BLM Advisory Council Plans Meeting in Bridgeport

Land management issues for Central California will be on the agenda when the Bureau of Land Management’s Central California Resource Advisory Council meets in Bridgeport on May 18-19.

A business meeting will be held Friday, May 18, at the Mono Memorial Hall, 100 Sinclair St., beginning at 8 a.m., followed by a field trip that afternoon to BLM lands in the Bodie Hills.

Members of the public are welcome to attend the field trip and meeting.  Field trip participants must provide their own transportation and lunch. On May 19, the meeting will resume at 8 a.m. at Bridgeport Ranch Barns and Terrace, 68 Twin Lakes Road, Bridgeport (behind the Shell station). Time for public comment is reserved from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.

 “The advisory council provides a valuable forum for BLM and the public to exchange views on management of public lands,” said Este Stifel, Central California District manager.

For more information, contact David Christy, BLM Central California District public affairs officer, at (916) 941-3146.

The 12-member council, one of 24 such advisory councils in the western states, is comprised of members who represent broad natural resource interests including livestock grazing, environmental groups, recreation, wild horse and burro management, history and archaeology, the academic sector, local government and the public at large.

Central California District   5152 Hillsdale Circle, El Dorado Hills, CA 95765