Hells Canyon Comprehensive Management
Plan
December 17, 2003
The Record of Decision for the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area Comprehensive Management Plan was released July 22, 2003 and was implemented August 29, 2003. The appeal period on the decision ended October 6, 2003. Six appeals were received and are currently under review by the Regional Forester. A decision on the appeals is anticipated sometime in early spring 2004.
These following links provide electronic access to all documents related to the decision. Read
a description of these documents. The documents are available in Adobe Acrobat
(.pdf) format that are exact representations of the printed publications.
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files correctly (see additional information below).
Printed copies of the documents will be available for review at Forest Service offices in Enterprise, Baker City, and Halfway, Oregon; Clarkston, Washington; and Riggins, Idaho; and
at public libraries in Enterprise, Halfway, La Grande, and Baker City in Oregon; and Lewiston, Riggins, and Council in Idaho. A compact disc containing the above documents is also available to the public. Send requests for information or documents to Katie Countryman, Environmental Coordinator, via e-mail at kcountryman@fs.fed.us phone 541-523-1264, or write to:
Katie Countryman, Environmental Coordinator
Wallowa-Whitman National Forest
P.O. Box 907,
Baker City, OR 97814
Description
of Documents
Executive
Summary (12 pages)
contains brief summary of background and need for change, public
involvement and issues, highlights of the decision and rationale
for the decision. It briefly describes the implementation strategy,
how to appeal the decision, and how to get more information.
It lists libraries and Forest Service offices at which complete
sets
of printed documents are available for review.
Record of Decision - (82 pages) provides background
on the planning process and describes in detail the decision and
the rationale
for the decision. It describes in detail the implementation strategy
and appeal process.
Summary (64 pages) summarizes the existing
direction, purpose and need for change, significant issues, alternatives
considered
and developed in detail, and the environmental consequences
of the alternatives.
Final Environmental
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), Volume I - (848
pages) describes in detail the purpose and need for change, existing
management
direction,
the significant
and other issues, and public involvement efforts. It describes
the five alternatives developed in detail and other alternatives
considered. It includes a description of the affected environment
for the HCNRA and the environmental consequences of the alternatives.
Appendices, Volume 2 -
(580 pages) includes the detailed management direction
for the areas needing change. Response
to Public
Comments, Volume 3 - (262 pages) contains the
more than 2,000 comments
received
from the public and the Forest Service response to the
comments based on how they were integrated into the FEIS.
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