[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 107 (Friday, June 2, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 35389]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13794]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-330-1820-DH-014B]


Headwaters Forest Reserve, California

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management in Partnership with California 
Department of Fish and Game.

ACTION: Notice of preparation.

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SUMMARY: This Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS)/Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the adoption of a 
Management Plan for the Headwaters Forest Reserve in the northcoast 
area of California is the result of the acquisition of the property by 
the U.S. Department of the Interior and the State of California by 
purchase in March 1999. The Federal legislation creating the Reserve 
prescribes management issues that the plan must address (1997 Interior 
Appropriations Bill). Land and resource management alternatives will be 
formulated to address the required issues in different ways that are 
consistent with the preservation of ecological integrity and other 
policy direction specified in the legislation. The ``no action'' 
alternative will consist of continuation of the current interim 
management strategy, established in 1999.

DATES: Three public meetings are scheduled to solicit public input for 
plan implementation and to impact the assessment of planning 
alternatives:
    Eureka, California: June 13, 2000 at the Eureka Inn, 518 7th 
Street, Eureka, California; San Francisco, California: June 20, 2000 at 
Fort Mason, Landmark Building A, San Francisco, California; Sacramento, 
California: June 22, 2000 at the Scottish Rite Memorial Center, 6151 H 
Street, Sacramento, California.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Various management alternatives would affect 
environmental conditions in and adjacent to the Reserve in different 
ways. Environmental resources that could be impacted include forest 
ecosystem species, structure, and function; habitat for threatened and 
endangered species including marbled murrelet, northern spotted owl, 
coho salmon, chinook salmon and steelhead; water quality; fire hazard; 
and conditions on adjoining properties, including access, roads, and 
fire management. An internet web page describes in detail the scope of 
the proposed plan and provides background information on the Headwaters 
Forest Reserve. The web page contains instructions for submitting 
scoping comments, and coding of comments by subject is requested. The 
internet address of the web site of www.ca.blm.gov/arcata/headwaters.html. The deadline for submitting comments is Monday, July 
3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karen Kovacs, California Department of 
Fish and Game, 707-441-5789 or the Headwaters Forest Reserve Management 
Plan Information Line, 916-737-3010, extension 4326. Email comments 
should be sent to [email protected], or comment letters should be 
mailed to P.O. Box 189445, Sacramento, California 95818-9445.

Lynda J. Roush,
Arcata Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 00-13794 Filed 6-1-00; 8:45 am]
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