[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 15535]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8244]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, Minnesota and Wisconsin
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Implementation of Saint Croix National Scenic River interim
camping management program.
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SUMMARY: The National Park Service, Saint Croix National Scenic
Riverway, will, over the next 3 years, update its 1993 Camping
Management Plan and program to bring it into compliance with National
Park Service policy and regulations. This interim program will parallel
the Lower Saint Croix Riverway Cooperative Management Plan and Upper
Saint Croix Riverway General Management Plan planning processes. No
action will be taken that is not in keeping with the general direction
of the planning process or that cannot be changed.
Current direction for implementing the riverway's camping
management program is provided in the Riverway's Lower Riverway Master
Plan (February 1976), Upper Riverway Master Plan (August 1976), River
Use Management Plan (1992), National Park Service Management Policies
(1988), and Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. The National Park
Service will continue to manage camping along the Upper Riverway
consistent with current practices, including limiting camping on
Federal lands to designated sites and landings north of Nevers Dam
(mile 63). In addition to the above camping requirements, the National
Park Service will immediately begin to actively manage camping along
the Lower Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway between Saint Croix
Falls, Wisconsin/Taylors Falls, Minnesota (mile 53) to the north city
limits of Stillwater (mile 25) and may begin action on that section of
the Upper Saint Croix Riverway from Saint Croix Falls/Taylors Falls
north to Nevers Dam (mile 63). Management actions will include the
increased enforcement of existing rules and regulations and the
development of a ``designated site'' camping program. This year's
proposed actions will be published in final in the Saint Croix National
Scenic Riverway Superintendent's Compendium later this spring.
In addition, the National Park Service is seeking citizen
volunteers to assist in revising, updating, and implementing its
interim and long range Camping Management Plan and program. Assistance
is sought in identifying, developing, and maintaining sites, as well as
assistance in general river shoreline clean-up. Any interested
individuals should contact the Superintendent at the address listed
below.
A copy of the proposed designation/zoning program for 1997 may be
requested by contacting the Superintendent at the address provided
below. Authority for the Superintendent to take action is found in 36
CFR 2.10 Camping and Food Storage and 36 CFR 2.14 Sanitation and
Refuse.
DATES: The Superintendent, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, will
accept comments regarding camping and overnight use on the Saint Croix
National Scenic Riverway until May 1, 1997.
ADDRESSES: Copies of the Superintendent's Compendium will be available
for public review on May 7, 1997 at the following locations:
Superintendent's Office, Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, 401
Hamilton Street, St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin; Lower Saint Croix National
Scenic Riverway Stillwater Visitor Center, 117 Main Street, Stillwater,
Minnesota; Upper Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway Marshland Visitor
Center, Highway 70, Grantsburg, Wisconsin; and the Upper Saint Croix
National Scenic Riverway Trego Visitor Center, Highway 63, Trego,
Wisconsin.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Superintendent Anthony L. Andersen,
Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway, P.O. Box 708, St. Croix Falls,
Wisconsin 54024; telephone 715-483-3284, fax 715-483-3288, or e:mail
him SACN__ [email protected]
Dated: March 20, 1997.
David N. Given,
Deputy Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 97-8244 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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