[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14657]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Western Washington Cascades Province Interagency Executive
Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Western Washington Casades PIEC Advisory Committee will
meet on June 19, 1998, at the Mt. Banker-Snoqualmie National Forest
Headquarters, 21905 64th Avenue West, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington.
The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until about 4:30 p.m.
Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Monitoring: national and
regional overview, sampling and statistical considerations, other
agency monitoring in the Province, site-specific monitoring as viewed
during the prior day's field trip (see below), and Fiscal Year 1998
implementation monitoring to be done during the summer as part of the
regional implementation monitoring program; (2) overview and status of
the proposed land exchange between the Forest Service and Plum Creek
Timber Company; (3)--update and status of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie
River Concept Design; (4) proposed listing of the Puget Sound chinook
salmon under the Endangered Species Act; (5) tentative agenda and
topics for a September field trip and meeting; (6) other topics as
appropriate; and, (7) open public forum.
A field trip for Advisory Committee members will take place on
Thursday, June 18, 1998. Members will tour thinning sites on the
Skyomish Ranger District in the Beckler River and Heybrook Ridge areas
where ecology plots have been established for monitoring purposes. The
trip will commence about 9:00 a.m. at the Skykomisk Ranger District
Office just east of Skykomish, Washington, on U.S. Highway 2 (74920
N.E. Stevens Pass Highway), and will finish around 4:30 p.m.
All Western Cascades Province Advisory Committee meetings are open
to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Interested
citizens are also welcome to join the June 18 field trip; however, they
must provide their own transportation (a high-clearance vehicle is
required; 2-wheel drive is sufficient).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct question regarding this meeting
to Chris Hansen-Murray, Province Liaison, USDA, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie
National Forest, 21905 64th Avenue West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington
98043, 425-744-4276.
Dated: May 28, 1998.
Terry L. Degrow,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 98-14657 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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