Boundary Establishment for Wildcat National Wild and Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Carroll County, New Hampshire State, 19805 [E8-7559]

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All comments will also become a matter of public record. National Forest, 719 North Main Street, Laconia, New Hampshire 03246. A detailed legal description is available upon request. Additional information may be obtained by contacting Holly Jewkes, White Mountain National Forest, 33 Kancamagus Highway, Conway, New Hampshire, (603)447–5448, or via e-mail at hjewkes@fs.fed.us. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended, (Pub. L. 100–554 of October 1988) designated the Wildcat River, New Hampshire, as a National Wild and Scenic River, to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture. As specified by law, the boundary will not be effective until ninety days after Congress receives the transmittal. Done in Washington, DC, this 7th day of April 2008. Kevin Shea, Acting Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. [FR Doc. E8–7755 Filed 4–10–08; 8:45 am] DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District; Deschutes National Forest; Oregon; EXF Thinning, Fuels Reduction, and Research Project EIS Forest Service, USDA. Notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement. AGENCY: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ACTION: Forest Service Boundary Establishment for Wildcat National Wild and Scenic River, White Mountain National Forest, Carroll County, New Hampshire State Forest Service, USDA. Notice of availability. AGENCY: mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, is transmitting the final boundary of the Wildcat National Wild and Scenic River to Congress. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requires that each federally administered river in the National System have a legally established boundary. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Wildcat Wild and Scenic River boundary is available for review at the following offices: USDA Forest Service, Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20024; USDA Forest Service Eastern Region, 626 East Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202; and, White Mountain VerDate Aug<31>2005 19:21 Apr 10, 2008 Jkt 214001 BILLING CODE 3410–11–M Forest Service BILLING CODE 3410–34–P ACTION: Dated: April 3, 2008. Thomas G. Wagner, Forest Supervisor, White Mountain National Forest. [FR Doc. E8–7559 Filed 4–10–08; 8:45 am] SUMMARY: The USDA, Forest Service, will prepare an environmental impact statement (ETS) on a proposed action to address forest health and hazardous fuels concerns as well as facilitating research within the 3,535-acre planning area known as the Lookout Mountain Unit of the Pringle Falls Experimental Forest. The planning area is located about 30 miles southwest of Bend, Oregon; it is located in Township 20 South, Range 9 East, and Township 21 South, Range 9 East. The alternatives will include the proposed action, no action, and additional alternatives that respond to issues generated through the scoping process. The agency will give notice of the full environmental analysis and decision making process so interested and affected people may participate and contribute to the final decision. DATES: Comments concerning the scope of the analysis must be received by 30 days following the date that this notice appears in the Federal Register. ADDRESSES: Send written comments to Phil Cruz, District Ranger, Bend/Ft. PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 19805 Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE 3rd St., Suite A–262, Bend, OR 97701. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth Peer, Environmental Coordinator, Bend/ Ft. Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE 3 St., Suite A–262, Bend, Oregon, 97701, phone (541) 383–4769. E-mail bpeer@fs.fed.us. Responsible Official. The responsible official will be John Allen, Forest Supervisor, Deschutes National Forest, P.O. Box 1645 Hwy 20 East, Bend, OR 97701. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose and Need. Forest and scientific studies being conducted in the experimental forest are threatened by wildfire and forest health problems. This important site could be lost if stand densities are not reduced. The proposed action is needed to reduce stand density to lower susceptibility to catastrophic loss to insects, disease, or fire, as well as to protect the long-term studies and future research opportunities represented by the residual stand and create new stand structures as a requirement for the new studies. Treatment is needed to: • Reduce stand density and ground fuels in a buffer surrounding the Levelsof Growing-Stock Study and surrounding the Ponderosa Pine-Grand Fir Spacing Study to prevent loss from insects and wildfire. • Reduce stand density and ground fuels in stands belonging to ponderosa pine and mixed conifer plant associations dominated by ponderosa pine to maintain high growth rates and reduce susceptibility to insect infestation. • Reduce stand density and ground fuels in mixed conifer stands that include mountain hemlock to reduce the risk of wildfire moving downslope into ponderosa pine stands. • Provide operational scale research opportunities through a series of thinning and fuel reduction treatments applied across the landscape that facilitate studies of the interaction of climate change and vegetation dynamics, fire ecology of giant chinquapin, processes for converting even-aged stands to uneven-aged stands, and the effect of stand manipulation on wind patterns and wind residual tree blowdown. • Protect and enhance future research opportunities. The proposed activities provide a platform for a suite of new studies that address the Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station’s goals for climate change and vegetation dynamics research. Scientists at the PNW Research Station have identified E:\FR\FM\11APN1.SGM 11APN1

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[FR Doc No: E8-7559]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Boundary Establishment for Wildcat National Wild and Scenic 
River, White Mountain National Forest, Carroll County, New Hampshire 
State

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 3(b) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act, the USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, is transmitting the 
final boundary of the Wildcat National Wild and Scenic River to 
Congress. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act requires that each federally 
administered river in the National System have a legally established 
boundary.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Wildcat Wild and Scenic River 
boundary is available for review at the following offices: USDA Forest 
Service, Wilderness & Wild and Scenic Rivers, 1400 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20024; USDA Forest Service Eastern Region, 626 East 
Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53202; and, White Mountain 
National Forest, 719 North Main Street, Laconia, New Hampshire 03246. A 
detailed legal description is available upon request.
    Additional information may be obtained by contacting Holly Jewkes, 
White Mountain National Forest, 33 Kancamagus Highway, Conway, New 
Hampshire, (603)447-5448, or via e-mail at hjewkes@fs.fed.us.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, as amended, 
(Pub. L. 100-554 of October 1988) designated the Wildcat River, New 
Hampshire, as a National Wild and Scenic River, to be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture. As specified by law, the boundary will 
not be effective until ninety days after Congress receives the 
transmittal.

    Dated: April 3, 2008.
Thomas G. Wagner,
Forest Supervisor, White Mountain National Forest.
[FR Doc. E8-7559 Filed 4-10-08; 8:45 am]
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