[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 39292]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19473]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


North Country National Scenic Trail; Notice of Intent

SUMMARY: A public planning process has been initiated to consider a 
change in the route of the North Country National Scenic Trail in the 
State of Minnesota. Specifically, the feasibility of rerouting the 
trail through the State's Arrowhead Region will be investigated. If 
found to be feasible, the 1982 Comprehensive Plan for Management and 
Use, will be amended. The planning process will identify and map a 
specific ``corridor of opportunity'' within which public and private 
partners working to establish and manage the trail will work to secure 
lands on which the actual footpath can be constructed. This will 
require the cooperation of willing landowners. Lands may be secured by 
outright purchase, easement, lease, or voluntary use agreements. This 
planning process will produce a plan that will serve as an amendment to 
the 1982 North Country, Comprehensive Plan for Management and Use.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Superintendent Tom Gilbert, Ice Age, North Country, and Lewis and Clark 
National Trails, 700 Rayovac Drive, Suite 100, Madison, Wisconsin 
53711; 608-264-5610.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In March 1980, Federal legislation 
authorized the establishment of the North Country National Scenic Trail 
(NST) as a component of the National Trails System (16 U.S.C. 1241 et 
seq.). The trail will extend approximately 4,200 miles across seven 
northern States: New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, 
Minnesota, and North Dakota. Approximately 1,484 miles are completed 
and open to public use. A comprehensive management plan, published in 
September 1982, identified a general route for the trail.

    Dated: July 9, 1998.
William W. Schenk,
Regional Director, Midwest Region.
[FR Doc. 98-19473 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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