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USDA/FS RIN: 0596-AC22 Publication ID: Fall 2008 
Title: Predator Damage Management (Forest Service Manual, Chapter 2320) 
Abstract: The Forest Service is publishing final revisions to its directives on predator damage management in wilderness. Guidance to Forest officers in the management of predator damage in wilderness areas is contained in the Forest Service Manual (FSM) title 2300, Recreation, Wilderness, and Related Resources Management and FSM 2600, Wildlife, Fish, and Sensitive Plant Habitat Management. These revisions conform Agency policy regarding predator damage management in wilderness with provisions in an interdepartmental Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services Division and the USDA Forest Service. The MOU, initiated in 1993, was renewed in 1998, and again in 2004, with minor revisions. The revisions also bring FSM 2320 into conformance with FSM 2650, which was revised in 1995 (60 FR 22037). 
Agency: Department of Agriculture(USDA)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: None     (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.)
Legal Authority: 7 USC 426   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
Proposed Directive  06/07/2006  71 FR 32915   
Comment Period Extended  08/08/2006    
Comment Period End  09/07/2006    
Final Directive  11/00/2008    
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: None 
Small Entities Affected: No  Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Lorrie Parker
Regulatory Analyst
Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
ATTN: ORMS, D&R Branch, 1400 Independence Avenue SW,
Washington, DC 20250-0003
Phone:202 205-6560
Fax:202 260-6539
Email: lsparker@fs.fed.us