Notice of Availability (NOA) of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) for the Clarification of Language in the 1994 Record of Decision for the Northwest Forest Plan; National Forests and Bureau of Land Management Districts Within the Range of the Northern Spotted Owl (Proposal To Amend Wording About the Aquatic Conservation Strategy); Western Oregon and Washington, and Northwestern California

Résumé

The USDI Bureau of Land Management and the USDA Forest Service have prepared a FSEIS to consider an amendment of selected portions of the Aquatic Conservation Strategy (ACS) (part of the Northwest Forest Plan) to clarify guidance intended to protect and restore watersheds. The Secretaries of Agriculture and the Interior propose limited changes to language about how to demonstrate that projects follow the ACS. Projects needed to achieve Northwest Forest Plan goals have been delayed or stopped due to misapplication of certain passages in the ACS. The agencies are responding to the underlying need for increased agency success in planning and implementing projects, to the extent that the current wording has hindered the agencies' ability to follow Northwest Forest Plan principles and achieve its goals. The goals of the Northwest Forest Plan cannot be achieved without project implementation. Copies of the FSEIS may be requested from the address below or access on line at http:///www.reo.gov/acs/.