[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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