| Contacts: | Cass Cairns: 719-269-8553 |
BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council to meet (07-20-10)
Cañon City, Colo. –The BLM Front Range Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will hold their next meeting in on Wednesday and Thursday, July 21-22, 2010 in Alamosa at the Inn of the Rio Grande, 333 Santa Fe Ave.
Wednesday’s meeting will be held from 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Topics for discussion will include: a manager’s update from the Royal Gorge Field Office and the San Luis Valley Public Lands Center; Kerber Creek restoration; renewable energy; the Old Spanish Trail; Sangre de Christo Natural Heritage Area; and the Blanca Area of Critical Environmental Concern. The public will have an opportunity to provide comments to the RAC from 9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
The meeting will resume on Thursday from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. with a field trip to the Blanca Wetlands and a tour of one of the area’s solar plant facilities. The complete agenda is available on the BLM Front Range RAC Web page at http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs/frrac.html.
The Front Range RAC is a 15-member council representing a diversity of public land interests and users. The Front Range RAC advises BLM managers for the Royal Gorge Field Office and the San Luis Valley Public Lands Center and provides recommendations on land management programs and issues.
For additional information about the RAC visit the Front Range RAC Web site or contact Cass Cairns at the BLM office at 719-269-8553.
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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