For Immediate Release: November 8, 2007
Contact: Mel Lloyd BLM 970-244-3097

Southwest Resource Advisory Council to meet

DELTA, Colo.—The Bureau of Land Management’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Friday, Nov. 16, at the Devil’s Thumb Golf Club, located at 9900 Devil’s Thumb Road on the northern edge of Delta.

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 a public comment period scheduled for 2:30 p.m.  Agenda topics include:

· Field manager updates
· Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Subgroup
· Hydraulic Fracturing 101
· Tamarisk Coalition: Working to Restore Riparian Lands
· Target Shooting Issues on Public Lands
· Healthy Lands Initiative Update

The Southwest RAC is one of three advisory councils to BLM Colorado. Composed of 15 members appointed by the Secretary of the Interior, individuals serving in each RAC represent a broad range of public land interests, ranging from environmental to local government to commercial activity. For more information on Colorado RACs, including this meeting’s full agenda as well as a map, go to http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs.html.

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