Notice of Availability of Final Environmental Impact Statement and Habitat Conservation Plan for Incidental Take

This notice announces the availability of a joint final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) relative to an Incidental Take Permit Application, intended to achieve the following: to protect, in accordance with the Federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), species listed as threatened or endangered, and to provide for sustained production of timber products, consistent with Federal and state laws, on lands owned by Plum Creek Timberlands, L. P., (and its partners Plum Creek Timber Company, Inc., and Plum Creek Timber I L. L.C., Plum Creek Marketing Inc., Plum Creek Land Company, Plum Creek Northwest Lumber, Inc., Plum Creek Northwest Plywood, Inc., and Plum Creek MDF, Inc., for Lands in Montana, Idaho, and Washington (hereafter collectively referred to as Plum Creek).