For Immediate Release: August 5, 2004
Contact: Mel Lloyd: 970-244-3097

Northwest Resource Advisory Council to meet Aug. 12 in Kremmling

KREMMLING, CO—The Bureau of Land Management’s Northwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Aug. 12 at the Colorado State University Cooperative Extension Office, Grand County Fairgrounds, 210 11th St., in Kremmling.

The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 4 p.m. The meeting is open to the public, with public comment periods scheduled for 9:30 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. The RAC is comprised of 15 members from a variety of backgrounds appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to make recommendations to the BLM on public land issues.

Agenda:

• 9:00 a.m. Introductory remarks
• 9:30 a.m. Public comment
• 9:45 a.m. Field manager updates
• 10:00 a.m. Committee reports: cultural resources, wildlife, invasive species, energy and minerals
• 10:15 a.m. Wolford Mountain travel management plan
• 11:15 a.m. BLM law enforcement overview
• 12:00 p.m. Lunch presentation "Brief introduction to VRM"
• 1:15 p.m. Northwest Colorado Stewardship update
• 1:45 p.m. Community stewardship plan-Dominguez/Escalante canyons area
• 2:30 p.m. Wilson Creek travel management plan and West Douglas Herd Area plan amendment
• 3:00 p.m. Public comment
• 4:00 p.m. Adjourn

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