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Vol. 70, No. 213 

Friday, November 4, 2005 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Ashley National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan Revision; 

Ashley National Forest in Uintah, 

Duchesne, UT, Wasatch, Summit and 

Daggett Counties, UT, and Sweetwater 

County, WY 

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 

ACTION: Notice of initiation to revise the 

Ashley National Forest Land and 

Resource Management Plan. 

SUMMARY: The USDA Forest Service, 

Ashley National Forest is initiating a 

process to revise it’s Land and Resource 

Management Plan (Forest Plan) in 

accordance with the 2005 Planning Rule 

at 36 CFR part 219 (FR Vol. 70, No. 3./ 

January 5, 205, 1023). 

DATES: Public comments related to the 

need to revise the current Forest Plan 

are invited at any time during the 

revision process. We are currently 

seeking input on the need for change 

and the scope of the revision effort. This 

input would be most helpful to us if 

received prior to March 1, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Please send comments to 

Laura Jo West, Planning Team Leader at 

Ashley National Forest, 355 N. Vernal 

Ave., Vernal, Utah 84078 or via e-mail 

ljwest@fs.fed.us. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Jo West, Planning Team Leader at 

Ashley National Forest, 355 N. Vernal 

Ave., Vernal, Utah 84078; phone (435) 

781–5167; fax (435) 781–51442; or email ljwest@fs.fed.us. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Ashley National Forest’s current forest 

Plan was approved in October 1986. 

Since that time, conditions on the Forest 

and public uses of the Forest have 

changed. In addition, the Forest Service 

has issued new regulations 

implementing the National Forest 

Management Act. The new 2005 

Planning Rule can be found at 36 CFR 

219 (FR Vol. 70, No. 3./January 5, 2005, 

1023). Preliminary needs for change in 

the current plan include (1) The need to 

articulate desired conditions for 

landscapes at a meaningful scale, (2) the 

need to provide a context for managing 

for increasing dispersed recreation use 

of the Forest, particularly motorized 

travel, (3) the need to purposefully 

manage for healthy watersheds and 

riparian systems, (4) the need to 

recognize the role of fire and fuels 

management on the Forest. The Forest is 

also proposing to limit the scope of 

Forest Plan revision to exclude changes 

in management direction for the 

congressionally designated areas of the 

Forest, namely the High Uintas 

Wilderness and the Flaming Gorge 

National Recreation Area. Limiting the 

scope in this manner does not imply 

that improvement to management 

direction in these areas is not warranted 

or needed. The intent of this limitation 

is to focus the revision process on those 

areas of the Forest where clearer 

management direction is most needed at 

this time. Workshops inviting 

participation in discussions of the scope 

of Forest Plan revision are tentatively 

scheduled for late January 2006. 

Information on workshop schedules as 

well as other information will be posted 

to the Forest Web site as it becomes 

available. Interested persons may also 

contact the Planning Team leader for 

more information about schedules and 

public involvement opportunities. 

Responsible Official: Kevin B. Elliott, 

Forest Supervisor, Ashley National 

Forest, 355 N. Vernal Ave., Vernal, Utah 

84078. 

Public Involvement: The public is 

invited to participate in the 

development of the revised plan and 

will be invited to provide comment at 

several points during the revision 

process. Opportunities for public 

involvement will include open houses 

and workshops, public meetings, 

document review opportunities, and 

others. These will be posted on the 

Forest’s Web site at http:// 

www.fs.fed.us/r4/ashley and distributed 

via the Forest Plan revision mailing list. 

Click on the link to Forest Plan Revision 

that appears on the homepage. For more 

information about public involvement 

opportunities, contact Laura Jo West, 

Planning Team Leader at (435) 781– 

5167 or e-mail ljwest@fs.fed.us. To have 

your name added to our Forest Plan 

revision mailing list contact Rick 

Peaveler at (435) 781–5112, or e-mail 

rpeaveler@fs.fed.us. 

Dated: October 27, 2005. 

Kevin B. Elliott, 

Forest Supervisor. 

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Forest Service 

Notice of Resource Advisory 

Committee, Sundance, WY, USDA 

Forest Service 

ACTION: Notice of meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 92–463) and under the Secure 

Rural Schools and Community SelfDetermination Act of 2000 (Pub. L. 106– 

393) the Black Hills National Forests’ 

Crook County Resource Advisory 

Committee will meet Monday, 

November 21, 2005 in Sundance, 

Wyoming for a business meeting. The 

meeting is open to the public. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

business meeting on November 21st will 

begin at 6:30 p.m., at the USFS 

Bearlodge Ranger District office, 121 

South 21st Street, Sundance, Wyoming. 

Agenda topics will include presentation 

of appointments to the Crook County 

Resource Advisory Committee, election 

of officers, review of previously funded 

projects and examination of new project 

proposals. A public forum will begin at 

8:30 p.m. (MT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Kozel, Bearlodge District Ranger 

and Designated Federal Officer at (307) 

283–1361. 

Dated: October 31, 2005. 

Steven J. Kozel, 

District Ranger, Bearlodge Ranger District. 

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