[env-trinity] Charter signed by the Secretary of the Interior

[Vina_Frye at fws.gov]

Hi Folks,

The Secretary of the Interior renewed the Trinity Adaptive Management
Working Group.  The charter was signed on January 14, 2011.




                               Billing Code:  4310-55

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Office of the Secretary

Renewal of the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group

AGENCY:  Office of the Secretary, Interior.

ACTION:   Notice.

SUMMARY:  The Secretary of the Interior (Secretary), after consultation
with the General Services Administration, has renewed the Trinity River
Adaptive Management Working Group (Working Group) for 2 years.  The Working
Group provides recommendations on all aspects of the implementation of the
Trinity River Restoration Program and affords stakeholders the opportunity
to give policy, management, and technical input concerning Trinity River
restoration efforts.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:   Randy Brown, Fish and Wildlife Service,
1655 Heindon Road, Arcata, CA 95521; 707-822-7201.


SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   The Working Group conducts its operations in
accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. Appendix).  It reports to the Trinity River Management Council (TMC)
and functions solely as an advisory body.  The TMC reports to the Secretary
through the Mid-Pacific Regional Director of the Bureau of Reclamation and
the Pacific Southwest Regional Director (Region 8) for the Fish and
Wildlife Service.  The Working Group provides recommendations and advice to
the TMC on: (1) the effectiveness of management actions in achieving
restoration goals and alternative hypotheses (methods and strategies) for
study, (2) the priority for restoration projects, (3) funding priorities,
and (4) other components of the Trinity River Restoration Program.

Working Group members represent the varied interests associated with the
Trinity River Restoration Program.  Members are selected from, but not
limited to, Trinity County residents, recreational and commercial
fishermen, commercial and recreational boaters, power/utility companies,
agricultural water users, private and commercial timber producers, ranchers
and people with grazing rights/permits, tribes, environmental
organizations, and Federal, State, and local agencies with responsibilities
in the Trinity River Basin.  Members must be senior representatives of
their respective constituent groups with knowledge of the Trinity River
Restoration Program, including the Adaptive Environmental Assessment and
Management Program.

We have filed a copy of the Working Group's charter with the Committee
Management Secretariat, General Services Administration; Committee on
Environment and Public Works, United States Senate; Committee on Natural
Resources, United States House of Representatives; and the Library of
Congress.

CERTIFICATION:
I hereby certify that the Trinity River Adaptive Management Working Group
is necessary and is in the public interest in connection with the
performance of duties imposed on the Department of the Interior by Public
Laws 84-386 and 96-335 (Trinity River Stream Rectification Act), 98-541 and
104-143 (Trinity River Basin Fish and Wildlife Management Act of 1984), and
102-575 (Central Valley Project Improvement Act).  The Working Group will
assist the Department of the Interior by providing advice and
recommendations on all aspects of implementation of the Trinity River
Restoration Program.

Date:  _January 14, 2011___                   _________________

__                                          _____________
Ken Salazar
Secretary of the Interior




Vina Frye
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Arcata FWO
1655 Heindon Road
Arcata, CA 95521
Telephone: (707) 822-7201
Fax: (707) 822-8411
vina_frye at fws.gov
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