U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT NEWS RELEASE
| Contacts: | Shannon Borders, 970-240-5399 |
January Southwest District Resource Advisory Council Meeting Canceled (01-19-12)
MONTROSE, Colo. - The Southwest Resource Advisory Council meeting scheduled for Friday, Jan. 27 in Ridgeway has been canceled. The next meeting is Mar. 7-8, 2012, in Montrose at the Holiday Inn Express. An agenda will be posted online prior to the meeting.
The 15-member Council advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in the BLM’s Southwest District.
For more information on the Southwest Resource Advisory Council, go to http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs/swrac.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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