Notice2023-06909
Notice of Issuance of Final Permanent Seasonal Hunting Order in the Douglas Ranger District of the Thunder Basin National Grassland
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Published
April 5, 2023
Issuing agencies
Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States Department of Agriculture, is issuing a final permanent seasonal order prohibiting prairie dog hunting annually from February 1 to August 15 in Management Area 3.67 of the Douglas Ranger District in the Thunder Basin National Grassland, which covers approximately 42,000 acres in Campbell, Converse, and Weston Counties, Wyoming.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 65 (Wednesday, April 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 20119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06909]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Notice of Issuance of Final Permanent Seasonal Hunting Order in
the Douglas Ranger District of the Thunder Basin National Grassland
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service (Forest Service or Agency), United States
Department of Agriculture, is issuing a final permanent seasonal order
prohibiting prairie dog hunting annually from February 1 to August 15
in Management Area 3.67 of the Douglas Ranger District in the Thunder
Basin National Grassland, which covers approximately 42,000 acres in
Campbell, Converse, and Weston Counties, Wyoming.
ADDRESSES: The final permanent seasonal order, map, response to
comments on the proposed permanent seasonal order, justification for
the final permanent seasonal order, and regulatory certifications for
the final permanent seasonal order are posted on the Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland's web page at
<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices">https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rob Robertson, Douglas District
Ranger, 307-358-4690 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#01736e636473752f736e63647375726e6f41747265602f666e77"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a0815181f080e540815181f080e0915143a0f091e1b541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the hearing-impaired may call the Federal
Relay Service at 800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4103 of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act of 2019 (Pub. L. 116-9,
Title IV (Sportsmen's Access and Related Matters)), hereinafter ``the
Dingell Act,'' requires the Forest Service to provide advance notice
and opportunity for public comment before temporarily or permanently
closing any National Forest System lands to hunting, fishing, or
recreational shooting.
The final permanent seasonal order prohibiting prairie dog hunting
annually from February 1 to August 15 in Management Area 3.67 of the
Douglas Ranger District in the Thunder Basin National Grassland has
completed the public notice and comment process required under the
Dingell Act. The Forest Service is issuing the final permanent seasonal
hunting order. The final permanent seasonal order, map, response to
comments on the proposed permanent seasonal order, justification for
the final permanent seasonal order, and regulatory certifications for
the final permanent seasonal order are posted on the Medicine Bow-Routt
National Forests and Thunder Basin National Grassland's web page at
<a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices">https://www.fs.usda.gov/alerts/mbr/alerts-notices</a>.
Dated: March 29, 2023.
Gregory Smith,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2023-06909 Filed 4-4-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3411-15-P
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