04-12217. South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Friday, June 18, 2004 at the Skamania County Courthouse Annex, 170 NW. Vancouver Avenue, Stevenson, Wash. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and continue until noon. The purpose of the meeting is to review ongoing Title II and III projects, committee structure and budgets under the county payments law under the Secure Rural Schools and County Self-Determination Act of 2000.

All South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. The “open forum” provides opportunity for the public to bring issues, concerns, and discussion topics to the Advisory Committee. The “open forum” is scheduled to occur at 10 a.m. Interested speakers will need to register prior to the open forum period. The committee welcomes the public's written comments on committee business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting to Roger Peterson, Public Affairs Specialist, at [phone], or write Forest Headquarters Office, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682.

Dated: May 24, 2004.

Claire Lavendel,

Forest Supervisor.