Billing Code 4333–15
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
[FWS–HQ–OC–2024–N061; FXGO16600926000–256–FF09X60000]
Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council Meeting
AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of virtual meeting.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) gives notice of a virtual
meeting of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (Council), in accordance with
the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: Meeting: The Council will meet on Tuesday, December 17, 2024, from 3 p.m.
to 5 p.m. (eastern time).
Registration: Registration to attend or participate in the meeting is required. The
registration deadline is Tuesday, December 10, 2024. To register, please contact the
Designated Federal Officer (DFO) (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT).
Public Comment: If you wish to provide oral public comment or provide a written
comment for the Council to consider, contact the DFO (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT) no later than Tuesday, December 10, 2024.
Accessibility and Other Accommodations: The deadline for accommodation
requests is Tuesday, December 10, 2024. For more information, please see “Requests for
Accommodations,” below.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held via a virtual meeting platform. To register and receive

the web address and telephone number for virtual participation, contact the DFO (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Douglas Hobbs, DFO, by email at

doug_hobbs@fws.gov, or by telephone at 703–358–2336. Individuals in the United States
who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY,
TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the
United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make
international calls to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Under the authority of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. chapter
10), the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council (Council) was established to further
the provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.), the Federal
Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (43 U.S.C. 1701–1785), the National Wildlife
Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997 (16 U.S.C. 668dd–ee), other statutes applicable
to specific Department of the Interior bureaus, and Executive Order 13443 of August 16,
2007, “Facilitation of Hunting Heritage and Wildlife Conservation” (72 FR 46537,
August 20, 2007). The Council’s purpose is to provide recommendations to the Federal
Government, through the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture,
regarding policies and endeavors that (a) benefit wildlife resources; (b) encourage
partnership among the public, sporting conservation organizations, and Federal, State,
Tribal, and territorial governments; and (c) benefit fair-chase recreational hunting and
safe recreational shooting sports.
Meeting Agenda
Among other business to be addressed by the Council, the meeting will include a
review and discussion of all Council recommendations made since December 2023.
The Council will also hear public comment if members of the public make such
requests. The final agenda and other related meeting information will be available on the
Council website, https://www.fws.gov/program/hwcc.

Public Input
Depending on the number of people who want to comment and the time available,
the amount of time for individual oral comments may be limited. Interested parties should
contact the DFO in writing (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) for
placement on the public speaker list for this meeting. Requests to address the Council
during the meeting will be accommodated in the order the requests are received.
Registered speakers who wish to expand upon their oral statements, or those who had
wished to speak but could not be accommodated on the agenda, may submit written
statements to the DFO up to 30 days following the meeting.
Requests for Accommodations
Please make requests in advance for sign language interpreter services, assistive
listening devices, language translation services, or other reasonable accommodations.
We ask that you contact the DFO in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT section of this notice by December 10, 2024, to give the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service sufficient time to process your request. All reasonable accommodation
requests are managed on a case-by-case basis.
Public Disclosure
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal
identifying information on any comments you might have about this notice, 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.
Authority
5 U.S.C. ch. 10.
Lesli Gray,
Assistant Director,

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[FR Doc. 2024-28056 Filed: 11/27/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 11/29/2024]