Notice2024-11664
Bridger-Teton National Forest; Wyoming; Revision of the Land Management Plan for the Bridger-Teton National Forest
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Published
May 29, 2024
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Agriculture DepartmentForest Service
Abstract
The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is initiating the assessment phase of the Land Management Plan revision process for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, located in Wyoming. The assessment supports the subsequent planning phase, which will result in a revised land management plan to guide all resource management activities on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The assessment will identify and consider relevant and readily accessible material about ecological, social, and economic conditions and trends in the planning area and will identify best available scientific information including and Native or Indigenous knowledge. Findings will then help describe the need to change the plan and inform revision of the plan.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11664]
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Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 104 / Wednesday, May 29, 2024 /
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
Bridger-Teton National Forest; Wyoming; Revision of the Land
Management Plan for the Bridger-Teton National Forest
AGENCY: Forest Service, Agriculture (USDA).
ACTION: Notice of intent to initiate the assessment phase of the Land
Management Plan revision for the Bridger-Teton National Forest.
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SUMMARY: The Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, is
initiating the assessment phase of the Land Management Plan revision
process for the Bridger-Teton National Forest, located in Wyoming. The
assessment supports the subsequent planning phase, which will result in
a revised land management plan to guide all resource management
activities on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The assessment will
identify and consider relevant and readily accessible material about
ecological, social, and economic conditions and trends in the planning
area and will identify best available scientific information including
and Native or Indigenous knowledge. Findings will then help describe
the need to change the plan and inform revision of the plan.
DATES: In late 2022, the Bridger-Teton National Forest Supervisor and
staff initiated engagement with Tribes, and letters inviting
consultation were mailed to Tribes in November 2023. Additional
engagements with Tribal, county, State, and Federal entities, as well
as public engagement opportunities occurred in 2023 and early 2024.
Additional engagement with Tribes, cooperating agencies, and the public
are planned for 2024 through the assessment phase. Future engagements
will be planned for the subsequent plan revision phases. Interested
parties may learn more about this and future planning phases, as well
as information on opportunities to engage by visiting the Bridger-Teton
land management planning website, located at <a href="https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/btnf/landmanagement/planning/?cid=FSEPRD1093592">https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/btnf/landmanagement/planning/?cid=FSEPRD1093592</a>.
A draft assessment for public review and comment is expected in
summer 2024. After review and incorporation of public comments and
additional information from Tribal consultation on the draft
assessment, a final assessment and need to change the plan will be
produced and used in subsequent phases of the plan revision.
ADDRESSES: For questions about Land Management Plan revision or
comments on initiating the assessment phase of plan revision, please
address mail to: Bridger-Teton National Forest, Attn: Forest Plan
Revision, P.O. Box 1888, Jackson, WY 83001 or hand-deliver to the
Supervisor's Office, 340 N Cache Street, Jackson, WY. Questions may
also be sent electronically to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f2919d9f9f979c8681df9b9c8697809f869cdf90809b96959780df8697869d9cb287819693dc959d84"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="096a6664646c677d7a2460677d6c7b647d67246b7b606d6e6c7b247d6c7d6667497c7a6d68276e667f">[email protected]</span></a>. All correspondence, including names and addresses, will
be part of the public record.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dominique Brough, Forest Plan Revision
Team Leader, by phone at (307) 739-5508 or by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5b3f34363235322a2e3e753929342e3c331b2e283f3a753c342d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93f7fcfefafdfae2e6f6bdf1e1fce6f4fbd3e6e0f7f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>; or Mary Cernicek, Strategic Communications
and Planning Public Affairs Officer, by phone at (307) 739-5564 or by
email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c111d0e05521f190e12151f19173c090f181d521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e8e4f7fcabe6e0f7ebece6e0eec5f0f6e1e4abe2eaf3">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who use telecommunications
devices for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at
1-800-877-8339, 24 hours a day, every day of the year, including
holidays.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 2012 Planning Rule (36 CFR part 219),
which implements the National Forest Management Act (NFMA) of 1976,
provides that the Forest Service develop, maintain, and revise Land
Management Plans for all National Forests and Grasslands. Land
Management Plans provide the programmatic framework for management of
forest resources and are amendable as conditions change over time. The
current Bridger-Teton Land Management Plan was adopted in 1990.
The 2012 Planning Rule requires the assessment to include
information regarding the status and trends of ecological, social, and
economic conditions within the planning area and across the broader
landscape. In particular, the agency must identify and evaluate
information relevant to the plan area for the following: (1)
Terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, and watersheds; (2) Air,
soil, and water resources and quality; (3) System drivers, including
dominant ecological processes, disturbance regimes, and stressors, such
as natural succession, wildland fire, invasive species, and climate
change, and the ability of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems in the
plan area to adapt to change; (4) Baseline assessment of carbon stocks;
(5) Threatened, endangered, proposed, and candidate species, and
potential species of conservation concern present in the plan area; (6)
Social, cultural, and economic conditions; (7) Benefits people obtain
from the national forest system planning area (ecosystem services); (8)
Multiple uses and their contributions to local, regional, and national
economies; (9) Recreation settings, opportunities and access, and
scenic character; (10) Renewable and nonrenewable energy and mineral
resources; (11) Infrastructure, such as recreational facilities and
transportation and utility corridors; (12) Areas of tribal importance;
(13) Cultural and historic resources and uses; (14) Land status and
ownership and access patterns; and (15) Existing designated areas
located in the plan area including wilderness and wild and scenic
rivers and potential need and opportunity for additional designated
areas. (36 CFR 219.6)
During this assessment phase, the Forest Service invites other
government agencies, Tribes, non-governmental parties, and the public
to share information about social, economic, and environmental
conditions of the Bridger-Teton National Forest and the broader
landscape. Existing information about conditions on the Bridger-Teton,
including information gathered through public engagement, from
cooperating agencies, and Tribal consultation, will be integrated into
the assessment. The Forest Service will host public outreach forums to
share progress and gather additional information.
Topics of interest will be discussed in the assessment and
subsequent plan development phases include: areas of tribal importance;
at-risk species; livestock grazing; management within
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inventoried roadless areas; watersheds and intact ecosystems; habitat
connectivity; sustainable recreation; human population pressures;
mature and old growth forest conditions; fire management within the
wildland urban interface; and timber management and production trends.
Wilderness evaluation and the identification of eligible wild and
scenic rivers will be separate from the assessment but included in plan
development.
Responsible Official: The responsible official for the revision of
the Land Management Plan is Chad Hudson, Forest Supervisor, Bridger-
Teton National Forest.
Dated: May 17, 2024.
Troy Heithecker,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System.
[FR Doc. 2024-11664 Filed 5-28-24; 8:45 am]
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