Rolnictwo i żywność · 16/11/1994

Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Comprehensive Management Plan Amendment, Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, Baker and Wallowa Countries in Oregon and Adams, Idaho, and Nez Perce Counties in Idaho

Notice is hereby given that the USDA, Forest Service will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) to amend the Land and Resource Management Plan to incorporate new and modified management direction in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area (HCNRA) Comprehensive Management Plan (CMP). The EIS will tier to the Wallowa- Whitman Land and Resource Management Plan (Forest Plan) & Final EIS for the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. The HCNRA CMP is incorporated into the Forest Plan. The need for action is based on: Forest Service monitoring and evaluation reports indicating a need for change in programmatic direction to ensure resource protection pursuant to the HCNRA Act; alignment of programmatic direction with new private and public land use regulations (36 CFR part 292); revised Forest Service directives; changed social values; and agency emphasis on ecosystem sustainability. The purpose of the action is to amend existing programmatic direction within the Forest Plan and CMP to align management goals, objectives, standards and guidelines, management area direction, and monitoring and evaluation with the intent of the Act establishing the Hells Canyon NRA (Pub. L. 94-199). Th