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Buick Vegetation Management Environmental Assessment, Deschutes National Forest, Deschutes County, Oregon

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 [Federal Register: May 8, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 89)]
[Notices]               
[Page 23229]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
 
Buick Vegetation Management Environmental Assessment, Deschutes 
National Forest, Deschutes County, Oregon

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of availability.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Assessment for the Buick Vegetation 
Management project is available for review and comment. This project 
analyzes 33,505 acres of National Forest lands within General Forest, 
Deer Habitat, Scenic Views and Old Growth Management Area. The 
objective of the project is to begin the process of creating forest 
conditions that are resilient and resistant to disturbances, maintain 
and enhance wildlife habitat, visual integrity, and historic forest 
characteristics. The project would also amend the boundaries of two Old 
Growth Areas within the Old Growth Management Area allocation of the 
Deschutes National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan. The Buick 
Vegetation Management project area is located about 35 miles south of 
Bend, Oregon, and 17 miles east of La Pine, Oregon.
    The Environmental Assessment is available upon request from the 
Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE Third St., Suite 262-A, Bend, 
OR, 97701; at the Deschutes National Forest Supervisor's Office, 1645 
Highway 20 East, Bend, Oregon; and at the Deschutes National Forest 
website at www.fs.fed.us/r6/deschutes.
    Written comments should be addressed to Walter C. Schloer, District 
Ranger, 1230 NE Third St., Suite 262-A, Bend, OR 97701. Comments can 
also be sent by email to dfrantz@fs.fed.us. Written or oral comments 
should include your name, address, and telephone number. Please include 
the title of the document; specific facts or comments, and supporting 
reasons for your comments.

DATES: Please submit comments within 30 days of Wednesday, May 9, 2001, 
which is the publication date of the legal notice of availability in 
The Bulletin newspaper, Bend, Oregon.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For Further information, contact David 
Frantz, Bend/Ft. Rock Ranger District, 1230 NE Third St., Suite 262-A, 
Bend, OR, or phone (541) 383-4721.

    Dated: April 27, 2001.
Becki Heath,
Acting Forest Supervisor.
[FR Doc. 01-11511 Filed 5-7-01; 8:45 am]
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