[MPWG] Fw: Forest Service Seeks Nominations for Planning Rule FACA Committee

[Patricia_DeAngelis at fws.gov]

Forwarding this important info from our Forest Service colleagues! 
-Patricia

Patricia S. De Angelis, Ph.D.
Botanist, Division of Scientific Authority-US Fish & Wildlife Service
Chair, Medicinal Plant Working Group-Plant Conservation Alliance
4401 N. Fairfax Dr., Suite 110
Arlington, VA  22203
703-358-1708 x1753
FAX: 703-358-2276

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"Terney, Karen -FS" <kterney at fs.fed.us> 
01/05/2012 01:24 PM

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Forest Service Seeks Nominations for Planning Rule FACA Committee






Applications to serve on a newly-formed advisory committee to guide 
management of our national forests and grasslands are now available. 
Members selected to serve on the National Advisory Committee for 
Implementation of the National Forest System Land Management Planning Rule 
will advise and give recommendations to the Secretary of Agriculture and 
the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service. 
 
The 45-day nomination period closes Feb. 21, 2012. Additional details on 
the committee and the application form are available at the U.S Forest 
Service website or by calling 202-205-0830.  Further information is also 
available in the Federal Register Notice calling for nominations. Note 
that the nomination period has since been extended to Feb. 21, 2012.)
 
The committee will be comprised of up to 21 members with diverse 
backgrounds, who represent the full range of public interests in 
management of the National Forest System lands and who represent 
geographically diverse locations and communities, within each of the 
following three categories of interests: 
 
1.      Up to seven members who represent one or more of the following: 
a.      Represent the affected public at-large
b.      Hold State-elected office (or designee)
c.      Hold county or local elected office
d.      Represent American Indian Tribes
e.      Represent Youth 
 
2.      Up to seven members who represent one or more of the following: 
a.      National, regional, or local environmental organizations
b.      Conservation organizations or watershed associations
c.      Dispersed recreation interests
d.      Archaeological or historical interests
e.      Scientific Community
 
3.      Up to seven members who represent one or more of the following: 
a.      Timber Industry
b.      Grazing or other land use permit holders or other private forest 
landowners
c.      Energy and mineral development
d.      Commercial or recreational hunting and fishing interests
e.      Developed outdoor recreation, off-highway vehicle users, or 
commercial recreation interests
 
The committee will provide advice and recommendations on issues such as 
planning rule directives for implementation, best practices, effective 
monitoring practices and ongoing collaboration efforts. The announcement 
of this committee builds on the Agency?s efforts to develop a new Land 
Management Planning Rule for the National Forest System.
 
Sincerely,
 
 
/s/ Tony Tooke
Director, Ecosystem Management Coordination
 
Forwarded by:
Karen Terney
BASS Writing/Editing Services Manager
(202) 205 1732
 
"The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when 
one will do."
Thomas Jefferson
 
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