BLM advisory council subcommittee to discuss Lands with Wilderness Characteristics
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LAKEVIEW, Ore. – The Bureau of Land Management today announced it will hold a teleconference meeting of the Southeast Oregon Resource Advisory Council’s Lands with Wilderness Characteristics subcommittee, demonstrating that partnerships and inclusion are vital to managing sustainable, working public lands.
The public is welcome to attend the teleconference which will take place Wednesday, Dec.20, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Mountain Time. The conference phone number is: 1-866-524-6456 Participant code: 608605.
Planned agenda items at the meeting include continuing development of RAC recommendations for allowable actions and allocations of management of on wilderness characteristics units; reviewing sample inventory units for each of the RAC model criteria (vegetation condition, riparian/hydrologic condition, adjacency to other areas possessing wilderness characteristics); continued discussion of recommendations for management actions which would be consistent with an inventory unit’s attributes under the RAC model.
“This RAC effort will help BLM managers see which parcels our publics generally agree about management direction and which ones we need to devote more time to public involvement,” Vale District Manager Don Gonzalez said.
A half-hour comment period, during which the public may address the RAC, will begin at 3:15 p.m. MT. Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and time available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be limited.
Resource Advisory Councils are critical in assisting the BLM in continuing to be a good neighbor in the communities we serve. The 13-member RAC provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on resource and land management issues within the BLM Lakeview, Burns and Vale Districts.
For more information about the upcoming RAC subcommittee meeting, please contact Brent Grasty at 541-473-3144.
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.