[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28839-28840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13862]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Western Washington Cascades Province Interagency Executive 
Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Western Washington Cascades PIEC Advisory Committee will 
meet on June 13, 1997 at the Whitehorse Grange, State Highway 530 at 
Sweede Heaven Road, six miles west of Darrington, Washington. The 
meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until about 3:00 p.m. 
Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Formal introduction of new 
members, and a review and discussion of Committee operating procedures 
and ground rules; (2) discussion of the Finney Adaptive Management Area 
and related resource and management issues; (3) updates on the Mt. 
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest timber program, monitoring, 
cooperative ecosystem management, fisheries, and recreation management; 
(4) tentative agenda and topics for August field trip and meeting; (5) 
other topics as appropriate; and, (6) open public forum. A field trip 
for Advisory Committee members will take place the previous day, 
Thursday, May 12, 1997. Members will tour portion of the Finney 
Adaptive Management Area and nearby areas on the Darrington Ranger 
District. The trip will commence about 8:30 a.m. at the Darrington 
Ranger District Office, 1405 Emmons St., in Darrington, Washington, and 
end at the District Office about 5:00 p.m. The purpose of the trip is 
to familiarize Advisory Committee members with the Finney Adaptive 
Management Area, including location, land, resources, historical 
context, planning situation, and the socioeconomic and communities 
setting. All Western Washington Cascades Province Advisory Committee 
meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encourage to 
attend. Interested citizens are also welcome to joint he June 12 field 
trip; however, they must provide their own transportation.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this 
meeting to Chris Hansen-Murray, Province Liaison, USDA, Mt. Baker-
Snoqualmie National Forest, 21905 64th Avenue

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West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 98043, 206-744-3276.

    Dated: May 21, 1997.
Dennis E. Bschor,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 97-13862 Filed 5-27-97; 8:45 am]
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