[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38916-38917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14724]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-339-04-1030-DR]


Notice of Availability of Record of Decision for the Headwaters 
Forest Reserve Resource Management Plan (RMP)/Environmental Impact 
Statement (EIS)

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act 
(NEPA), the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), the Bureau 
of Land Management (BLM) management policies and Public Law 105-83 
(Headwaters authorizing legislation), the BLM announces the 
availability of the RMP/ROD for the Headwaters Forest Reserve located 
in Humboldt County, Arcata, California. The California State Director 
will sign the RMP/ROD, which becomes effective immediately.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Headwaters Forest Reserve RMP/ROD are 
available upon request from the Field Manager, Arcata Field Office, 
Bureau of Land Management, at 1695 Heindon Road Arcata, California 
95521-4573 or via the Internet at www.ca.blm.gov/arcata.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dan Averill, at 1695 Heindon Road, 
Arcata, California 95521-4573, or phone number: 707-825-2300, or 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Headwaters Forest Reserve RMP/ROD was 
developed with broad public participation through a three (3)-year 
collaborative planning process. This RMP/ROD addresses management on 
approximately 7500 acres of public land in the planning area, which was 
acquired through Congressional designation in 1999 by the BLM and the 
State of California with the U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) 
acquiring fee title and the State of California acquiring a 
conservation easement over the property. These public lands, known as 
the Headwaters Forest Reserve, are managed to protect old-growth 
redwoods and the headwaters of two

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major stream systems. The Reserve provides critical habitat for several 
terrestrial and aquatic wildlife species including five species 
federally listed as threatened: Coho salmon, chinook salmon, steelhead 
trout, marbled murrelet (a threatened seabird) and the northern spotted 
owl.
    The RMP presents management goals and direction for long-term 
management of the Reserve. The plan addresses future management actions 
at the land-use plan, program, and site level and analyzes the extent 
and magnitude of several types of actions, such as watershed 
restoration, forest restoration, and development of limited recreation 
facilities, including a trail system allowing public access.
    The approved Headwaters Forest Reserve RMP consists of essentially 
the same array of selected alternatives that was identified in the 
Proposed Headwaters Forest Reserve RMP/Final Environmental Impact 
Statement (PRMP/FEIS), published in September 2003. BLM received 79 
protests to the PRMP/FEIS. No inconsistencies with State or local 
plans, policies, or programs were identified during the Governor's 
consistency review of the PRMP/FEIS and no editorial modifications were 
made in preparing the RMP/ROD.

Mike Pool,
California State Director.
[FR Doc. 04-14724 Filed 6-28-04; 8:45 am]
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