03-15850. Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY:

The Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee will meet in Ketchikan, Alaska, July 24, 2003 and August 21, 2003. The purpose of these meetings is to provide orientation to Advisory Committee members, and to discuss potential projects under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000.

DATES:

The meetings will be held July 24, 2003 and August 21, 2003.

ADDRESSES:

The meetings will be held at the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center Learning Center (back entrance), 50 Main Street, Ketchikan, Alaska. Send written comments to Ketchikan Resource Advisory Committee, c/o District Ranger, USDA Forest Service, 3031 Tongass Ave., Ketchikan, AK 99901, or electronically to [e-mail].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jerry Ingersoll, District Ranger, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The meetings are open to the public. Committee discussion is limited to Forest Service staff and Committee members. However, persons who wish to bring matters to the attention of the Committee may file written statements with the Committee staff before or after the meeting. Public input sessions will be provided and individuals who made written requests by July 23 and August 20, respectively, will have the opportunity to address the Committee at those sessions.

Dated: June 17, 2003.

Thomas Puchlerz,

Forest Supervisor.