97-19894. Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 145 (Tuesday, July 29, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 40540]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[MT-020-1060-00]


Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Montana, Miles City District, 
Billings Resource Area, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Billings Resource Area of the Miles City District will 
host a public hearing on the use of helicopters for the wild horse 
gather operation in the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range. The meeting 
will be held at the Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area Visitor 
Center, in Lovell, Wyoming, on Thursday, August 14, 1997 at 7 p.m. 
Following the hearing, a general meeting to discuss the proposed gather 
operation will be held. The proposed removal operation is scheduled to 
begin no earlier than October 1, 1997.

DATES: Written comments on the proposal should be submitted to the 
address below by August 15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Billings Resource Area, 
Linda Coates-Markle, 810 East Main, Billings, Montana 59105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Linda Coates-Markle, Wild Horse and 
Burro Specialist, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Draft Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range Wild 
Horse Removal Plan was completed July 14, 1997 and is available for 
public review. Copies may be obtained from the above address.

    Dated: July 22, 1997.
Janet L. Edmonds,
Acting District Manager.

[FR Doc. 97-19894 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45 am]
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