The Federal Register

Information Collection; Special Areas; State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management

Tue, Nov 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the Forest Service is seeking comments from all interested individuals and organizations on the extension of a currently approved information collection, State Petitions for Inventoried Roadless Area Management.

Umatilla National Forest, Grant County, OR Farley Analysis Area Vegetation Management Project

Tue, Nov 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Agriculture--Forest Service proposes to conduct vegetation management activities on approximately 17,500 acres of upland forest sites in the Farley Analysis Area to restore sustainable forest conditions in the Desolation Creek watershed. The proposed action will use a range of mechanical harvest and nonharvest thinning and prescribed fire activities to alter species composition, stand structure, and fire regime condition class to recreate conditions that are consistent with the historic range of variability for forests of the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon, and to capture the commercial value of forest raw materials for the benefit of local economies.

The Farley Analysis Area encompasses the Desolation Creek watershed which covers 69,672 acres of diverse mountainous, mostly forested landscapes ranging in elevation from 7,765 ft at its headwaters to 2810 ft at its confluence with the North Fork John Day River near Dale, Oregon. It includes both National Forest a

Notice of New Fee Site; Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act, (Title VIII, Pub. L. 108-447)

Tue, Nov 20 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The Coronado National Forest proposes to begin charging a new $150.00 per day fee for rental of the Rockfellow House located 10 miles west of Sunsites, Arizona. Rental of the Cabin includes overnight use. Rental of the cabin and other facilities within the Arizona National Forests has shown that the public appreciates and enjoys the availability of historic rental facilities. Funds from the rentals will be used for the continued operation and maintenance of the Rockfellow House.