Draft Outline for the First National Nature Assessment

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 Office of the Secretary [XXXD4523WT, DS61200000, DWT000000.000000, DP61201] AGENCY: Office of Policy Analysis, Interior. ACTION: Annotated outline for the first National Nature Assessment, request for public comment. SUMMARY: The U.S. Global Change Research Program seeks public comment on the proposed themes and topics of the first National Nature Assessment as indicated by the chapter annotated outlines linked here. Based on input received in response to this notice, chapter author teams will develop their draft chapters. DATES: Comments must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. on November 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Comments from the public will be accepted electronically via https://review.globalchange.gov/​ . Instructions for submitting comments are available on the website. Submitters may enter text or upload files in response to this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tessa Francis, (202) 419-3498, tfrancis@usgcrp.gov , U.S. Global Change Research Program. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) was created by Congress in 1990 to “assist the Nation and the world to understand, assess, predict, and respond to human-induced and natural processes of global change.” USGCRP comprises 15 Federal agencies that work together to carry out its legislative mandate. USGCRP is conducting the first National Nature Assessment (NNA1) to assess the condition of nature as an aspect of global change. The scope of NNA1 i…