[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 151 (Monday, August 7, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40153-40154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19376]



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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Upper Columbia River Basin Ecosystem Management Strategy, 
Northern and Intermountain Regions; Upper Columbia River Basin 
Ecosystem Management Strategy, States of Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, 
and Nevada

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Bureau of Land Management, USDI.

ACTION: Revised notice of intent to prepare and environmental impact 
statement (EIS) and conduct planning activity which may amend Forest 
Service Regional Guides and will amend Forest Service and Bureau of 
Land Management land use plans.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management published a 
notice of intent to prepare an EIS and conduct planning activity in the 
Federal Register (Vol. 59, No. 234, pages 63071-63073) on December 7, 
1994. That notice of intent stated that the EIS will consider 
alternative strategies for management of National Forest System and 
BLM-administered lands and their effects in the entire Upper Columbia 
River Basin (UCRB). It is now necessary to revise that notice of intent 
in order to reflect a change in the scope of the EIS and planning.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gary Wyke or Cindy Deacon Williams, EIS team coleaders, 304 North 8th 
Street, Room 350, Boise, ID 83702, phone (208) 334-1770.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A portion of the UCRB is within the Greater 
Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The GYE is an area of common climatic, 
physical, biological, social, and economic factors that needs to be 
considered in its entirety. The Forest Service intends to provide 
direction for National Forest Service System lands within the GYE in an 
ecosystem context. Therefore, the Targhee National Forest and those 
portions of the Bridger-Teton and Caribou National Forests within the 
GYE will not be included in the alternate strategies for management nor 
in the record of decision for the UCRB.


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    Dated: July 24, 1995.
James Caswell,
Acting Deputy Regional Forester, Northern Region, USDA Forest Service.

    Dated: July 24, 1995.
Jack Blackwell,
Deputy Regional Forester, Intermountain Region, USDA Forest Service.

    Dated: July 24, 1995.
Martha Hahn,
State Director, Idaho, USDI Bureau of Land Management.

    Dated: July 24, 1995.
Larry Hamilton,
State Director, Montana, USDI Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 95-19376 Filed 8-4-95; 8:45 am]
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