[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 14878]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6297]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


McCache Vegetation Management Environmental Assessment, Deschutes 
National Forest, Deschutes County, Oregon

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of Availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Assessment for the McCache Vegetation 
Management project is available for review and comment. This project 
analyzes 15,000 acres of National Forest lands within a Late-
Successional Reserve that have been heavily impacted by drought and 
insects. The objective of the project is to determine future options 
for reducing the high risk of severe wildfire, and how best to restore 
habitat. The project would also amend visual quality standards in the 
Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The 
McCache Vegetation Management project area is located about 5 miles 
west of Sisters, Oregon.
    The Environmental Assessment is available upon request for the 
Sisters Ranger District, P.O. Box 249, Sisters, Oregon, 97759; at the 
Deschutes National Forest Supervisor's Office, 1645 Highway 20 East, 
Bend, Oregon; and at the Deschutes National Forest website at 
www.fs.fed.us/r6/deschutes.
    Written comments should be addressed to William Anthony, District 
Ranger, P.O. Box 249, Sisters, OR 97759. Comments can also be sent by 
email to [email protected]. Written or oral comments should include 
your name, address, and telephone number. Please include the title of 
the document; specific facts or comments, and supporting reasons for 
your comments.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Please submit comments within 30 days following 
publication of the legal notice of availability in the Nugget 
newspaper, Sisters, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information, contact Kris 
Martinson, Sisters Ranger District, P.O. Box 249, Sisters, Oregon, 
97759, or phone (541) 549-7730.

    Dated: March 2, 2001.
Leslie A.C. Weldon,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 01-6297 Filed 3-13-01; 8:45 am]
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