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Last updated: 04/04/03
For release: Monday, April 20, 1998
Bureau of Land Management Director Pat Shea announced today that the BLM is establishing a Science Advisory Board that will assist the agency in applying scientific information to its management of the public lands.
"This board will advise the BLM on the use of science in managing the public lands," said Shea. "By maximizing our use of science and technology, the BLM will be able to do numerous tasks more effectively, such as improving rangeland health, restoring riparian-wetland areas, controlling invasive weeds, and enhancing our management of wild horses and burros."
The Department of the Interior published a notice in theFederal Register of April 17 announcing formation of the Science Advisory Board, whose members will provide advice from the following categories: natural resource management; energy and minerals; conservation biology; and ecology and genetics. The Secretary of the Interior will appoint the members of the board, who will serve two-year terms. The BLM anticipates a need for the board for at least the next five years.
The Science Advisory Board will hold its first meeting on Thursday, April 30, at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 150 Anza Boulevard, in Burlingame, California. The meeting will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. (West Coast time), and members of the public will have an opportunity to make oral statements to the board starting at 3:30 p.m. The hotel's phone number is 650-342-4600.
The BLM, an agency of the Interior Department, manages more land -- 264 million surface acres -- than any other governmental agency in the United States. Most of this public land is found in 12 Western States, including Alaska. The BLM also manages more than 560 million acres of subsurface mineral estate throughout the United States.
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