BLM Advisory Group to Meet in Clovis

A citizen advisory group to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management will meet in Clovis. The Resource Advisory Council for Central California will be at the San Joaquin College of Law  Friday and Saturday, December 7^th and 8^th.  

The 12 members of the council were appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to provide advice to the BLM on public land issues.   The main reason for the meeting in Clovis is to discuss the San Joaquin River Trail.  The trail will be on the agenda from 10 a.m. till noon on Friday, December 7^th, and an afternoon field trip will be to the BLM's Squaw Leap Management Area near Auberry through which the trail will pass. 

The meeting is open to the public.  Those wishing to go on the field trip must supply their own transportation.  There is an opportunity for public comment at 11:30 a.m. Friday, and at 1 p.m. Saturday during which time any public land issue may be brought up to the council. 

The San Joaquin College of Law is located at 901 5^th Street in Clovis.  The meeting will be in room 210 beginning at 8 a.m. both days.

Members of the council include Fresno State University Associate Professor Susana Mata, Sanger City Planner Jim Bearden, Tulare County Supervisor Bill Maze and Mary Gorden of Lemon Cove.  Others are Dwight McNaughton, Michael Sansing and Bill Vanherweg of Bakersfield, Carl Twisselman of McKittrick,  Kerri Timmer of Grass Valley,  Sally Miller of Lee Vining, Walt Pachucki of Bishop,  and Mono County Supervisor Byng Hunt.  

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