[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 22 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 6551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2538]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force; Meeting

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, this notice 
announces a meeting of the Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, 
established under the authority of the Klamath River Basin Fishery 
Resources Restoration Act. The meeting is open to the public.

DATES: The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force will meet from 8 
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 1995, and from 8 a.m. to 
12:30 p.m. on Friday, February 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Eagle House Hotel, 2nd and C 
Streets, Eureka, California 95501.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dr. Ronald A. Iverson, Project Leader, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
P.O. Box 1006 (1215 South Main, Suite 212), Yreka, California 96097-
1006, telephone (916) 842-5763.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The principal agenda items at this meeting 
will be: Review a final DRAFT of a restoration plan amendment which 
will expand the Klamath Restoration program into the upper Klamath 
Basin and initiate another round of public review, or, if a final DRAFT 
is not prepared, decide upon options to plan long-range fishery 
restoration in the upper Klamath Basin; decide how the Task Force can 
best make water allocation recommendations to the Bureau of Reclamation 
for the Klamath Project consistent with Klamath Restoration Act Goals; 
decide how carry over funds can be used for instream flow studies below 
Iron Gate Dam this year; consider a feasibility study to improve water 
quality, quantity, and timing of flows for fish habitat below Klamath 
River reservoirs to improve downstream fish habitat; recommend an 
approach to the 1995 mid term evaluation of the Klamath Restoration 
Program; consider an award to recognize agriculture/private lands 
cooperative efforts in the restoration of Klamath anadromous fish runs; 
review recommendations regarding minimizing the impacts of Iron Gate 
hatchery fish on natural stocks; review Technical Team progress towards 
recommended measures which may prevent listing of Klamath River Spring 
Chinook under the Endangered Species Act.
    For background information on the Task Force, please refer to the 
notice of their initial meeting that appeared in the Federal Register 
on July 8, 1987 (52 FR 25639).

    Dated: January 26, 1995.
Thomas Dwyer,
Acting Regional Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
[FR Doc. 95-2538 Filed 2-1-95; 8:45 am]
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