[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 243 (Monday, December 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 71103]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-32832]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Western Washington Cascades Provincial 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 January 19, 2000, at the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest 
Headquarters, 21905 64th Avenue West, in Mountlake Terrace, WA. The 
meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until about 4:00 p.m. 
Agenda items to be covered focus around orientation and education 
regarding the Finney Adoptive Management Area (AMA) and include: (1) 
Issues and opportunities, (2) agency needs, (3) Chinook Salmon and Bull 
Trout recovery, (4) monitoring processes, and (5) demographics. The 
meeting will also include a segment of time set aside to discuss other 
relevant issues such as recent court rulings, the status of the new 
planning regulations, the status of the national roads policy 
processes, and the status of the roadless area issue.
    The Provincial Advisory Committee provides advice regarding 
ecosystem management for federal lands within the Western Washington 
Cascades Province, as well as advice and recommendations to promote 
better integration of forest management activities among federal and 
non-federal entities. The Advisory Committee is a key element of 
implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this 
meeting to Penny Sundblad, Province Liaison, USDA Forest Service, Mt. 
Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mt. Baker Ranger District, 2105 State 
Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, Washington 98284 (360-856-5700, Extension 
321).

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. appendix)

    Dated: December 14, 1999.
Terry DeGrow,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 99-32832 Filed 12-17-99; 8:45 am]
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