South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Forest Service

South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee Meeting Notice

AGENCY:

Forest Service, USDA.

ACTION:

Notice of meeting.

The South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee will meet on Monday, July 14, 2003 at the Wind River Training Center, located adjacent to the Wind River Work Center, at 1262 Hemlock Road, Carson, WA 98610. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and continue until 6 p.m. The purpose of the meeting is to review 42 proposals for Title II funding of Forest projects under the Secure Rural Schools and County Self-Determination Act of 2000.

All South Gifford Pinchot National Forest Resource Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Interested citizens are encouraged to attend. The “open forum” provides opportunity for the public to bring issues, concerns, and discussion topics to the Advisory Committee. The “open forum” is scheduled to occur at 8:45 a.m. Interested speakers will need to register prior to the open forum period. The committee welcomes the public's written comments on committee business at any time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions regarding this meeting to Roger Peterson, Public Affairs Specialist, at (360) 891-5007, or write Forest Headquarters Office, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, 10600 NE. 51st Circle, Vancouver, WA 98682.

Dated: June 19, 2003.

Tom Knappenberger,

Acting Forest Supervisor.

[FR Doc. 03-15987 Filed 6-24-03; 8:45 am]

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