# Receipt of Application of Endangered Species Recovery Permits
**AGENCY:**
Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
**ACTION:**
Notice of availability.
**SUMMARY:**
We announce our receipt of an application to conduct certain activities pertaining to scientific research and enhancement of survival of endangered species.
**DATES:**
Written comments on this request for a permit must be received June 30, 2003.
**ADDRESSES:**
Written data or comments should be submitted to the Assistant Regional Director-Ecological Services, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, PO Box 25486, Denver Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225-0486; telephone 303-236-7400, facsimile 303-236-0027.
**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**
Documents and other information submitted with this application 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.
**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**
The following applicant has requested issuance of a scientific research and enhancement of survival 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.* ).
**TE-070027**
*Applicant:* Renae Held, Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
The applicant requests a permit to take Interior least terns ( *Sterna antillarum athalassos* ) and piping plovers ( *Charadrius melodus* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' ranges for the purpose of enhancing their survival and recovery.
**TE-071662**
*Applicant:* Fred Lindzey, Laramie, Wyoming.
The applicant requests a permit to take Wyoming toads ( *Bufo baxteri* ) in conjunction with recovery activities throughout the species' range for the purposes of enhancing their survival and recovery.
Dated: April 22, 2003.
John A. Blankenship,
Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.