80_FR_28317 80 FR 28222 - Assessment of Ecological/Social/Cultural/Economic Sustainability, Conditions, and Trends for the Gila National Forest

80 FR 28222 - Assessment of Ecological/Social/Cultural/Economic Sustainability, Conditions, and Trends for the Gila National Forest

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 95 (May 18, 2015)

Page Range28222-28223
FR Document2015-11911

The Gila National Forest, located in southwestern New Mexico, is initiating the forest planning process pursuant to the 2012 Forest Planning Rule. This process results in a Forest Land Management Plan which describes the strategic direction for management of forest resources for the next fifteen years on the Gila National Forest. The first phase of the process, the assessment phase, is beginning and interested parties are invited to contribute in the development of the assessment (36 CFR 219.6). The trends and conditions identified in the assessment will help in identifying the current plan's need for change, and aid in the development of plan components. The Forest hosted a series of community conversations with key stakeholders in March 2015. Additional public participation opportunities are forthcoming in the near future to discuss the assessment process--information on these opportunities and all future public participation opportunities will be made available on the Gila Plan Revision Web site (see below for the link).

Federal Register, Volume 80 Issue 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015) 
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28222-28223]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11911]


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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service


Assessment of Ecological/Social/Cultural/Economic Sustainability, 
Conditions, and Trends for the Gila National Forest

AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION: Notice of initiating the assessment phase of the Gila National 
Forest land management plan revision.

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SUMMARY: The Gila National Forest, located in southwestern New Mexico, 
is initiating the forest planning process pursuant to the 2012 Forest 
Planning Rule. This process results in a Forest Land Management Plan 
which describes the strategic direction for management of forest 
resources for the next fifteen years on the Gila National Forest. The 
first phase of the process, the assessment phase, is beginning and 
interested parties are invited to contribute in the development of the 
assessment (36 CFR 219.6). The trends and conditions identified in the 
assessment will help in identifying the current plan's need for change, 
and aid in the development of plan components. The Forest hosted a 
series of community conversations with key stakeholders in March 2015. 
Additional public participation opportunities are forthcoming in the 
near future to discuss the assessment process--information on these 
opportunities and all future public participation opportunities will be 
made available on

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the Gila Plan Revision Web site (see below for the link).

DATES: A draft of the assessment report for the Gila National Forest is 
expected to be completed by late spring 2016 and will be posted on the 
following Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/?cid=STELPRD3828671.
    The Gila National Forest is currently inviting the public to engage 
in a collaborative process to identify relevant information and local 
knowledge to be considered for the assessment. Once the assessment is 
completed, the Forest will initiate procedures pursuant to the 2012 
Planning Rule and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to 
prepare a forest plan revision.

ADDRESSES: Written comments or questions concerning this notice should 
be addressed to Gila National Forest, Attn.: Matt Schultz, 3005 E. 
Camino del Bosque, Silver City, NM 88061.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Schultz, Forest Planner, 575-388-
8280. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) 
may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. More 
information on the planning process can also be found on the Gila 
National Forest Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/?cid=STELPRD3828671.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 
1976 requires that every National Forest System (NFS) unit develop a 
land management plan. On April 9, 2012, the Forest Service finalized 
its land management planning rule (2012 Planning Rule), which provides 
broad programmatic direction to National Forests and National 
Grasslands for developing and implementing their land management plans. 
Forest plans describe the strategic direction for management of forest 
resources for fifteen years, and are adaptive and amendable as 
conditions change over time.
    Under the 2012 Planning Rule, the assessment of ecological, social, 
cultural, and economic trends and conditions is the first stage of the 
planning process. The second stage is a plan development and decision 
process guided, in part, by the National Environment Policy Act (NEPA) 
and includes the preparation of a draft environmental impact statement 
and revised Forest Plan for public review and comment, and the 
preparation of the final environmental impact statement and revised 
Forest Plan, subject to the objection process 36 CFR 219 Subpart B 
prior to final plan approval. The third stage of the process is 
monitoring and feedback, which is ongoing over the life of the revised 
forest plans.
    With this notice, the agency invites other governments, non-
governmental parties, and the public to contribute to the development 
of the assessment report. The assessment will rapidly evaluate existing 
information about relevant ecological, economic, cultural and social 
conditions, trends, and sustainability within the context of the 
broader landscape. It will help inform the planning process through the 
use of Best Available Scientific Information, while also taking into 
account other forms of knowledge, such as local information, national 
perspectives, and native knowledge. Lastly, the assessment provides 
information that will help to identify the need to change the existing 
1986 plan. Public engagement as part of the assessment phase supports 
the development of relationships of key stakeholders throughout the 
plan revision process, and is an essential step to understanding 
current conditions, available data, and feedback needed to support a 
strategic, efficient planning process.
    As public meetings, public review and comment periods and other 
opportunities for public engagement are identified to assist with the 
development of the forest plan revision, public announcements will be 
made. Notifications will be posted on the Forest's Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/?cid=STELPRD3828671 and information 
will be sent out to the Forest's mailing list. If anyone is interested 
in being on the Forest's mailing list to receive these notifications, 
please contact Matt Schultz, Forest Planner, at the mailing address 
identified above, or by sending an email to gilaplan@fs.fed.us. In 
compliance with the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), please be 
advised that all information provided with your comments will become 
part of the public record and will be available for public inspection. 
This includes your name and all contact information provided.

Responsible Official

    The responsible official for the revision of the land management 
plan for the Gila National Forest is David Warnack, acting Forest 
Supervisor, Gila National Forest, 3005 E. Camino del Bosque, Silver 
City, NM 88061.

    Dated: April 24, 2015.
David Warnack
Acting Forest Supervisor.
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Mullen, beliefs, exclude from participation in, listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Forest Supervisor. deny the benefits of, or subject to CONTACT. [FR Doc. 2015–11906 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am] discrimination any person in the United ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at BILLING CODE 3411–15–P States under any program or activity the Idaho Department of Fish and Game, conducted by the USDA. 324 South 417 East, Jerome, Idaho. How to File a Complaint of Written comments may be submitted DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Discrimination as described under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. All comments, including Forest Service To file a complaint of discrimination, names and addresses when provided, complete the USDA Program Assessment of Ecological/Social/ are placed in the record and are Discrimination Complaint Form, which Cultural/Economic Sustainability, available for public inspection and may be accessed online at http:// Conditions, and Trends for the Gila copying. The public may inspect www.ocio.usda.gov/sites/default/files/ National Forest comments received at the Sawtooth docs/2012/Complain_combined_6_8_ National Forest Supervisors Office, 2647 AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. 12.pdf, or write a letter signed by you Kimberly Road East, Twin Falls, Idaho. ACTION: Notice of initiating the or your authorized representative. Please call ahead to facilitate entry into assessment phase of the Gila National Send your completed complaint form the building. Forest land management plan revision. or letter to USDA by mail, fax, or email: Mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Thomas, Designated Federal Officer, by SUMMARY: The Gila National Forest, Director, Office of Adjudication, 1400 located in southwestern New Mexico, is Independence Avenue SW., phone at 208–737–3262 or via email at jathomas@fs.fed.us. initiating the forest planning process Washington, DC 20250–9410, Fax: (202) pursuant to the 2012 Forest Planning 690–7442, Email: program.intake@ Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf Rule. This process results in a Forest usda.gov. Land Management Plan which describes Persons with disabilities who require (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 the strategic direction for management alternative means for communication between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., of forest resources for the next fifteen (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.), Eastern Standard Time, Monday years on the Gila National Forest. The should contact USDA’s TARGET Center through Friday. first phase of the process, the at (202) 720–2600 (voice and TDD). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The assessment phase, is beginning and Done at Washington, DC on: May 13, 2015. interested parties are invited to purpose of the meeting is: Alfred V. Almanza, 1. Oral presentations from individuals contribute in the development of the Acting Administrator. or groups proposing projects for assessment (36 CFR 219.6). The trends [FR Doc. 2015–11997 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am] funding, and conditions identified in the BILLING CODE 3410–DM–P 2. A question and answer perdiod for assessment will help in identifying the proponents; and current plan’s need for change, and aid 3. Reports from other projects in the development of plan components. presented at the end of the day. The Forest hosted a series of community asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The meeting is open to the public. conversations with key stakeholders in Forest Service The agenda will include time for people March 2015. Additional public to make oral statements of three minutes participation opportunities are South Central Idaho Resource or less. Individuals wishing to make an forthcoming in the near future to Advisory Committee oral statement should request in writing discuss the assessment process— AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA. by May 29, 2015 to be scheduled on the information on these opportunities and agenda. 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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 95 / Monday, May 18, 2015 / Notices 28223 the Gila Plan Revision Web site (see 219 Subpart B prior to final plan Dated: April 24, 2015. below for the link). approval. The third stage of the process David Warnack DATES: A draft of the assessment report is monitoring and feedback, which is Acting Forest Supervisor. for the Gila National Forest is expected ongoing over the life of the revised [FR Doc. 2015–11911 Filed 5–15–15; 8:45 am] to be completed by late spring 2016 and forest plans. BILLING CODE 3411–15–P will be posted on the following Web site With this notice, the agency invites at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/ other governments, non-governmental home/?cid=STELPRD3828671. parties, and the public to contribute to DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The Gila National Forest is currently the development of the assessment Forest Service inviting the public to engage in a collaborative process to identify report. The assessment will rapidly relevant information and local evaluate existing information about Final Record of Decision for Shoshone knowledge to be considered for the relevant ecological, economic, cultural National Forest Land Management assessment. Once the assessment is and social conditions, trends, and Plan completed, the Forest will initiate sustainability within the context of the broader landscape. It will help inform AGENCY:Forest Service, USDA. procedures pursuant to the 2012 the planning process through the use of Notice of plan approval for the ACTION: Planning Rule and the National Best Available Scientific Information, Shoshone National Forest. Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) to prepare a forest plan revision. while also taking into account other SUMMARY: Regional Forester Daniel J. ADDRESSES: Written comments or forms of knowledge, such as local Jiron signed the final Record of Decision questions concerning this notice should information, national perspectives, and (ROD) for the Shoshone National Forest be addressed to Gila National Forest, native knowledge. Lastly, the revised Land Management Plan (Plan) Attn.: Matt Schultz, 3005 E. Camino del assessment provides information that on May 6, 2015. The Final ROD Bosque, Silver City, NM 88061. will help to identify the need to change documents the Regional Forester’s FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt the existing 1986 plan. Public decision and rationale for approving the Schultz, Forest Planner, 575–388–8280. engagement as part of the assessment revised plan. Individuals who use telecommunication phase supports the development of DATES: The effective date of the plan is devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the relationships of key stakeholders 30 calendar days after this notice. To Federal Information Relay Service throughout the plan revision process, view the final ROD, revised Plan, FEIS (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 between 5 and is an essential step to errata, and other related documents a.m. and 5 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday understanding current conditions, please visit the Shoshone National through Friday. More information on available data, and feedback needed to Forest Web site at http:// the planning process can also be found support a strategic, efficient planning www.fs.usda.gov/main/shoshone. on the Gila National Forest Web site at process. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/ As public meetings, public review Further information about the Shoshone home/?cid=STELPRD3828671. and comment periods and other planning process can be obtained from SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The opportunities for public engagement are Olga Troxel during normal office hours National Forest Management Act identified to assist with the (weekdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (NFMA) of 1976 requires that every development of the forest plan revision, Mountain Time) at the Shoshone National Forest System (NFS) unit public announcements will be made. National Forest Supervisor’s Office develop a land management plan. On Notifications will be posted on the (Address: Shoshone National Forest, April 9, 2012, the Forest Service Forest’s Web site at http:// 808 Meadow Lane, Cody, WY 82414); finalized its land management planning www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/ Phone/voicemail: (307) 527–6241. rule (2012 Planning Rule), which ?cid=STELPRD3828671 and information Individuals who use provides broad programmatic direction will be sent out to the Forest’s mailing telecommunication devices for the deaf to National Forests and National list. If anyone is interested in being on (TDD) may call the Federal Information Grasslands for developing and the Forest’s mailing list to receive these Relay Service (FIRS) at 1–800–877–8339 implementing their land management notifications, please contact Matt between 8:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m., plans. Forest plans describe the strategic Schultz, Forest Planner, at the mailing Eastern Standard Time, Monday direction for management of forest address identified above, or by sending through Friday. resources for fifteen years, and are an email to gilaplan@fs.fed.us. In SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The adaptive and amendable as conditions compliance with the Freedom of revised plan describes desired change over time. Information Act (FOIA), please be conditions, objectives, standards, Under the 2012 Planning Rule, the guidelines, and identifies lands suitable advised that all information provided assessment of ecological, social, for various uses. The plan will guide with your comments will become part of cultural, and economic trends and project and activity decision making the public record and will be available conditions is the first stage of the and all resource management activities for public inspection. This includes planning process. The second stage is a on the Forest for the next 15 years. The plan development and decision process your name and all contact information provided. plan is part of the long-range resource guided, in part, by the National asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES planning framework established by the Environment Policy Act (NEPA) and Responsible Official Forest and Rangeland Renewable includes the preparation of a draft Resources Planning Act. environmental impact statement and The responsible official for the revised Forest Plan for public review revision of the land management plan Dated: May 6, 2015. and comment, and the preparation of for the Gila National Forest is David Daniel J. Jiron, the final environmental impact Warnack, acting Forest Supervisor, Gila Regional Forester, Rocky Mountain Region. statement and revised Forest Plan, National Forest, 3005 E. 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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of initiating the assessment phase of the Gila National Forest land management plan revision.
DatesA draft of the assessment report for the Gila National Forest is expected to be completed by late spring 2016 and will be posted on the following Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/ ?cid=STELPRD3828671.
ContactMatt Schultz, Forest Planner, 575-388- 8280. Individuals who use telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m., Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. More information on the planning process can also be found on the Gila National Forest Web site at http://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/gila/home/ ?cid=STELPRD3828671.
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