[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 9, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52907-52908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-25946]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service


National Forest System Timber Sale Program Meeting

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Forest Service will host a meeting at the Kimball 
Conference Center, October 30-31, 1996, to generate ideas for a new 
project to identify and evaluate innovative ways of improving how 
national forest timber is sold. At the meeting, agency personnel will 
outline issues relevant to the project and encourage an open dialogue 
among attendees concerning their individual views on enhancing the 
efficiency and administrative flexibility of the agency's timber sale 
program.

DATES: The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. October 30-
31, 1996. Written comments from those not in attendance must be 
received by December 20, 1996.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Kimball Conference Center, 
1400 16th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036. Comments or questions 
concerning this meeting and requests for a summary of the meeting 
should be directed to Cliff Hickman, Meeting Coordinator, Timber 
Management Staff, USDA Forest Service, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 
20090-6090; via Internet at Hickman__Cliff/[email protected]; via the Forest 
Service home page at www.fs.fed.us; or by calling (202) 205-1162.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Cliff Hickman, Meeting Coordinator, Timber Management Staff, (202) 205-
1162.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The sale of timber on National Forest System 
land helps meet the nation's demand for wood; achieves important 
stewardship

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objectives requiring vegetative manipulation; and provides posts, 
poles, and other forest products to individuals for their own use. The 
Forest Service manages timber and other vegetation on 191.6 million 
acres in the National Forest System. The changing nature of the timber 
program under ecosystem management, the persistent rise in timber 
program unit costs, and changing national and regional priorities have 
given rise to the need to explore new and innovative ways to achieve 
national forest timber-related vegetative management goals.
    The Forest Service has scheduled an October meeting to gather ideas 
for improving the efficiency and administrative flexibility of the 
national forest timber sale program. To ensure that a broad array of 
interested parties are represented in the deliberations, there will be 
a number of invited participants. Other individuals interested in the 
meeting will be accommodated up to the limitations of the available 
space.
    Anyone unable to attend the meeting may submit written comment to 
the agency's meeting coordinator named in this notice. To facilitate 
this process, a meeting summary will be available by November 20, 1996, 
and may be obtained by contacting the meeting coordinator.

    Dated: October 3, 1996.
David G. Unger,
Associate Chief.
[FR Doc. 96-25946 Filed 10-8-96; 8:45 am]
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