Meetings: Western Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Executive Committee,

[Federal Register: September 7, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 172)]

[Notices]

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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

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

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Western Washington Cascades Provincial Interagency Executive Committee Advisory Committee (Provincial Advisory Committee) will meet on Friday, September 24, 1999, at the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest Headquarters, 21905 64th Avenue West, in Mountlake Terrace, WA. The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and continue until about 3 p.m. Agenda items to be covered include: (1) formal introduction of members and a review and discussion of Advisory-Committee operating procedures and groundrules; (2) brief orientation including Advisory Committee purpose and history and the role of Committee members; and (3) a futuring session including a briefing on the current status and complexity of forest programs and resources and a

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discussion leading to the identification of a strategic focus for the Committee.

In addition to the Advisory Committee meeting, a field trip for Advisory Committee members will take place the previous day, Thursday, September 23, 1999. Members will tour portions of the Baker Lake basin on the Mt. Baker Ranger District, commencing at 9 a.m. at the Mt. Baker District Office, 2105 State Route 20, in Sedro Woolley, Washington, and ending back at the same Office about 4:30 p.m. The purpose of the trip is to: (1) Explore the complexity of National Forest natural resource management; (2) emphasize the integration of forest management activities among federal and non-federal entities; (3) introduce the nature of an ``Urban Forest'' and its ties to Puget Sound growth; and (4) introduce the idea of a more strategic view of resource management and advice to the Forest. All Western Washington Cascades Provincial Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Interested citizens are also welcome to join the September 23 field trip; however, they must provide their own transportation.

The Provincial Advisory Committee provides advice regarding ecosystem management for federal lands within the Western Washington Cascades Province, as well as advice and recommendations to promote better integration of forest management activities among federal and non-federal entities. The Advisory Committee is a key element of implementation of the Northwest Forest Plan.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Direct questions regarding this meeting to Penny Sundblad, Province Liaison, USDA Forest Service, Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Mt. Baker Ranger District, 2105 State Route 20, Sedro Woolley, Washington 98284 (360-856-5700, Extension 321).

Dated: August 30, 1999. John Phipps, Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 99-23150Filed9-3-99; 8:45 am]

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