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Southwest Resource Advisory Council to Meet This Week in Lake City
Lake City, Colo. – The Bureau of Land Management Colorado’s Southwest Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet this Friday, August 28, 2009, in Lake City at the Mary Stigall Theater at the Mosley Arts Center at 304 Silver Street.
The meeting will begin at 9 a.m. and is scheduled to adjourn at 4 p.m. It is open to the public, with a public comment period scheduled for 2:30 p.m. Agenda topics include:
· Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Plan update
· Update on potential land acquisitions in Silverton area
· Update on American Recovery and Reinvestment Act projects
· Alpine Loop Recreation Plan update
· Hanging Flume project proposal
The Southwest RAC is one of three advisory councils to BLM Colorado. The 15 members that compose each RAC are appointed by the Secretary of the Interior and represent a broad range of public land interests. For more information on Colorado RACs, including a full agenda for this meeting, go to http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs.html.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Federal agency. This land, known as the National System of Public Lands, is primarily located in 12 Western states, including Alaska. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, recreational and other activities on BLM-managed land contributed more than $130 billion to the U.S. economy and supported more than 600,000 American jobs. The Bureau is also one of a handful of agencies that collects more revenue than it spends. In FY 2012, nearly $5.7 billion will be generated on lands managed by the BLM, which operates on a $1.1 billion budget. The BLM's multiple-use mission is to sustain the health and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The Bureau accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production, and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.
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