Please visit our Calendar Event regarding the hearing schedule for February 2nd, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.  There is also a map and directions to the location which is at Hollinshead Barn in Bend.

Taken from http://www.muirnet.net/wildlife/usfws-to-revise-critical-habitat-for-bull-trout which was supplied by National Forest Service Press Release dated Wednesday, 13 January 2010:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Revision of Critical Habitat for Bull Trout Draft economic analysis also released, with public meetings and hearings scheduled

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to revise its 2005 designation of critical habitat for the bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus), a threatened species protected under the Endangered Species Act.

In total, the Service proposes to designate approximately 22,679 miles of streams and 533,426 acres of lakes and reservoirs in Idaho, Oregon, Washington, Montana and Nevada as critical habitat for the wide-ranging fish. The proposal includes 985 miles of marine shoreline in Washington.  If finalized, the proposal would increase the amount of stream miles designated as bull trout critical habitat in the five states by 18,851 miles and the amount of lakes and reservoirs designated as critical habitat by 390,208 acres. This includes approximately 166 miles of critical habitat proposed in the Jarbidge River basin, where no critical habitat was designated in 2005.  No change is proposed in the 985 miles of marine shoreline in Washington that were designated in 2005.