[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 176 (Thursday, September 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24113]


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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 September 26, 1997 in North Bend, Washington (specific location 
yet to be determined). The meeting will begin about 12:45 p.m. and 
continue until about 3:30 p.m. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) 
Discussion of the Finney Adaptive Management Area planning process and 
the level of involvement in that process desired by the Advisory 
Committee; (2) update on the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest 
monitoring and evaluation strategy revision process; (3) tentative 
agenda and topics for November meeting; (4) other topics as 
appropriate; and, (5) open public forum. (To find out the specific 
location of the meeting, call the information contact listed at the end 
of this notice after Wednesday, September 17, 1997.)
    A field trip for Advisory Committee members will take place on 
Thursday, September 25, 1997, and Friday morning, September 26, 1997. 
Members will tour portions of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River 
watershed, and areas along the Interstate 90 corridor to the top of 
Snoqualmie Pass. The focus of the field trip will be recreation 
management issues under the 1990 Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest 
Plan, as amended by the 1994 Northwest Forest Plan Record of Decision. 
The trip will commence about 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 25, 1997, 
at the North Bend Ranger District Office, 42404 S.E. North Bend Way, in 
North Bend, Washington, and end on Friday, September 26, 1997, at the 
(yet to be determined) meeting location noted above about 11:45 a.m.
    All Western Washington Cascades Province Advisory Committee 
meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to 
attend. Interested citizens are also welcome to join the September 25-
26 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 West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 98043, 425-744-3276.

    Dated: September 5, 1997.
Mary E. Wells,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 97-24113 Filed 9-10-97; 8:45 am]
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