Amendment of Land and Resource Management Plans in the Southwestern Region

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The Southwestern Region of the Forest Service is preparing an environmental impact statement on a proposal to amend National Forest land and resource management plans to incorporate standards and guidelines for management of habitat for American peregrine falcon, Little Colorado River spinedace, loach minnow, spikedace, Apache trout, Chihuahua chub, Gila trout, Gila top minnow, razorback sucker, southwest willow flycatcher, cactus ferruginous pygmy owl, Sonora tiger salamander, New Mexico ridgenose rattlesnake, and Pima pineapple cactus. The amendment would add new standards and guidelines that are intended to strengthen and clarify existing direction for the protection of these species. The amendment would apply to all subsequent project-level resource management decisions that involve site-specific environmental analysis and appropriate public involvement. The Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement was published in the Federal Register on Monday, June 1, 1998 (63 FR 29692-29695). The Notice announced that a draft environmental impact statement would be available for review in August 1998, and a final environmental impact statement would be available for rev