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7. In general, what is the percentage
of manure that stays on animal farms vs.
manure exported to other properties?
How far does manure generally travel
off the farm? How is it transported?
Does the distribution shown in the
‘‘Map of Manureshed Originating from
Animal Farms’’ reflect what you see in
your area?
8. Who are the main suppliers and
recipients of transported manure? How
do the suppliers and recipients know
each other? Is a broker or other
intermediary involved in manure
exchange? Have you ever heard about
the need to supply or receive more
manure without a recipient or supplier?
9. Is the market value of manure
correct? What creates the value,
recognizing this could be a negative
price for situations where there is a cost
for manure to be removed? Are there
ways to improve/create functional
manure markets? Does anyone have
plans to shift manure management to
participate in carbon markets?
10. What are the main types of
manure treatment and storage
technologies available? Are there
technical innovations (e.g., solid
separators, chemical amendments,
vermiculture, biochar, digesters) that
anyone is considering? What research is
needed on these? Is financing available?
11. Tell me about the role of
regulations. Which seem reasonable or
appropriate for maintaining
environmental health and social
wellbeing in your manureshed? Are
there any changes you would make to
these regulations to improve efficiency?
12. What are your pie-in-the-sky
nutrient recycling dreams? What would
your ideal form of manure nutrient
recycling look like if no barriers existed?
Without barriers, what spatial scale
would you operate at? For instance,
would the vision in the ‘‘Map of TransRegional Manuresheds’’ come into play?
[Prompt: Would that dream entail local
manure recycling or commercialization
of standardized manure nutrient
products or something else entirely?]
13. What type of information is
necessary for collaborative manureshed
management to be effective/possible? If
you want information on nutrient
management, who do you turn to?
The USDA–ARS Manureshed
Working Group will use focus group
results to design research that addresses
the knowledge gaps and opportunities
illuminated by practitioners on the
ground. For example, if focus groups in
a state reveal that land use change is a
major hindrance to successful
manureshed management, subsequent
research and extension in that state will
focus on that issue. If focus groups
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reveal that a lack of social relationships
between animal farmers with surplus
manure and crop farmers who could use
it, the ensuing research and extension
would focus thusly. This honing of
research, designed to support
practitioners, is impossible without
learning from practitioners directly.
Focus group results will also direct
extension activities in each state,
structuring future discussions among
the otherwise-disparate focus group
populations with an eye toward
advancing collaborative management
opportunities. This proposed work is a
form of ‘‘participatory action research’’
in which researchers and stakeholders
work together to examine an issue and
change it for more desired outcomes.
Jeffrey Silverstein,
Acting Associate Administrator, ARS.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the Ashley
National Forest Land Management
Plan
Forest Service, Agriculture
(USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised
land management plan for the Ashley
National Forest.
AGENCY:
Susan Eickhoff, the Forest
Supervisor for the Ashley National
Forest, Intermountain Region, signed
the final record of decision (ROD) for
the Ashley National Forest revised Land
Management Plan (LMP). The final ROD
documents the rationale for approving
the revised LMP and is consistent with
the Reviewing Officer’s responses to
objections and instructions.
DATES: The revised LMP for the Ashley
National Forest will become effective 30
days after the publication of this notice
of approval in the Federal Register (36
CFR 219.17(a)(1)).
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD, final
environmental impact statement (FEIS),
revised LMP, and other related
documents, please visit the Ashley
National Forest project page at: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/project/
?project=49606, or visit the Forest’s
planning website at: https://
www.fs.usda.gov/main/ashley/
landmanagement/planning.
A legal notice of approval is also
being published in the newspaper of
record, The Vernal Express (Vernal,
Utah). A copy of this legal notice will
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be posted on the Ashley National
Forest’s website described above.
Lars
Christensen, Collaboration Specialist,
Ashley National Forest; email
lars.christensen@usda.gov or call 435–
781–5126.
Individuals who use
telecommunication devices for the deaf
or hard of hearing (TDD) may call the
Federal Relay Service at 1–800–877–
8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the
year, including holidays. Written
requests for information may be sent to
Ashley National Forest, Attn: Ashley
National Forest Plan Revision, 355
North Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT 84078.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Ashley National Forest covers more
than 1.4 million acres across seven
counties in northeastern Utah and
southwestern Wyoming. The LMP was
developed pursuant to the 2012 Forest
Service Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and
will replace the 1986 LMP. The LMP
describes desired conditions, objectives,
standards, guidelines, and land
suitability for project and activity
decision-making and will guide all
resource management activities on the
Forest. The Ashley National Forest
plays an important role supporting and
partnering with communities in
northeastern Utah and southwestern
Wyoming by providing economic
benefits including fuelwood gathering,
livestock grazing, and abundant
recreational opportunities. The
development of the LMP was shaped by
the best available scientific information,
current laws, and public input.
The Ashley National Forest initiated
plan revision in 2016 and engaged the
public frequently throughout the
process. This engagement effort has
included conventional public meetings,
collaborative work sessions and
technical meetings, information sharing
via social media, and working with
cooperating agencies. The Forest invited
State, local, and Tribal governments,
and other Federal agencies from around
the region to participate in the process
to revise the LMP. The Forest engaged
in government-to-government
consultation with two Tribes during
LMP revision, ensuring tribal-related
plan direction accurately reflects the
Ashley National Forest’s trust
responsibilities and government-togovernment relationship with tribes. An
Ashley National Forest-Ute Indian
Tribal Task Force met regularly
throughout the plan revision effort.
During the 90-day comment period
November 2021 through February 2022
for the draft LMP and draft EIS, the
Ashley National Forest received 191
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comment letters which helped refine the
preferred alternative and augment plan
content based on response to comments.
A draft ROD, LMP, and FEIS were
released on April 19, 2023, initiating a
60-day objection filing period that
closed June 20, 2023. The Ashley
received 15 eligible objections, two of
which were for species of conservation
concern. Through a comprehensive
review of each objection, a variety of
issues were identified. Following the
objection review, the Reviewing Officer
held an objection resolution meeting
with objectors and interested persons.
Based on these meetings, the Reviewing
Officer for the LMP issued a written
response on November 14, 2023, and the
Reviewing Officer for species of
conservation concern issued a written
response on November 17, 2023. The
instructions from the Reviewing Officer
were addressed in the ROD, LMP, and
FEIS.
Responsible Officials
The Responsible Official for
approving the revised LMP is Susan
Eickhoff, Forest Supervisor, Ashley
National Forest. The Responsible
Official approving the list of species of
conservation concern is Mary
Farnsworth, Regional Forester,
Intermountain Region.
Dated: January 19, 2024.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest
System.
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[FR Doc No: 2024-01573]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Final Record of Decision for the Ashley National Forest Land
Management Plan
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of approval of the revised land management plan for the
Ashley National Forest.
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SUMMARY: Susan Eickhoff, the Forest Supervisor for the Ashley National
Forest, Intermountain Region, signed the final record of decision (ROD)
for the Ashley National Forest revised Land Management Plan (LMP). The
final ROD documents the rationale for approving the revised LMP and is
consistent with the Reviewing Officer's responses to objections and
instructions.
DATES: The revised LMP for the Ashley National Forest will become
effective 30 days after the publication of this notice of approval in
the Federal Register (36 CFR 219.17(a)(1)).
ADDRESSES: To view the final ROD, final environmental impact statement
(FEIS), revised LMP, and other related documents, please visit the
Ashley National Forest project page at: https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=49606, or visit the Forest's planning website at:
https://www.fs.usda.gov/main/ashley/landmanagement/planning.
A legal notice of approval is also being published in the newspaper
of record, The Vernal Express (Vernal, Utah). A copy of this legal
notice will be posted on the Ashley National Forest's website described
above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lars Christensen, Collaboration
Specialist, Ashley National Forest; email [email protected] or
call 435-781-5126.
Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf or hard
of hearing (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339,
24 hours a day, every day of the year, including holidays. Written
requests for information may be sent to Ashley National Forest, Attn:
Ashley National Forest Plan Revision, 355 North Vernal Ave., Vernal, UT
84078.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Ashley National Forest covers more than
1.4 million acres across seven counties in northeastern Utah and
southwestern Wyoming. The LMP was developed pursuant to the 2012 Forest
Service Planning Rule (36 CFR 219) and will replace the 1986 LMP. The
LMP describes desired conditions, objectives, standards, guidelines,
and land suitability for project and activity decision-making and will
guide all resource management activities on the Forest. The Ashley
National Forest plays an important role supporting and partnering with
communities in northeastern Utah and southwestern Wyoming by providing
economic benefits including fuelwood gathering, livestock grazing, and
abundant recreational opportunities. The development of the LMP was
shaped by the best available scientific information, current laws, and
public input.
The Ashley National Forest initiated plan revision in 2016 and
engaged the public frequently throughout the process. This engagement
effort has included conventional public meetings, collaborative work
sessions and technical meetings, information sharing via social media,
and working with cooperating agencies. The Forest invited State, local,
and Tribal governments, and other Federal agencies from around the
region to participate in the process to revise the LMP. The Forest
engaged in government-to-government consultation with two Tribes during
LMP revision, ensuring tribal-related plan direction accurately
reflects the Ashley National Forest's trust responsibilities and
government-to-government relationship with tribes. An Ashley National
Forest-Ute Indian Tribal Task Force met regularly throughout the plan
revision effort. During the 90-day comment period November 2021 through
February 2022 for the draft LMP and draft EIS, the Ashley National
Forest received 191
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comment letters which helped refine the preferred alternative and
augment plan content based on response to comments.
A draft ROD, LMP, and FEIS were released on April 19, 2023,
initiating a 60-day objection filing period that closed June 20, 2023.
The Ashley received 15 eligible objections, two of which were for
species of conservation concern. Through a comprehensive review of each
objection, a variety of issues were identified. Following the objection
review, the Reviewing Officer held an objection resolution meeting with
objectors and interested persons. Based on these meetings, the
Reviewing Officer for the LMP issued a written response on November 14,
2023, and the Reviewing Officer for species of conservation concern
issued a written response on November 17, 2023. The instructions from
the Reviewing Officer were addressed in the ROD, LMP, and FEIS.
Responsible Officials
The Responsible Official for approving the revised LMP is Susan
Eickhoff, Forest Supervisor, Ashley National Forest. The Responsible
Official approving the list of species of conservation concern is Mary
Farnsworth, Regional Forester, Intermountain Region.
Dated: January 19, 2024.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2024-01573 Filed 1-25-24; 8:45 am]
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