96-11707. Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 92 (Friday, May 10, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21475-21476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-11707]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force Meeting

AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (5 U.S.C. App. I), this notice announces a meeting of the Klamath 
River Basin Fisheries Task Force, established under the authority of 
the Klamath River Basin Fishery Resources Restoration Act (16 U.S.C. 
460ss et seq.) The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force will meet on June 
4, 1996 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on June 5, 1996 from 8:00 a.m. 
to 3:00 p.m.

PLACE: The meeting will be held at the Humboldt State University, 
Department of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Building, Room No. 
101, Arcata, California 95521.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader, 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 12006 (1215 South Main), 
Yreka, California 96097-1006, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The principal agenda items at this meeting 
will be to review the draft request for proposals to conduct a mid-
point program review of the Klamath River Fishery Restoration Program; 
a decision on adopting a draft Upper Basin Amendment to the Long Range 
Plan for the Klamath River Basin Conservation Area Fisheries 
Restoration (KR) Program; a decision on revising the Request for KR 
Program Proposals and proposal ranking procedures; and a discussion on 
recommendations to improve hatchery management to minimize hatchery 
versus wild salmon and steelhead interactions.
    For background information on the Klamath River Basin Fisheries 
Task Force, please refer to the notice of their initial meeting that 
appeared in the Federal Register on July 8, 1987 (52 FR 25639).


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    Dated: May 3, 1996.
Thomas Dwyer,
Regional Director.
[FR Doc. 96-11707 Filed 5-9-96; 8:45 am]
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