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This page last updated April 4, 2000

Developing Habitat Management Guidelines
for the Northern Goshawk and its Prey
on Utah's Six National Forests

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Schedule of Events
Project Timeline:
red = progress to date

ITEM	STATUS	DATE
Scoping letter mailed and worldwide web page available.	Completed	February 1, 1999
Open house meetings. Click here for summary.	Completed	February 16 - 25, 1999
Scoping comment period ended.	Completed	March 10, 1999
Alternatives developed.	Completed	April - July, 1999
Environmental consequences analyzed.	Completed	April - September, 1999
Environmental document available for public review and comment.	Completed	October 29, 1999
Federal Register Notice of Availability of EA	Completed	November 9, 1999
Comment period on environmental document ends.	Completed	January 10, 2000
Final Decision	Completed	March 14, 2000
Appeal Period Ends	Projected	May 22, 2000

Updates:

The Project periodically sends post cards to its mailing list to update interested parties on the progress being made in the analysis. The contents of those cards may be reviewed by clicking on this link.

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How To Contact Us

Mailing Address:	c/o Uinta National Forest P.O. Box 1428 Provo, Utah 84601
Questions:	Kathryn Hauser phone: 801-625-5897

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Interdisciplinary Team Members

Peter W. Karp	Team Leader
Randall Hayman^*	Planner, Process Manager
Betsy Rickards^**	NEPA / NFMA Consultant
Kathie Hauser	Writer-Editor, Records, FOIA
Ken Burton	Geographic Information System
Susan Marzec	Public Affairs
Ron Rodriguez^*	Wildlife Biologist
Rod Player^**	Wildlife Biologist
Doug Page^*	Silviculturist / Ecologist
Brian Ferguson^**	Silviculturist / Ecologist

^*Team member from project initiation through completion of Environmental Assessment and Draft FONSI.
^**Team member from public comment period on EA through final decision.

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Reading Room (Project Documents)

NEW: Decision Notice and Accompanying Documents (posted April 4, 2000)

Federal Register Notice of Decision (5kb) To be published in the Federal Register.
Legal Notice (4kb) To be published in the Salt Lake Tribune on Friday, April 7, 2000
Cover Letter for Decision Notice (21kb)
Decision Notice, Finding of No Significant Impact, Finding of Non-Significant of the Forest Plans in Utah (48kb)
Appendix AA

Analysis of Public Comment (160kb) This document contains the responses to public comments (by response number).
List of Respondents (52kb)

Supporting Documents for the Analysis of Public Comment

Public Comments Received (163kb) This document contains the comments received along with the number of the letter that the comment came from, and it indicates the number of the response. The response number keys this document to Appendix AA.
Respondents' Chart (16kb) This document identifies the individual or group who authored each letter.

Appendix BB -- Clarification and Errata (12kb)
Appendix CC -- Forest Plan Amendments

Appendix DD -- References (additional) (8kb)

Environmental Assessment Documents

Federal Register Notice of Availability of EA (6kb)

Cover Letter for Federal Register Notice (6kb)

Cover Letter for Environmental Assessment (8kb)

Cover Letter for Corrections to Environmental Assessment (errata) (6kb)

Legal Notice (3kb)

Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) (18kb)

Draft NFMA Finding of Nonsignificance (13kb)

Environmental Assessment:

Document Cover Page (105kb)

Title Page and Table of Contents (corrected) (5kb)

Original Title Page and Table of Contents (5kb) (The original Table of Contents contained typographic errors.)

Chapter 1, Purpose and Need for Action (21kb)

Figure 1, General Location Map (262kb)

Chapter 2, Alternatives (66kb)

Chapter 3, Affected Envronment (77kb)

Chapter 4, Environmental Consequences (165kb)

List of Preparers (6kb)

References (corrected) (13kb)

Original References (13kb) (The original References section contained typographic errors.)

Glossary (15kb)

Acronymns (4kb)

Appendices

Appendix A, Detailed Description of Alternative Management Direction (46kb)

Appendix B, Monitoring Requirements by Alternative (32kb)

Appendix C, Exemption Maps, by Forest

Ashley National Forest (211kb)

Dixie National Forest (448kb)

Fishlake National Forest (346kb)

Manti-LaSal National Forest (412kb)

Uinta National Forest (162kb)

Wasatch-Cache National Forest (278kb)

National Forests in Utah (108kb)

Appendix D, Discussion on HRV versus PFC, and Canopy Closure (50kb)

References for Appendix D (5kb) (Omitted from original document.)

Appendix E, Tables Referenced in Chapter 3 (74kb)

Appendix F, Goshawk Habitat Maps Referenced in Chapters 3 and 4

High and Optimum Habitat Map, Showing Connectivity (333kb)

Potential Habitat Map (329kb)

Appendix G, Biological Resources Cumulative Effects Map (147kb)

Appendix H, Biological Assessments and Evaluations

Biological Assessment of Endangered and Threatened Species (163kb)

Biological Evaluation of Regionally Sensitive Plant Species (267kb)

Biological Evaluation of Regionally Sensitive Vertebrate Species (143kb)

Map 1 -- Map of Analysis Area (262kb)

Map 2 -- Cumulative Effects Map (147kb)

Appendix I, Biological Pre-field Survey Form (7kb)

Habitat Conservation Strategy and Agreement(January 1999, final) (46kb)

Habitat Conservation Strategy and Agreement (October 1998 initial draft -- does not include aspen and lodgepole pine tables.) (43kb)

Habitat Assessment and Management Recommendations for the Northern Goshawk in Utah (Graham, 1999)

Project Initiation Memo (10/28/98) (7kb)
Team Charter (10/29/98) (7kb)
Project Description (10/29/98) (20kb)

Public Involvement (Scoping) Documents

Federal Register Notice (published 2/5/99) (32kb)

Scoping Letter (2/4/99) (13kb)

Statement of Purpose and Need (1/27/99) (5kb)

Description of Desired Habitat Conditions (1/25/99) (5kb)

Proposed Action (1/25/99) (17kb)

Glossary (1/27/99) (13kb)

Description of Areas Where the Proposed Direction Would Apply (1/25/99) (4kb)

Comment Analysis (4/20/99) (220kb)

Supplemental Information Reports

Ashley National Forest (10/30/98) (46kb)
Dixie National Forest (10/28/98) (58kb)
Fishlake National Forest (12/16/98) (55kb)
Manti-LaSal National Forest (1/29/99) (51kb)
Uinta National Forest (12/8/98) (54kb)
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (11/9/98) (42kb)

Management Recommendations for the Northern Goshawk in the Southwestern United States (Reynolds, 1992) (available hard copy only upon request)

Region 4 Properly Functioning Condition

Rapid Assessment Process (73kb)
Intermountain Regional Assessment (39kb)
Selected References (17kb)

Regional Guide (available hard copy only upon request)
Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Regional Guide (available hard copy only upon request)

Land and Resource Management Plans

Ashley National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)
Dixie National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)
Fishlake National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)
Manti-LaSal National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)
Uinta National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)
Wasatch-Cache National Forest (available hard copy only upon request)

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