[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-4917]
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[Federal Register: March 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Task Force; Meeting
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Task Force will conduct a
series of meetings with the public in Hawaii between March 28 and 31,
1994. These sessions have been scheduled on Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui,
and Hawaii to try to reach a broad range of community members. During
these sessions, Task Force members will be inviting the public to share
their ideas, concerns, and recommendations to help manage, protect, and
use the tropical forests of Hawaii. The Task Force will also discuss
relevant topics and review the position papers of the six working
groups which drafted recommendations on Hawaii's Tropical Forests. All
sessions are open to the public. Field trips will last approximately 4
hours. The public must provide their own transportation on the field
trips and should bring rain gear and boots. A detailed meeting agenda
is available on request
The Task Force is composed of 12 members, including the
Administrator of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, State of
Hawaii, and 11 others appointed by the Governor of Hawaii and the
Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior.
DATES: Meetings will be held on March 28, 1994, on the island of Kauai.
On March 29, 1994, concurrent sessions will be held on the islands of
Molokai, Maui, and Hawaii. On March 30 and 31, 1994, meetings will also
be held on the island of Oahu.
ADDRESSES: On March 28, on Kauai, a field trip will depart at 8:30 a.m.
from the Kokee Museum Parking Lot located along Waimea Canyon Drive. A
Task Force business meeting will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the
Niihau Room at the Kauai Resort Hotel located at 3-5920 Kuhio Highway
in Kapaa. An open house will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Kauai
Resort Hotel's Alii Room.
On March 29, on Molokai, a field trip will depart at 9:30 a.m. from
the Homelani Cemetery at the beginning of the forestry road (a four-
wheel drive vehicle is required). An open house will be held between 6
p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Kaunakakai School's Cafetorium located along Hwy
460, East Kaunakakai
On March 29, on Maui, a field trip will depart at 11 a.m. from the
Kahului Department of Land and Natural Resources Baseyard (DLNR)
located at 685 Haleakala Highway. An open house will be held between 6
p.m. and 8 p.m. at the Mauiwaena Intermediate School's Cafetorium
located at 795 Onehee Avenue in Kahului.
On March 29, on the island of Hawaii, a field trip will depart at
9:45 a.m. from Kona (Captain Cook) at the Greenwell Park parking lot
located across from Manago Hotel. An open house will be held between 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. in Kona at the Old Kona Airport located off Kuakini
Highway, and between 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in Hilo in the Moku'ola #2 Room
at the Hilo Hawaiian Hotel located at 71 Banyan Drive.
On March 30, on Oahu, a field trip will depart at 11 a.m. from the
Makiki Forestry Baseyard located at 2135 Makiki Heights Drive. An open
house will be held between 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Paki Hale located at
3840 Paki Avenue.
On March 31, on Oahu, the concluding Task Force business meeting
will be held between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Ala Wai Golf Clubhouse,
Second Floor, Diamond Head Room, located at 404 Kapahulu Avenue.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jan Lerum, Coordinator, Hawaii Tropical Forest Recovery Task Force,
1151 Punchbowl Street, room 323, Honolulu, HI 96813, Telephone: (808)
541-2628, FAX (808) 528-0556; after March 14, 1994: (808) 522-8230, FAX
(808) 522-8236.
Dated: February 24, 1994.
Michael T. Rains,
Acting Deputy Chief, State and Private Forestry.
[FR Doc. 94-4917 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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