[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14657]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Western Washington Cascades Province Interagency Executive 
Committee (PIEC) Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: The Western Washington Casades PIEC Advisory Committee will 
meet on June 19, 1998, at the Mt. Banker-Snoqualmie National Forest 
Headquarters, 21905 64th Avenue West, in Mountlake Terrace, Washington. 
The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and continue until about 4:30 p.m. 
Agenda items to be covered include: (1) Monitoring: national and 
regional overview, sampling and statistical considerations, other 
agency monitoring in the Province, site-specific monitoring as viewed 
during the prior day's field trip (see below), and Fiscal Year 1998 
implementation monitoring to be done during the summer as part of the 
regional implementation monitoring program; (2) overview and status of 
the proposed land exchange between the Forest Service and Plum Creek 
Timber Company; (3)--update and status of the Middle Fork Snoqualmie 
River Concept Design; (4) proposed listing of the Puget Sound chinook 
salmon under the Endangered Species Act; (5) tentative agenda and 
topics for a September field trip and meeting; (6) other topics as 
appropriate; and, (7) open public forum.
    A field trip for Advisory Committee members will take place on 
Thursday, June 18, 1998. Members will tour thinning sites on the 
Skyomish Ranger District in the Beckler River and Heybrook Ridge areas 
where ecology plots have been established for monitoring purposes. The 
trip will commence about 9:00 a.m. at the Skykomisk Ranger District 
Office just east of Skykomish, Washington, on U.S. Highway 2 (74920 
N.E. Stevens Pass Highway), and will finish around 4:30 p.m.
    All Western Cascades Province Advisory Committee meetings are open 
to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Interested 
citizens are also welcome to join the June 18 field trip; however, they 
must provide their own transportation (a high-clearance vehicle is 
required; 2-wheel drive is sufficient).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct question regarding this meeting 
to Chris Hansen-Murray, Province Liaison, USDA, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie 
National Forest, 21905 64th Avenue West, Mountlake Terrace, Washington 
98043, 425-744-4276.

    Dated: May 28, 1998.
Terry L. Degrow,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 98-14657 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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