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western U.S. primary habitat is

lodgepole pine or subalphine fir habitat

types).

Secondary Lynx Habitat—Other

vegetation types, when intermingled

with or immediately adjacent to primary

habitat, that contribute to lynx annual

needs (cool/moist Douglas-fir habitat

types adjacent to primary habitat).

Unsuitable Habitat Condition—An

area that is capable of producing lynx

foraging or denning habitat, but which

currently does not have the necessary

vegetation composition, structure and/

or denisyt ot support lynx and

snowshoe hare populations during all

seasons. For example, during the winter,

vegetation must provide dense cover

that extends above (greater than 6 feet)

the average snow depth. Timber harvest,

salvage harvest, commercial thinning,

and prescribed fire may or may not

result in unsuitable habitat conditions.

Snowshow Hare Habitat—See

foraging habitat.

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BILLING CODE 3410–81–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area

(SRA) Advisory Council

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The second Opal Creek

Scenic Recreation Area Advisory

Council meeting will convene in

Stayton, Oregon on Monday, July 17,

2000. The meeting is scheduled to begin

at 6 p.m., and will conclude at

approximately 8:30 p.m. The meeting

will be held in the South Room of the

Stayton Community Center, 400 West

Virginia Street, Stayton, Oregon.

The Opal Creek Wilderness and Opal

Creek Scenic Recreation Area Act of

1996 (Opal Creek Act) (Pub. L. 104–208)

directed the Secretary of Agriculture to

establish the Opal Creek Scenic

Recreation Area Advisory Council. The

Advisory Council is comprised of

thirteen members representing state,

county and city governments, and

representatives of various organizations,

which include mining industry,

environmental organizations, inholders

in Opal Creek Scenic Recreation Area,

economic development, Indian tribes,

adjacent landowners and recreation

interests. The council provides advice to

the Secretary of Agriculture on

preparation of a comprehensive Opal

Creek Management Plan for the SRA,

and consults on a periodic and regular

basis on the management of the area.

The tentative agenda includes:

(1) Overview of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA); (2) overview of

the planning process including the

National Environmental Policy Act,

National Forest Management Act, and

amending the Forest Plan; and (3) a

presentation on the Cultural and

Historic Resource Inventory.

The public comment period is

tentatively scheduled to begin at 8 p.m.

Time allotted for individual

presentations will be limited to 3

minutes. Written comments are

encouraged, particularly if the material

cannot be presented within the time

limits of the comment period. Written

comments may be submitted prior to the

July 17 meeting by sending them to

Designated Federal Official Stephanie

Phillips at the address given below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information regarding this

meeting, contact Designated Federal

Official Stephanie Phillips; Williamette

National Forest, Detroit Ranger District,

HC 73 Box 320, Mill City, OR 97360;

(503) 854–3366.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Y. Robert Iwamoto,

Deputy Forest Supervisor.

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BILLING CODE 3410–11–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Grain Inspection, Packers and

Stockyards Administration

Amendment to Certification of Central

Filing System—Oklahoma

The Statewide central filing system of

Oklahoma has been previously certified,

pursuant to Section 1324 of the Food

Security Act of 1985, on the basis of

information submitted by the Oklahoma

Secretary of State, for farm products

produced in that State (52 FR 49056,

December 29, 1987).

The certification is hereby amended

on the basis of information submitted in

a May 23, 2000 letter by Anita Charlson,

Supervisor, Central Filing System for

Agriculture Liens, for additional farm

products used or produced in farming

operations, or a product of such crop or

livestock in its unmanufactured state

that is in the possession of a person

engaged in farming operations in that

State as follows: echinacea, broccoli,

eggplant.

This is issued pursuant to authority

delegated by the Secretary of

Agriculture.

Authority: Sec. 1324(c)(2), Pub. L. 99–198,

99 Stat. 1535, 7 U.S.C. 1631(c)(2); 7 CFR

2.22(a)(3)(v), 2.81(a)(5), 55 FR 22795.

Dated: June 23, 2000.

John Stencel,

Acting Deputy Administrator, Packers and

Stockyards Programs.

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BILLING CODE 3410–EN–M

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Natural Resources Conservation

Service

Forest Service

Notice of Meeting

SUMMARY: Maintaining Agriculture and

Forestry in Rapidly Growing Areas

Listening Forums hosted by members of

the USDA Policy Advisory Committee

on Farmland Protection. The USDA

Policy Advisory Committee on Farm

and Forest Lands Protection is holding

listening forums this summer to solicit

policy feedback and anecdotal

information on what works and what

doesn’t from a community’s perspective

in working with federal tools designed

to maintain land as farmland and forest

land. The input received from these

forums will be synthesized into a report

that USDA will issue on this subject

later this year.

Specifically, the forums will ask for

public comment on the following

questions:

1. What are the economic,

environmental and social benefits of

farms and forested lands for

communities, especially those in

rapidly growing regions?

2. What are the challenges that

communities and individuals face in

trying to maintain farms and forested

lands, especially in rapidly growing

areas;

3. What sorts of opportunities exist to

capitalize on market opportunities (e.g.

direct marketing and agri-tourism) to

encourage maintenance of farmland and

forestland.

4. What role could the federal

government play to better support

farmers and forest operators in taking

advantage of these opportunities?

DATES: The first forum will convene

Thursday, July 13, 2000, at 9:00 a.m.

and conclude at 12:00 p.m.. It will be

held at the Dekalb County Farm Bureau

Center for Agriculture, 1350 West

Prairie Drive, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

The second forum is scheduled for

Friday, July 21, 2000, beginning at 9:00

a.m. and continuing until 12:00 p.m., at

the University of California, Davis,

Alumni and Visitors Center, in Room

AGR, located on Old Davis Road and

Mrak Hall Drive, Davis California. The