[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 12534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5498]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


Ecosystem Management Workshop Planning Group

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The Ecosystem Management Workshop Planning Group, composed of 
only federal members, will have its first meeting in Washington, DC, on 
March 17, 1995, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Planning Group wishes to 
solicit public input from interested individuals for the planning and 
implementation of a proposed ecosystem management workshop. The 
workshop is being designed to bring together technical, social, 
economic, and policy experts to develop the framework for the 
sustainable use of natural resources. The actual date of the workshop 
``Developing a National Framework for Ecosystem Management'' has yet to 
be decided, but is proposed to be held between October 1 and December 
15, 1995. Participation in the workshop planning process is open to the 
public. Persons who wish to participate can do so by attending a 
Planning Group meeting or by filing written statements with the 
Executive Secretary of the Planning Group before or after each Planning 
Group meeting.

DATES: The Ecosystem Management Workshop Planning Group will meet 
Friday, March 17, and Friday, March 24, and every other Friday after 
March 24, 1995, until the workshop is held.

ADDRESSES: Each meeting will be held at the office of the Forest 
Service's International Forestry Staff, Franklin Court Building, Suite 
5500-W, 1099 14th Street NW., Washington, DC.
    Send written comments to Robert C. Szaro, Executive Secretary, 
Ecosystem Management Workshop Planning Group, USDA Forest Service, 
Research Staff, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:For information about this notice 
contact Robert C. Szaro, telephone: (202) 205-1697.
    Please call (202) 205-0884 prior to each Planning Group meeting for 
confirmation of meeting time and for additional information about the 
meetings.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Forest Service is seeking public input 
in the areas of: Scientific consensus regarding the specific components 
of ecosystem management; the relationship of ecosystem management to 
sustaining ecosystems and maintaining biological diversity; the past, 
present, and future relationships of people to ecosystems; and issues 
related to implementing ecosystem management.
    Goals for the workshop include establishing a scientific foundation 
for ecosystem management and developing definitive recommendations for 
its implementation.
    The second meeting of the Ecosystem Management Workshop Planning 
Group will be held on March 24, 1995. Successive meetings will be held 
on every other Friday thereafter until the workshop is held.

    Dated: March 1, 1995.
Jack Ward Thomas,
Chief.
[FR Doc. 95-5498 Filed 3-6-95; 8:45 am]
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