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Tongass National Forest Draft Plan Monitoring Program requests comments KETCHIKAN, Alaska–The Tongass National Forest is seeking comment on intended administrative changes to the Forest’s monitoring
program. The intended changes modify the current program to meet the eight monitoring requirements of the 2012 Planning Rule. The Tongass National Forest Draft Plan Monitoring Program describes the eight requirements and identifies which monitoring questions
meet each of those requirements. It also outlines what changes are proposed to the existing monitoring program to better align the Draft Plan Monitoring Program with both the 2012 Planning Rule and the 2008 Forest Plan. Future and deferred actions are also
identified. The Tongass National Forest Draft Plan Monitoring Program is available for review at
http://www.fs.usda.gov/goto/R10/Tongass/Monitoring.
Written, facsimile, hand-delivered, and electronic comments concerning this action will be accepted for 30 calendar days following
the publication of a legal notice in the Ketchikan Daily News, anticipated for Wednesday March 9, 2016. The actual publication date in the newspaper of record is the exclusive means for calculating the comment period.
Send or hand-deliver written comments to: Tongass National Forest, Attn: Cathy Tighe, 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901.
Office business hours for those submitting hand-delivered comments are 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Comments may also be faxed to 907-228-6215. Electronic comments may be submitted to
comments-alaska-tongass@xxxxxxxxx
with “Plan Monitoring Program” in the subject line. Additional information may be obtained from: Cathy Tighe via phone 907-228-6274, email
ctighe@xxxxxxxxx,
or in person at 648 Mission Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901. -end- This electronic message contains information generated by the USDA solely for the intended recipients. Any unauthorized interception of this message or the use or disclosure of the information it contains may violate the law and subject the violator to civil or criminal penalties. If you believe you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and delete the email immediately. To manage your subscription visit http://www.fs.fed.us/news/subscription.shtml |
