Humboldt Resource Advisory Committee (RAC), 54297 [2010-21635]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
wwoods2 on DSK1DXX6B1PROD with NOTICES_PART 1
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 172 / Tuesday, September 7, 2010 / Notices
solitude or primitive and unconfined
types of recreational experiences.
To meet the requirements of the Act
and help the Forest Service enhance
visitors’ recreational experiences at the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness in Minnesota, Agency
scientists periodically monitor and
report, to managers and the public,
changes in visitor use and user
characteristics over time. Forest Service
personnel use the collected information
to mitigate the impact of visitors’
recreational activities on the natural
resources of the National Wilderness
Preservation System. The Agency
intends to record visitor responses for
comparison to similar surveys in 1969
and 1991 and to expand the scope of the
survey to include things that have
potentially influenced visits since 1991.
Potential influences include new
recreation fees, widespread natural
disturbances (e.g., fire and wind thrown
trees) and changes in Agency policies.
The data from this information
collection will be stored at the Aldo
Leopold Wilderness Research Institute
in Missoula, Montana. Scientists
working at the Research Institute will
conduct the data analysis.
The Forest Service will use
information from this collection to:
(1) Understand changes in:
a. Individual visitor demographics,
frequency of wilderness visits, and
residence, and
b. Changes in recreational visits such
as group size, difficulty in finding
campsites, evaluations of conditions
encountered, etc. since previous studies;
(2) Gain an understanding of how the
Agency’s management of the National
Wilderness Preservation System
influences a visitor’s wilderness
experience;
(3) Help understand how to educate
visitors, so they may enjoy their
wilderness experience without leaving
permanent reminders of their visits,
such as damaged vegetation, litter, and
polluted lakes and streams; and
(4) Provide information that will
assist in planning management direction
for many other wilderness areas
managed by the Forest Service.
Respondents will be visitors to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness. Forest Service or university
cooperator personnel will conduct faceto-face, on-site interviews with visitors
as they enter the System and will send
mail-back survey forms to visitors at
their homes, using addresses that
visitors voluntarily provide when
interviewed.
Interview questions will cover
number of visits, length of visits, and
VerDate Mar<15>2010
15:24 Sep 03, 2010
Jkt 220001
plans (if any) for future visits. Visitors
will be asked:
• Number of times they have visited,
length of visits, and plans (if any) for
future visits;
• If they are part of a group, and if so,
the size of the group;
• Whether they use equipment, such
as stoves, or use wood for fires while
visiting;
• Preferences for social conditions
(i.e. acceptance of crowded conditions
designed to limit negative effects to the
natural resources); and
• Ideas for reducing the burden of
information collected (i.e. suggestions
for distribution of permits and
collection of fees); and protecting
resources.
Data collected in this information
collection are not available from other
sources.
The Boundary Waters Canoe Area
Wilderness is one of four areas, in
different regions of the country, where
more than one study has occurred in the
past. The studies have sought to
understand how use and user
characteristics are changing. Periodic
evaluations of responses by visitors
about conditions and experiences,
contributes to a systematic effort to
understand the effects of management
policies and societal influences on
wilderness protection.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 20
minutes for each respondent.
Type of Respondents: Visitors to the
Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness
Area, Minnesota.
Estimated Annual Number of
Respondents: 500.
Estimated Annual Number of
Responses per Respondent: Once.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 167 hours.
Comment is invited on: (1) Whether
this collection of information is
necessary for the stated purposes and
the proper performance of the functions
of the Agency, including whether the
information will have practical or
scientific utility; (2) the accuracy of the
Agency’s estimate of the burden of the
collection of information, including the
validity of the methodology and
assumptions used; (3) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (4)
ways to minimize the burden of the
collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated, electronic, mechanical, or
other technological collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology.
All comments received in response to
this notice, including names and
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
54297
addresses when provided, will be a
matter of public record. Comments will
be summarized and included in the
request for Office of Management and
Budget approval.
Dated: August 31, 2010.
Carlos Rodriguez-Franco,
Acting Deputy Chief, Research and
Development.
[FR Doc. 2010–22173 Filed 9–3–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–P
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Humboldt Resource Advisory
Committee (RAC)
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Humboldt Resource
Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Eureka, California. The committee
meeting is authorized under the Secure
Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act (Pub. L. 110–343)
and in compliance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 21, 2010, from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m.
SUMMARY:
The meeting will be held at
the Six Rivers National Forest Office,
1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie
Ranieri, Committee Coordinator, at (707)
441–3673; e-mail jranieri@afs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
meeting is open to the public. The
agenda includes: finalizing the process
and timeline for soliciting project
proposals for funding under Title II of
the Act, review of the Project
Submission Form and RAC Website,
discussion on the voting process, and
public comment period.
ADDRESSES:
Dated: August 23, 2010.
Tyrone Kelley,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2010–21635 Filed 9–3–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410–11–M
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Tri-County Advisory Committee
Meeting
Forest Service, USDA.
Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Pursuant to the authorities in
the Federal Advisory Committee Act
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\07SEN1.SGM
07SEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 54297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-21635]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Humboldt Resource Advisory Committee (RAC)
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The Humboldt Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) will meet in
Eureka, California. The committee meeting is authorized under the
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act (Pub. L. 110-
343) and in compliance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act.
DATES: The meeting will be held September 21, 2010, from 5 p.m. to 7
p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Six Rivers National Forest
Office, 1330 Bayshore Way, Eureka, CA 95501.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Ranieri, Committee Coordinator,
at (707) 441-3673; e-mail jranieri@afs.fed.us.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The meeting is open to the public. The
agenda includes: finalizing the process and timeline for soliciting
project proposals for funding under Title II of the Act, review of the
Project Submission Form and RAC Website, discussion on the voting
process, and public comment period.
Dated: August 23, 2010.
Tyrone Kelley,
Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 2010-21635 Filed 9-3-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-M
