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DOI/FWS RIN: 1018-AX23 Publication ID: Fall 2010 
Title: Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Establishing Nonessential Experimental Population of Whooping Cranes in Southwestern Louisiana  
Abstract: We propose to amend the 50 CFR 17.11 entry for whooping crane (Grus americana) to designate a nonessential experimental population in Louisiana. We propose to reintroduce the species into habitat in its historic range in Louisiana, with the intent to establish a nonmigratory flock that lives and breeds in the wetlands, marshes, and prairies of southwestern Louisiana. We propose that this reintroduced nonmigratory population be designated a nonessential experimental population (NEP) according to section 10(j) of the Endangered Species Act. The area proposed for NEP designation is the State of Louisiana. Releases will be within the historic breeding area in southwestern Louisiana near White Lake in Vermilion Parish. 
Agency: Department of the Interior(DOI)  Priority: Substantive, Nonsignificant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 50 CFR 17   
Legal Authority: 16 USC 1531 et seq   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  08/19/2010  75 FR 51223   
NPRM Comment Period End  10/18/2010    
Final Action  02/00/2011    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Don R. Morgan
Chief, Branch of Delisting and Foreign Species, Ecological Services
Department of the Interior
United States Fish and Wildlife Service
ARLSQ-420, 5275 Leesburg Pike, MS: ES,
Falls Church, VA 22041-3808
Phone:703 358-2444
Fax:703 358-1735
Email: don_morgan@fws.gov