1 Department of the Interior * U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service * Grizzly Critical Habitat Proposed cies Program, Washington, DQ. Berne Meeting U.S. To Put International Treaty Into Effect In February; Listings Increase In a major step to protect remaining U.S. populations of the grizzly bear, 13 million acres of land in Montana, Wyo- ming, Idaho, and Washington have been proposed as Critical Habitat (F.R. 11/5/76). Five public hearings were held in December in Cody, Wyoming; Mis- soula and Kalispell, Montana; St. An- thony, Idaho; and Washington, D.C. These hearings provided a forum for public comments on the proposal. The rulemaking represented the Serv- ice's preliminary judgment about which areas may be critical for the survival of the grizzly bear, The rulemaking identifies four separ- ate areas for consideration as Critical Habitat. These are the Bob Marshall Ecosystem in northern Montana, includ- ing Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area, and portions of the Flathead, Lewis and Clark, Helena, and Lolo national forests, and the Blackfeet and Flathead Indian reserva- tions; the Yellowstone Ecosystem in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, includ- ing Yellowstone National Park and adjacent portions of Grand Teton Na- tional Park and the Custer, Shoshone, Teton, Beaverhead, and Gallatin nation- al forests; the Cabinet Mountains of Montana and Idaho, including parts of the Kootanai, Kanksu, and Lolo national forests; and part of the Kaniksu National Forest in Idaho and Washington. These areas together contain most, if not all, of the 600-1,200 grizzlies surviving in the lower 48 States. A decision about how much of the proposed area should be included in a final rulemaking will not be made until the official comment period ends Febru- ary 9 and all of the written and oral comments have been carefully reviewed. The Service also is participating in two major research efforts which should augment present knowledge of the grizzly's habitat needs and assist all Federal and State agencies in making decisions about grizzly management in the future (see accompanying article). The international treaty regulating commerce in Endangered wildlife is to be implemented by the United States in February. The U.S. decision to move ahead with enforcement of the treaty followed the meeting of treaty nations in Berne, Switzerland, on November 2-6, 1976. Final interim regulations governing the import and export of species listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora were to be published by the Fish and Wildlife Service's Federal Convention Permits In a recent statement, Richard Parsons, Chief of the Federal Wildlife Permit Office (U.S. management authority for the Convention) said that his office expects to begin issuance of the first Convention permits in February, as soon as final Convention regulations have been published and take effect. Parsons went on to say that the procedure for applying for permits will be the same as for present Endangered Species Act permits, except that Convention permit appli- cations will not be published in the Federal Register unless the species is also covered by the act. In that case, the requirements of both measures must be met in the application for and granting of permits. He also added a word of caution: Although the lists of species covered by the act and the Convention are similar in some respects, they are not identical. Therefore, both lists must be checked to determine if either or both apply. For the convenience of the public, Parsons expects to prepare a com- bined list of species covered by both measures soon after the final Con- vention regulations are published. Wildlife Permit Office (WPO) in Febru- ary. The regulations will take effect upon publication. WPO expects to issue its first Convention permits shortly thereaf- ter (see box). How to bring about rapid and effective implementation of the treaty (which was negotiated in 1973) was one of the major purposes of the Berne meeting. Imple- mentation has already begun in some countries, with most of the others being expected to follow suit in 1977. Decisions at BERNE Participating nations at the confer- ence also agreed to give protection to a number of additional species of wildlife by listing them in Appendix I of the Convention (species in danger of extinc- tion that are prohibited in commercial trade and severely restricted for other purposes). These additions include sea turtles, rhinoceroses, and primates. (continued on page 2) Mississippi sandhill crane wins suit. See story page 7.

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