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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management, States of Oregon and Washington
[OR-015-94-4410-02; G4-047]

 

Eastside Ecosystem Management Strategy, Pacific Northwest Region

AGENCIES: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact 
statement.

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SUMMARY: At the time the original Federal Register and local media 
announcements of our Notice of Intent were published (February 1, 1994, 
59 FR 4680), the geographic area to be addressed in this environmental 
impact statement (EIS) had not been completely identified. The 
geographic area to be included in the analysis for the EIS has now been 
decided by the Oregon/Washington Bureau of Land Management (BLM) State 
Director and Forest Service Regional Forester. It will include all land 
east of the crest of the Cascade Mountains in the States of Oregon and 
Washington managed by the Forest Service and the BLM. The areas being 
added include lands managed by the BLM within the Vale, Lakeview, and 
Burns Districts in portions of Malheur, Harney, and Lake Counties in 
southeast Oregon. The subject BLM managed lands are covered by the 
Northern Malheur, Southern Malheur, Andrews, High Desert, and Warner 
Lakes Management Framework Plans, all of which may be amended or 
revised to incorporate the new ecosystem management strategy and 
rangeland reform standards and guidelines. The entire BLM Prineville 
District area in north central Oregon and all portions of the Baker 
Resource Area in northeastern Oregon will also be addressed in the EIS.
    It has also been decided to hold additional public meetings 
throughout this area for the purposes of identifying public issues. 
These scoping meetings will be held in the following locations:


May 23, 1994

Walla Walla, Washington

May 24, 1994

Bend, Oregon, John Day, Oregon, Wenatchee, Washington

May 25, 1994

Lakeview, Oregon, Burns, Oregon, Okanogan, Washington

May 26, 1994

Klamath Falls, Oregon, Vale, Oregon, Colville, Washington

May 31, 1994

Spokane, Washington, La Grande, Oregon

June 1, 1994

Portland, Oregon, Yakima, Washington

June 2, 1994

Seattle, Washington


    Specific locations for the meetings within these communities will 
be published in local newspapers of record. All meetings start at 7 
p.m. PDT except the one in Vale, OR which starts at 7 p.m. MDT.

DATES: It is important for comments to be postmarked by July 2, 1994 to 
be considered in the formulation of alternatives in this environmental 
impact statement.

ADDRESSES: Send written comments concerning issues to be addressed in 
this EIS to Eastside Ecosystem Management Project, Attn: Scoping, 122 
East Poplar Street, Walla Walla, Washington 99362.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
George R. Pozzuto, EIS Team Leader, 122 East Poplar Street, Walla 
Walla, Washington 99362, phone (509) 522-4030.

    Dated: May 17, 1994.
Nancy Graybeal,
Deputy Regional Forester.

Robert D. Rheiner, Jr.,
Associate State Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 94-12485 Filed 5-20-94; 8:45 am]
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