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Friday, April 9, 2010
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Kemmerer Ranger District, BridgerTeton National Forest, Wyoming
Kemmerer Grazing and Rangeland
Vegetation Management Project
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of intent to prepare an
environmental impact statement.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
SUMMARY: The Hood/Willamette
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
will meet on Friday, April 23, 2010. The
meeting is scheduled to begin at 9:30
a.m. and will conclude at approximately
12:30 p.m. The meeting will be held at
Salem Office of the Bureau of Land
Management Office; 1717 Fabry Road
SE; Salem, Oregon; (503) 375–5646. The
tentative agenda includes: (1) Election
of chairperson; (2) Decision on overhead
rate for 2011 projects; (3) Presentation of
2011 Projects; and (4) Public Forum.
The Public Forum is tentatively
scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. Time
allotted for individual presentations
will be limited to 4–5 minutes. Written
comments are encouraged, particularly
if the material cannot be presented
within the time limits for the Public
Forum. Written comments may be
submitted prior to the April meeting by
sending them to Connie Athman at the
address given below.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
more information regarding this
meeting, contact Connie Athman; Mt.
Hood National Forest; 16400 Champion
Way; Sandy, Oregon 97055; (503) 668–
1672.
Dated: April 2, 2010.
Bill Westbrook,
Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor.
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SUMMARY: The Bridger-Teton National
Forest will prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement to analyze the effects
of continued authorization of grazing on
16 sheep allotments on the Kemmerer
Ranger District in southwest Wyoming.
The first Notice of Intent to prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
was published in the Federal Register
on 11/17/2008 (Volume 73, #222, pages
67835–67836) and included 15 grazing
allotments. This Notice of Intent is
revised from the original to include the
addition of the Porcupine allotment to
the proposed project area. The project
area encompasses 176,828 acres of
National Forest System lands within
Lincoln County of western Wyoming.
Most of the project area’s east boundary
is west of Commissary Ridge; the west
boundary is Salt Creek. The center of
the project area lies roughly 17 air miles
northeast of Cokeville, Wyoming. The
allotments included in the analysis are:
Porcupine, Lower Salt Creek, Buckskin
Knoll, Lake Alice, Smiths Fork, Aspen
Springs, Basin Creek, Devil’s Hole, Elk
Creek, Green Knoll, Indian Creek, Lake
Mountain, Pole Creek, Sams Allen
Creek, South Fontenelle and Spruce
Creek Allotments.
The analysis contained in the EIS will
be used by the Responsible Official to
decide whether or not, and if so, how
to authorize livestock grazing and
manage rangeland vegetation within the
project area.
DATES: Comments concerning the scope
of the analysis were solicited in the 11/
17/2008 Notice of Intent. All comments
that were received during the previous
analysis period are being considered in
the current analysis. The Draft EIS is
expected in May of 2010 and the Final
EIS is expected in September of 2010.
ADDRESSES: District Ranger, Kemmerer
Ranger District, Kemmerer Ranger
District, Bridger-Teton National Forest,
308 U.S. Highway 189 North,
Kemmerer, WY 83101. Send electronic
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subject line put only ‘‘Kemmerer
Grazing Allotments.’’
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Aimee Cameron, Rangeland
Management Specialist, Kemmerer
Ranger District, 308 U.S. Highway 189
North, Kemmerer, WY, 83101 (307–828–
5115), amieecameron@fs.fed.us.
Individuals who use telecommunication
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the
Federal Information Relay Service
(FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 8
a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern Time, Monday
through Friday.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Purpose and Need for Action
The purpose of this analysis is to
determine if continued livestock grazing
is appropriate within the project area. If
livestock grazing is re-authorized then
the adaptive management strategies
under which grazing would be managed
to maintain or achieve desired
conditions and meet Forest Plan
objectives. Desired conditions are
defined by the Bridger Teton Land and
Resource Management Plan, Forest
Service Manual, and applicable laws.
This effort is undertaken to comply with
the 1995 Rescissions Act (Pub. L. 104–
19).
Proposed Action
The proposed action is to continue to
authorize livestock grazing on 16
allotments within the project area with
updated livestock grazing and rangeland
vegetation management direction.
Resource desired conditions are
identified. Grazing practices addressing
frequency of grazing and of rest from
grazing will be guided by the amount
and diversity of vegetation given the
capability of soils, as well as indicators
of soil quality such as amount of ground
cover, sign of active erosion and healing
of headcuts. Other Best Management
Practices addressing the timing,
duration, and in specific settings the
intensity, of use are identified. Adaptive
management is part of the proposed
action. Identified are: criteria to guide
management, pre-determined optional
courses of action used to make adaptive
changes in management over time, and
the focused monitoring which provides
the basis for adjusting management to
attain desired resource conditions. One
last element of rangeland vegetation
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delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The Hood/Willamette Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will
meet on Friday, April 23, 2010. The meeting is scheduled to begin at
9:30 a.m. and will conclude at approximately 12:30 p.m. The meeting
will be held at Salem Office of the Bureau of Land Management Office;
1717 Fabry Road SE; Salem, Oregon; (503) 375-5646. The tentative agenda
includes: (1) Election of chairperson; (2) Decision on overhead rate
for 2011 projects; (3) Presentation of 2011 Projects; and (4) Public
Forum.
The Public Forum is tentatively scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m.
Time allotted for individual presentations will be limited to 4-5
minutes. Written comments are encouraged, particularly if the material
cannot be presented within the time limits for the Public Forum.
Written comments may be submitted prior to the April meeting by sending
them to Connie Athman at the address given below.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For more information regarding this
meeting, contact Connie Athman; Mt. Hood National Forest; 16400
Champion Way; Sandy, Oregon 97055; (503) 668-1672.
Dated: April 2, 2010.
Bill Westbrook,
Acting Deputy Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2010-7989 Filed 4-8-10; 8:45 am]
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