Wyoming State Office
| Contacts: | Cindy Wertz | |||
| (307) 775-6014 |
BLM Wyoming Resource Advisory Council Meeting Set
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wyoming Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet Thursday, Jan. 19, and Friday, Jan. 20, at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center, 1501 Poplar St., Casper, Wyo.
The meeting is open to the public and will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Edna Kennell Heritage Gallery conference room on Thursday. On Friday, the meeting will begin at 8 a.m. The public comment period will be 8:30 to 9 a.m. Interested persons may make oral comments or file written statements for the council to consider. The meeting will end by noon.
This meeting will focus on BLM’s planning process. There will be several presentations and panels on planning, the EIS process and cooperating agencies.
The purpose of the council is to advise BLM's Designated Federal Official, the Wyoming State Director, on a variety of issues associated with public land management. For more information contact BLM RAC Coordinator Cindy Wertz, (307) 775-6014.
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.