# Endangered Species Permit Applications
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of receipt of permit applications.
**SUMMARY:**
The following applicants have applied for a scientific research permit to conduct certain activities with endangered species pursuant to section 10(a)(1)(A) of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ).
**Permit No. TE-040748**
*Applicant:* Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The applicant requests a permit to take black-footed ferrets ( *Mustela nigripes* ), and Wyoming toads ( *Bufo hemiophrys baxteri* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' ranges for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Aaron R. Ellingson, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
The applicant requests a permit to take Uncompahgre fritillary butterflies ( *Boloria acrocnema* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* William Wyatt Hoback, University of Nebraska, Kearney, Nebraska.
The applicant requests a permit to take American burying beetles ( *Nicrophorus americanus* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Kevin R. Bestgen, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
The applicant requests a permit to take Colorado pikeminnows ( *Ptychocheilus lucius* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Greystone Environmental Consultants, Inc., Lakewood, Colorado.
The applicant requests a permit to take Southwestern willow flycatchers ( *Empidonax traillii extimus* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Clay Richard Davis, Midwestern State University, Wichita Falls, Texas.
The applicant requests a permit to take black-footed ferrets ( *Mustela nigripes* ), and gray bats ( *Myotis grisescens* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Hank Guarisco, Guariscocorp Inc., Lawrence, Kansas.
The applicant requests a permit to take American burying beetles ( *Nicrophorus americanus* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
*Applicant:* Ronald J. Kass, Intermountain Ecosystems, Springville, Utah.
The applicant requests a permit to take Southwestern willow flycatchers ( *Empidonax traillii extimus* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purpose of enhancing its survival and recovery.
**DATES:**
Written comments on these requests for permits must be received on or before July 16, 2001.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written data or comments should be submitted to the Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486; facsimile 303-236-0027.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Documents and other information submitted with these applications are available for review, subject to the requirements of the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act, by any party who submits a written request for a copy of such documents within 20 days of the date of publication of this notice to the address above; telephone 303-236-7400.
Dated: June 6, 2001.
Ralph O. Morgenweck,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.