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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Malheur, Umatilla, and WallowaWhitman National Forests; Oregon and
Washington; Revision of Land
Management Plan for the Blue
Mountains Forests
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate the
assessment phase of the land
management plan revision for the
Malheur, Umatilla, and WallowaWhitman National Forests.
AGENCY:
The Forest Service, U.S.
Department of Agriculture, is initiating
the Land Management Plan revision
process for the Malheur, Umatilla, and
Wallowa-Whitman National Forests
(Blue Mountains Forests), located in
northeast Oregon and southeast
Washington. This process will result in
three revised Land Management Plans to
guide all resource management
activities on the Blue Mountains Forests
for approximately fifteen years. This
notice announces the initiation of the
assessment phase, the preliminary stage
of the plan revision process.
Assessments will identify and consider
relevant and readily accessible material
about ecological, social, and economic
conditions and trends in the planning
area, including best available scientific
information. Findings will be
documented in an assessment report.
Trends and conditions identified in the
assessment will help describe a need to
change the existing plans and inform
SUMMARY:
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the revision of the three Land
Management Plans.
DATES: The public will be invited to
review the draft assessment and
participate in this phase of the revision
in the fall of 2023. Engagement
opportunities will be posted on the Blue
Mountains Forest Plan Revision
website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/
umatilla/home/?cid=fseprd1066821.
Consultation with the Tribes will also
be conducted as part of the assessment
phase of the revision. Information will
be shared through mailing lists, social
media, and other media outlets. The
draft assessment is anticipated for
public review and comment in fall 2023
and will be announced in the
newspapers of record for the Malheur,
Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman
National Forests. The Forest Service
will review and incorporate public
comments and additional information
from tribal consultation on the draft
assessment and produce a final
assessment to inform plan revision. The
Forest Service may then initiate
procedures pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to
prepare revised Land Management
Plans.
ADDRESSES: For questions about Land
Management Plan revision or comments
on initiating the assessment phase of
plan revision, please address mail to:
Umatilla National Forest, Attn: Darcy
Weseman—Blues Forest Plan Revision,
72510 Coyote Rd., Pendleton, OR 97801
or via email to sm.fs.bluesforests@
usda.gov. The majority of the revision
team is located at the Umatilla National
Forest Headquarters (72510 Coyote Rd.,
Pendleton, OR 97801); however, all
three locations can provide information
as requested: Malheur National Forest
located at 431 Patterson Bridge Rd.,
John Day, OR 97845 and WallowaWhitman National Forest located at
1550 Dewey Avenue, Suite A, Baker
City, Oregon 97814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Neuenschwander, Revision
Team Leader at
michael.neuenschwander@usda.gov or
by phone 509–703–7525. Individuals
who use telecommunication devices for
the deaf and hard of hearing (TDD) may
call the Federal Information Relay
Service (FIRS) at 800–877–8339, 24
hours a day, every day of the year,
including holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
National Forest Management Act
(NFMA) of 1976 requires that the Forest
Service develop a Land Management
Plan (Plan), for every national forest.
Each National Forest and Grassland in
the United States is governed by a Plan
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in accordance with the NFMA. Plans set
desired conditions, standards, and
guidelines for management, protection,
and use of the Forest.
The Malheur, Umatilla, and WallowaWhitman Land Management Plans
provide management direction for
approximately 5.5 million acres of
public lands and working forests under
Forest Service management in
northeastern Oregon and southeastern
Washington. The Forest Service began
efforts to revise the Plans in 2004, with
the goal of replacing the existing Plans
that took effect in 1990. Updating the
Land Management Plans is important
for providing a framework to address
current economic, social, and ecological
conditions in and around the Blue
Mountains area. Multiple uses provided
by the National Forest, including
livestock grazing, timber harvest, forest
recreation, tourism, and subsistence
activities, are all important to economic
and social life in the Blue Mountains
area. The Forest Service previously
attempted to revise the Blue Mountains
Land Management Plans with a highly
contentious planning effort that
spanned 15 years. Ultimately, the Forest
Service withdrew the Blue Mountains
Revised Land Management Plans and
Final Environmental Impact Statement
in March 2019, before the plans were
finalized and implemented. Afterward,
Forest Service leadership from the
Pacific Northwest Regional Office and
the Malheur, Umatilla, and WallowaWhitman National Forests met with the
Eastern Oregon Counties Association to
better understand concerns and identify
opportunities to approach forest
planning and management in a new
way. The participants recognized the
need to work together at a larger scale,
which included working with other
government entities within and
surrounding the Blue Mountains
geographic area that were most
impacted by the Plans. The various
government entities officially formed
the Blues Intergovernmental Council
(BIC) in November 2019, to develop
joint recommendations on the most
contentious issues identified in the Blue
Mountains Land Management Plan
Revision process. These
recommendations will serve as a
baseline to be further informed by
public engagement, as well as tribal and
agency consultation, throughout the
plan revision process.
The Forest Service is reinitiating Land
Management Plan revision under the
2012 planning rule, which will include
robust external engagement
opportunities throughout the entire
process. Using the 2012 planning rule,
each Forest Supervisor will sign a
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separate decision for their respective
National Forest’s revised Plan. This
approach enhances opportunities for
local engagement and contributions
because the decisions will be made at
the local level.
This notice announces the start of the
first stage of the process, during which
updated information from the public,
Tribes, other government agencies, and
non-governmental parties will be
compiled into an assessment.
Information relevant to the assessment
includes the status and trends of
ecological, social, and economic
conditions within the planning area and
across the broader landscape. The
planning rule requires the responsible
official to identify and evaluate existing
conditions and trends for 15 topic areas
during the assessment (36 CFR 219.6(b);
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/
chapter-II/part-219/subpart-A/section219.6).
During this assessment phase, the
Forest Service invites other government
agencies, Tribes, non-governmental
parties, and the public to share
information about social, economic, and
environmental conditions of the Blue
Mountains Forests and the broader
landscape. Existing information about
conditions of the three National Forests,
supplemented with information
gathered through public engagement
and tribal consultation, will be
integrated into final resource
assessments. The Forest Service will
host public outreach forums to share
progress and gather additional
information. To have a successful public
participation process, the Forest Service
will incorporate methods and tools that
provide a spectrum of opportunities for
the public to engage throughout the
Land Management Plan Revision
process. The Forest Service will
implement actions that foster
community building and are
transparent, timely, inclusive,
interactive, respectful, and efficient. The
resulting Blue Mountains National
Forests’ Plans will provide for
ecosystem services and multiple uses
through sustainable, integrated resource
management.
Responsible Officials: There will be
three responsible officials, one for each
forest. The responsible official for the
Land Management Plans are Ann
Niesen, Malheur Forest Supervisor; Eric
Watrud, Umatilla Forest Supervisor; and
Shaun McKinney Wallowa-Whitman
Forest Supervisor.
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Dated: July 26, 2023.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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or (434) 515–2395.
Any
interested member of the public may
attend this committee meeting. An open
comment period will be provided to
allow members of the public to make a
statement as time allows. Per the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, public
minutes of the meeting will include a
list of persons who are present at the
meeting. To request accommodations,
please email Liliana Schiller, Support
Services Specialist, at lschiller@
usccr.gov at least 10 business days prior
to the meeting.
Members of the public are entitled to
submit written comments; the
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regional office within 30 days following
the meeting. Written comments may be
emailed to Kayla Fajota at kfajota@
usccr.gov. Persons who desire
additional information may contact the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit at
(312) 353–8311.
Records generated from this meeting
may be inspected and reproduced at the
Regional Programs Coordination Unit,
as they become available, both before
and after the meeting. Records of the
meeting will be available via
www.facadatabase.gov under the
Commission on Civil Rights, Guam
Advisory Committee link. Persons
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contact the Regional Programs
Coordination Unit at lschiller@
usccr.gov.
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II. Introductory Remarks
III. Public Comment
IV. Committee Discussion
V. Next Steps
VI. Adjournment
Dated: July 25, 2023.
David Mussatt,
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests; Oregon
and Washington; Revision of Land Management Plan for the Blue Mountains
Forests
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate the assessment phase of the land
management plan revision for the Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman
National Forests.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
initiating the Land Management Plan revision process for the Malheur,
Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests (Blue Mountains
Forests), located in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington. This
process will result in three revised Land Management Plans to guide all
resource management activities on the Blue Mountains Forests for
approximately fifteen years. This notice announces the initiation of
the assessment phase, the preliminary stage of the plan revision
process. Assessments will identify and consider relevant and readily
accessible material about ecological, social, and economic conditions
and trends in the planning area, including best available scientific
information. Findings will be documented in an assessment report.
Trends and conditions identified in the assessment will help describe a
need to change the existing plans and inform
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the revision of the three Land Management Plans.
DATES: The public will be invited to review the draft assessment and
participate in this phase of the revision in the fall of 2023.
Engagement opportunities will be posted on the Blue Mountains Forest
Plan Revision website: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/umatilla/home/?cid=fseprd1066821. Consultation with the Tribes will also be conducted
as part of the assessment phase of the revision. Information will be
shared through mailing lists, social media, and other media outlets.
The draft assessment is anticipated for public review and comment in
fall 2023 and will be announced in the newspapers of record for the
Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests. The Forest
Service will review and incorporate public comments and additional
information from tribal consultation on the draft assessment and
produce a final assessment to inform plan revision. The Forest Service
may then initiate procedures pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare revised Land Management Plans.
ADDRESSES: For questions about Land Management Plan revision or
comments on initiating the assessment phase of plan revision, please
address mail to: Umatilla National Forest, Attn: Darcy Weseman--Blues
Forest Plan Revision, 72510 Coyote Rd., Pendleton, OR 97801 or via
email to [email protected]. The majority of the revision team
is located at the Umatilla National Forest Headquarters (72510 Coyote
Rd., Pendleton, OR 97801); however, all three locations can provide
information as requested: Malheur National Forest located at 431
Patterson Bridge Rd., John Day, OR 97845 and Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest located at 1550 Dewey Avenue, Suite A, Baker City, Oregon 97814.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Neuenschwander, Revision Team
Leader at [email protected] or by phone 509-703-7525.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf and hard of
hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at
800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of
1976 requires that the Forest Service develop a Land Management Plan
(Plan), for every national forest. Each National Forest and Grassland
in the United States is governed by a Plan in accordance with the NFMA.
Plans set desired conditions, standards, and guidelines for management,
protection, and use of the Forest.
The Malheur, Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman Land Management Plans
provide management direction for approximately 5.5 million acres of
public lands and working forests under Forest Service management in
northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington. The Forest Service
began efforts to revise the Plans in 2004, with the goal of replacing
the existing Plans that took effect in 1990. Updating the Land
Management Plans is important for providing a framework to address
current economic, social, and ecological conditions in and around the
Blue Mountains area. Multiple uses provided by the National Forest,
including livestock grazing, timber harvest, forest recreation,
tourism, and subsistence activities, are all important to economic and
social life in the Blue Mountains area. The Forest Service previously
attempted to revise the Blue Mountains Land Management Plans with a
highly contentious planning effort that spanned 15 years. Ultimately,
the Forest Service withdrew the Blue Mountains Revised Land Management
Plans and Final Environmental Impact Statement in March 2019, before
the plans were finalized and implemented. Afterward, Forest Service
leadership from the Pacific Northwest Regional Office and the Malheur,
Umatilla, and Wallowa-Whitman National Forests met with the Eastern
Oregon Counties Association to better understand concerns and identify
opportunities to approach forest planning and management in a new way.
The participants recognized the need to work together at a larger
scale, which included working with other government entities within and
surrounding the Blue Mountains geographic area that were most impacted
by the Plans. The various government entities officially formed the
Blues Intergovernmental Council (BIC) in November 2019, to develop
joint recommendations on the most contentious issues identified in the
Blue Mountains Land Management Plan Revision process. These
recommendations will serve as a baseline to be further informed by
public engagement, as well as tribal and agency consultation,
throughout the plan revision process.
The Forest Service is reinitiating Land Management Plan revision
under the 2012 planning rule, which will include robust external
engagement opportunities throughout the entire process. Using the 2012
planning rule, each Forest Supervisor will sign a separate decision for
their respective National Forest's revised Plan. This approach enhances
opportunities for local engagement and contributions because the
decisions will be made at the local level.
This notice announces the start of the first stage of the process,
during which updated information from the public, Tribes, other
government agencies, and non-governmental parties will be compiled into
an assessment. Information relevant to the assessment includes the
status and trends of ecological, social, and economic conditions within
the planning area and across the broader landscape. The planning rule
requires the responsible official to identify and evaluate existing
conditions and trends for 15 topic areas during the assessment (36 CFR
219.6(b); https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-36/chapter-II/part-219/subpart-A/section-219.6).
During this assessment phase, the Forest Service invites other
government agencies, Tribes, non-governmental parties, and the public
to share information about social, economic, and environmental
conditions of the Blue Mountains Forests and the broader landscape.
Existing information about conditions of the three National Forests,
supplemented with information gathered through public engagement and
tribal consultation, will be integrated into final resource
assessments. The Forest Service will host public outreach forums to
share progress and gather additional information. To have a successful
public participation process, the Forest Service will incorporate
methods and tools that provide a spectrum of opportunities for the
public to engage throughout the Land Management Plan Revision process.
The Forest Service will implement actions that foster community
building and are transparent, timely, inclusive, interactive,
respectful, and efficient. The resulting Blue Mountains National
Forests' Plans will provide for ecosystem services and multiple uses
through sustainable, integrated resource management.
Responsible Officials: There will be three responsible officials,
one for each forest. The responsible official for the Land Management
Plans are Ann Niesen, Malheur Forest Supervisor; Eric Watrud, Umatilla
Forest Supervisor; and Shaun McKinney Wallowa-Whitman Forest
Supervisor.
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Dated: July 26, 2023.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2023-16162 Filed 7-28-23; 8:45 am]
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