[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 32133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14953]



Forest Service


Inland Native Fish Strategy

AGENCY: Notice of public hearings on the Inland Native Fish Strategy 
environmental assessment.

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SUMMARY: In the March 14, 1995, Federal Register (Vol. 60, No. 49, pp. 
13697-13698), notice was given that the Forest Service, in cooperation 
with the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 
is gathering information in order to prepare an Environmental 
Assessment (EA) for a proposal to protect habitat and populations of 
native inland fish.
    This EA addresses National Forest System lands on the Bitterroot, 
Boise, Caribou, Challis, Clearwater, Colville, Deerlodge, Deschutes, 
Flathead, Fremont, Helena, Humboldt, Idaho Panhandle, Kootenai, Lolo, 
Malheur, Ochoco, Okanogan, Payette, Sawtooth, Wallowa-Whitman, and 
Winema National Forests in the Northern, Intermountain, and Pacific 
Northwest Regions.

    The Environmental Assessment has been completed and sent to the 
public for a 30-day review and comment period. These comments will be 
considered in reaching a decision.

    Public hearings will be conducted to allow the public ample 
opportunity to comment on the proposal. Hearings are scheduled at the 
following locations:

June 26, 1995, Bend, Oregon, River House Inn (North/Middle Sister 
Rooms), 3075 North Highway 97

June 27, 1995, Twin Falls, Idaho, AmeriTel Inn (Blue Lakes Room), 1377 
Blue Lakes Blvd. N.

June 28, 1995, Helena, Montana, Park Plaza (Rimini Room), 22 N. Last 
Chance Gulch

June 29, 1995, Spokane, Washington, Holiday Inn (Hawthorne Room), W. 
4212 Sunset Blvd.

    Each of the hearings will begin at 4:00 p.m. local time. Speakers 
are required to sign up, and will be given a maximum of 5 minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions about the public hearings 
should be directed to Laird Robinson, Public Affairs Officer for the 
Inland Native Fish Strategy, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 7669, 
Missoula, Montana, 59807. Phone: (406) 329-3434.

    The responsible officials for this Environmental Assessment are the 
Regional Foresters for the Intermountain, Northern, and Pacific 
Northwest Regions. They will make a decision regarding this proposal 
considering the comments and responses, environmental consequences 
discussed in the Environmental Assessment, and applicable laws, 
regulations, and policies. The decision and reasons for the decision 
will be documented in a Decision Notice. The Decision Notice is 
expected to be available in late July, 1995.
    Dated: June 9, 1995.
David J. Wright,
Inland Native Fish Team Leader, USDA Forest Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14953 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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