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	<summary><p type="2">SUMMARY:</p>
<p type="1">The following applicants have applied for scientific research permits, or the Fish and Wildlife Service is amending their existing permit, to conduct certain activities with endangered species under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). The Act requires that we invite public comment on these permit applications.</p>
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	<supplInfo><p type="2">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</p>
<p type="2">Public Availability of Comments</p>
<p type="1">Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-24623A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Miller Park Zoo</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2365646" type="Town" name="Bloomington, IL, US">Bloomington, Illinois</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to hold <applicant>Mount Graham</applicant> red squirrels ( <species_scientific name="Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis">Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis</species_scientific> ) in captivity. The applicant's intended purpose is breeding, including (but not limited to) husbandry, maintenance, and transportation, at the Miller Park <applicant_institution woeId="20166350" type="POI" name="Hanover Zoo, Hanover, Lower Saxony, DE">Zoo</applicant_institution>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-24625A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Wendy Leonard</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2487796" type="Town" name="San Antonio, TX, US">San Antonio, Texas</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler ( <species_scientific name="Dendroica chrysoparia">Dendroica chrysoparia</species_scientific> ) and black-capped vireo ( <species_scientific name="Vireo atricapilla">Vireo atricapilla</species_scientific> ) within <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-088197</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>High Mesa Research</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2510652" type="Town" name="Valdez, NM, US">Valdez, New Mexico</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher ( <species_scientific name="Empidonax trailii extimus">Empidonax trailii extimus</species_scientific> ) within <research_location woeId="2347561" type="State" name="Arizona, US">Arizona</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347564" type="State" name="Colorado, US">Colorado</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347603" type="State" name="Utah, US">Utah</research_location>, and <research_location woeId="2347587" type="State" name="Nevada, US">Nevada</research_location>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-821577</p>
<p type="4">Permittee: Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, Arizona.</p>
<p type="1">The Service is amending Arizona Game and Fish Department's current permit for research and recovery purposes for the range of activities they undertake, including, but not limited to presence/absence surveys, research, and reestablishment of the following species within Arizona and adjacent portions of California, <research_location woeId="2347587" type="State" name="Nevada, US">Nevada</research_location>, <applicant_location woeId="2430565" type="Town" name="Kanab, UT, US">Utah</applicant_location>, and <research_location woeId="2347590" type="State" name="New Mexico, US">New Mexico</research_location>: Kanab ambersnail ( <species_scientific name="Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis">Oxyloma haydeni kanabensis</species_scientific> ), Mexican long-nosed bat ( <species_scientific name="Leptonycteris nivalis">Leptonycteris nivalis</species_scientific> ), masked bobwhite ( <species_scientific name="Colinus virginianus ridgwayi">Colinus virginianus ridgwayi</species_scientific> ), bonytail chub ( <species_scientific name="Gila elegans">Gila elegans</species_scientific> ), <species_scientific name="Gila chub">Gila chub</species_scientific> ( <species_scientific name="Gila intermedia">Gila intermedia</species_scientific> ), humpback chub ( <species_scientific name="Gila cypha">Gila cypha</species_scientific> ), Colorado pikeminnow ( <species_scientific name="Ptychocheilus lucius">Ptychocheilus lucius</species_scientific> ), Quitobaquito pupfish ( <species_scientific name="Cyprinodon eremus">Cyprinodon eremus</species_scientific> ), Virgin River chub ( <species_scientific name="Gila seminuda">Gila seminuda</species_scientific> ), woundfin ( <species_scientific name="Plagopterus argentissimus">Plagopterus argentissimus</species_scientific> ),Yaqui chub ( <species_scientific name="Gila purpurea">Gila purpurea</species_scientific> ), Yaqui topminnow ( <species_scientific name="Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis">Poeciliopsis occidentalis sonoriensis</species_scientific> ), California condor ( <species_scientific name="Gymnogyps californianus">Gymnogyps californianus</species_scientific> ), thick-billed parrot ( <species_scientific name="Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha">Rhynchopsitta pachyrhyncha</species_scientific> ), black-footed ferret ( <species_scientific name="Mustela nigripes">Mustela nigripes</species_scientific> ), southwestern willow flycatcher ( <species_scientific name="Empidonax traillii extimus">Empidonax traillii extimus</species_scientific> ), jaguar ( <species_scientific name="Pathera onca">Pathera onca</species_scientific> ), ocelot ( <species_scientific name="Leopardus pardalis">Leopardus pardalis</species_scientific> ), desert pupfish ( <species_scientific name="Cyprinodon macularius">Cyprinodon macularius</species_scientific> ), Sonoran tiger salamander ( <species_scientific name="Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi">Ambystoma tigrinum stebbinsi</species_scientific> ), <applicant>Mount Graham</applicant> red squirrel ( <species_scientific name="Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis">Tamiasciurus hudsonicus grahamensis</species_scientific> ), razorback sucker ( <species_scientific name="Xyrauchen texanus">Xyrauchen texanus</species_scientific> ), <species_scientific name="Gila topminnow">Gila topminnow</species_scientific> ( <species_scientific name="Poeciliopsis occidentalis">Poeciliopsis occidentalis</species_scientific> ), and Hualapai Mexican vole ( <species_scientific name="Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis">Microtus mexicanus hualpaiensis</species_scientific> ).</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-25446A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Gerald Monks</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2404049" type="Town" name="Flagstaff, AZ, US">Flagstaff, Arizona</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for southwestern willow flycatcher ( <species_scientific name="Empidonax trailii extimus">Empidonax trailii extimus</species_scientific> ) and Yuma clapper rail ( <species_scientific name="Rallus longirostris yumanensis">Rallus longirostris yumanensis</species_scientific> ) within <research_location woeId="2347561" type="State" name="Arizona, US">Arizona</research_location>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-217655</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Rachel Barlow</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2444640" type="Town" name="Manchaca, TX, US">Manchaca, Texas</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys for golden-cheeked warbler ( <species_scientific name="Dendroica chrysoparia">Dendroica chrysoparia</species_scientific> ) and black-capped vireo ( <species_scientific name="Vireo atricapilla">Vireo atricapilla</species_scientific> ) within <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-25609A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>The Peregrine Fund</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2366355" type="Town" name="Boise, ID, US">Boise, Idaho</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes for the California condor ( <species_scientific name="Gymnogyps californianus">Gymnogyps californianus</species_scientific> ). The applicant intends to captive breed, conduct genetic research, and reintroduce the species to the wild within <research_location woeId="2347563" type="State" name="California, US">California</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347561" type="State" name="Arizona, US">Arizona</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347603" type="State" name="Utah, US">Utah</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347587" type="State" name="Nevada, US">Nevada</research_location>, <research_location woeId="2347590" type="State" name="New Mexico, US">New Mexico</research_location>, and <research_location woeId="2347571" type="State" name="Idaho, US">Idaho</research_location>.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-820085</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>The Nature Conservancy</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2487796" type="Town" name="San Antonio, TX, US">San Antonio, Texas</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests an amendment to a current permit for research and recovery purposes to transport, handle, salvage, and collect seeds of the following rare plants: Star cactus ( <species_scientific name="Astrophytum asterius">Astrophytum asterius</species_scientific> ), Johnston's frankenia ( <species_scientific name="Frankenia johnstonii">Frankenia johnstonii</species_scientific> ), south Texas ambrosia ( <species_scientific name="Ambrosia cheiranthifolia">Ambrosia cheiranthifolia</species_scientific> ), Texas ayenia ( <species_scientific name="Ayenia limitaris">Ayenia limitaris</species_scientific> ), black-laced cactus ( <species_scientific name="Echinocereus reichenbachii">Echinocereus reichenbachii</species_scientific> var . albertii ), <species_scientific name="Zapata bladderpod">Zapata bladderpod</species_scientific> ( <species_scientific name="Physaria">Physaria</species_scientific> thanmophilia ), Walker's manihot ( <species_scientific name="Manihot walkerae">Manihot walkerae</species_scientific> ), and ashy dogwood ( <species_scientific name="Thymophylla tephroleuca">Thymophylla tephroleuca</species_scientific> ), including propagation and repatriation activities on private and Federal lands in <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>, including The Nature Conservancy's Las Estrellas Preserve.</p>
<p type="2">Permit TE-25736A</p>
<p type="4">Applicant: <applicant>Regina Overath</applicant>, <applicant_location woeId="2385304" type="Town" name="Corpus Christi, TX, US">Corpus Christi, Texas</applicant_location>.</p>
<p type="1">Applicant requests a new permit for research and recovery purposes to conduct presence/absence surveys and collect leaf tissue and seeds from the following endangered plants: South Texas ambrosia ( <species_scientific name="Ambrosia cheiranthifolia">Ambrosia cheiranthifolia</species_scientific> ), slender rush-pea ( <species_scientific name="Hoffmannseggia tenella">Hoffmannseggia tenella</species_scientific> ), and black lace cactus ( <species_scientific name="Echinocereus reichenbachii var.albertii">Echinocereus reichenbachii var. albertii</species_scientific> ) within <research_location woeId="2347602" type="State" name="Texas, US">Texas</research_location>.</p>
<p type="0">Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.</p>
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