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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 130 / Monday, July 12, 2021 / Notices
Dated: July 6, 2021.
Jerry L Rigdon, Deputy Chief, Regulatory Coordination Division, Office of Policy and Strategy, U.S.
Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service Docket No. FWSR2ES20200040;
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Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Draft Revised Recovery Plan for Gila Trout Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for comment.
AGENCY:

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, announce the availability of our draft revised recovery plan for the Gila trout, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This fish species is endemic to mountain streams within the upper Gila River basin in New Mexico and Arizona. We provide this notice to seek comments from the public and Federal, Tribal, State, and local governments.

SUMMARY:

We must receive written comments on or before September 10, 2021.

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ADDRESSES:

Reviewing Documents: You may obtain a copy of the draft revised recovery plan and recovery implementation strategy in Docket No.
FWSR2ES20200040 at http
www.regulations.gov.
Submitting Comments: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: http
www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments on Docket No. FWSR2ES20200040.
U.S.: Public Comments Processing;
Attn: Docket No. FWSR2ES2019
0040; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Headquarters, MS: PRB/3W; 5275
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041
3803.
For additional information about submitting comments, see Request for Public Comments and Public Availability of Comments under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Shawn Sartorius, Field Supervisor, New Mexico Ecological Services Field Office,
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by phone at 5057614781, by email at nmesfo@fws.gov, or via the Federal Relay Service at 8008778339 for TTY
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Service, announce the availability of our draft revised recovery plan for the Gila trout Oncorhynchus gilae, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended ESA;
16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.. Gila trout are endemic to mountain streams in the Gila, San Francisco, Agua Fria, and Verde River drainages in New Mexico and Arizona. The draft revised recovery plan includes site-specific management actions and objective, measurable criteria that, when met, will enable us to remove the Gila trout from the list of endangered and threatened wildlife. We request review and comment on this plan from local, State, and Federal agencies; Tribes; and the public. We will also accept any new information on the status of the Gila trout throughout its range to assist in finalizing the recovery plan.
Background Recovery of 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 our endangered species program and the ESA. Recovery means improvement of the status of listed species to the point at which listing is no longer appropriate under the criteria set out in section 4a1 of the ESA. The ESA requires the development of recovery plans for listed species, unless such a plan would not promote the conservation of a particular species. The Service approved the original recovery plan for the Gila trout on January 12, 1979 Service 1979, with subsequent revisions approved on January 3, 1984
Service 1984, December 8, 1993
Service 1993, and August 19, 2003
Service 2003.
This draft revised recovery plan for the Gila trout represents the fourth revision and considers updated information on genetics, population status, and threats principally wildfire effects and hybridization in the development of revised recovery objectives, criteria, and actions. We used a streamlined approach to recovery planning and implementation for the Gila trout by preparing separate recovery plan and recovery implementation strategy documents.
The information in the draft recovery plan provides the biological background, a threats assessment, a strategy for recovery of the Gila trout,
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quantitative delisting criteria, a list of prioritized recovery actions, and the estimated time and cost to recovery Service 2020a. The separate recovery implementation strategy document further describes in detail the specific activities needed to implement the recovery actions Service 2020b.
Summary of Species Information Gila trout are endemic to mountain streams within the Gila, San Francisco, Agua Fria, and Verde River drainages in New Mexico and Arizona. Although Gila trout were documented to occur in the upper Gila River basin since at least 1885, the species was not described until 1950, by which time its distribution had been dramatically reduced. On March 11, 1967, we listed the Gila trout as endangered under the Federal Endangered Species Preservation Act of 1966 32 FR 4001.
The Gila trouts endangered status was continued under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, and we reclassified it as a threatened species on July 18, 2006, with a special rule under section 4d of the ESA 71 FR 40657.
Gila trout are readily identified by their iridescent gold sides, which blend to a darker shade of copper on the opercles bony plates surrounding the gills. Spots on the body are small and profuse, generally occurring above the lateral line and extending onto the head, dorsal fin, and caudal fin. These spots are irregularly shaped on the sides and increase in size dorsally. A few scattered spots are sometimes present on the anal fin, and the adipose fin is typically large and well spotted. Dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins have a white to yellowish tip that may extend along the leading edge of the pelvic fins. A yellow cutthroat mark is present on most mature specimens. Parr marks vertical bars present when trout are less than a year old are commonly retained by adults, and a faint, salmon-pink band is also present on adults, particularly during spawning season, when the normally white belly may be streaked with yellow or reddish orange.
Spawning of Gila trout occurs mainly in April and begins when water temperatures reach about 8 C 46 F, but day length may also be an important cue. Gila trout fry 20 to 25 millimeters mm, or 0.8 to 1.0 inches in total length emerge in 56 to 70 days. Females reach maturity between two to four years after hatching, and males typically reach maturity at two or three years.
Most individuals are mature at a length of 150 mm 6 in or greater, and live five years. Thus, the majority of adult female Gila trout spawn only twice before
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