[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 17083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8503]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Proposed National Natural Landmark Designation for 
Garden Canyon at Fort Huachuca, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of proposed National Natural Landmark designation.

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SUMMARY: The National Park Service has evaluated and determined that 
Garden Canyon, located within Fort Huachuca, Cochise County, Arizona, 
meets the criteria for national significance and proposes to designate 
it a National Natural Landmark. The public is invited to comment on 
this proposed action.

DATES: Written comments will be accepted until June 9, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should be sent to Margi Brooks, National 
Natural Landmarks Program Coordinator, National Park Service, 1415 N. 
Sixth Ave., Tucson, Arizona, 85705, or to her Internet address: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Margi Brooks at 520-670-6501 extension 
232.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Garden Canyon represents the best example of 
Madrean montane evergreen woodland, Madrean montane conifer forest, and 
semi-desert grassland in the Mohave-Sonoran desert region. This unique 
assemblage of biotic communities harbors many subtropical species at 
the northern edges of their range. The relative absence of livestock 
grazing, coupled with a relatively natural fire regime, has contributed 
to the retention of ecosystems in Garden Canyon that are representative 
of pre-settlement conditions. Information on the National Natural 
Landmarks Program can be found in 36 CFR Part 62 or on the Internet at 
http://www1.nature.nps.gov/nnl/index.htm.

    Dated: February 27, 2003.
Margaret A. Brooks,
National Natural Landmarks Program Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-8503 Filed 4-7-03; 8:45 am]
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