Interior Department, Fish and Wildlife Service
We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on April 5, 1999, to list the southwestern Washington/Columbia River Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of coastal cutthroat trout as threatened. The DPS includes all coastal cutthroat trout in waters draining into Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and the Columbia River upstream to the Klickitat River in Washington and to Fifteen Mile Creek in Oregon, excluding the Willamette River above Willamette Falls. The coastal cutthroat trout inhabits streams, lakes, rivers, estuaries, and near-shore ocean habitats throughout the range of the DPS. The change in forest management regulation, the latest information indicating relatively healthy-sized total populations in a large portion of the DPS, and our improved understanding of the ability of freshwater forms to produce anadromous progeny, lead us to conclude that this DPS does not meet the definition of a threatened species (in danger of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future) at this time.
Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service 50 CFR Part 17 RIN 1018-AF45 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal. SUMMARY: We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), withdraw the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on April 5, 1999, to list the southwestern Washington/Columbia River Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of coastal cutthroat trout as threatened. The DPS includes all coastal cutthroat trout in waters draining into Grays Harbor, Willapa Bay, and the Columbia River upstream to the Klickitat River in Washington and to Fifteen Mile Creek in Oregon, excluding the Willamette River above Willamette Falls. The coastal cutthroat trout inhabits streams, lakes, rivers, estuaries, and near-shore ocean habitats throughout the range of the DPS. The change in forest management regulation, the latest information indicating relatively healthy-sized total populations in a large portion of the DPS, and our improved understanding of the ability of freshwater forms to produce anadromous progeny, lead us to conclude that this DPS does not meet the definition of a threatened species (in danger of becoming endangered in the foreseeable future) at this time. ADDRESSES: The complete file for this withdrawal is available for inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours at the Oregon Fish and Wildlife Office, 2600 SE 98th Avenue, Suite 100, Portland, OR 97266. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kemper McMaster, Stat…
Citation: 67 FR 44934
