BLM Arizona Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Phoenix
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The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix on April 28, 2016. Established in 1995, the statewide citizen-based council provides advice to the BLM on land management programs and issues affecting public lands in Arizona. In addition, the RAC has been authorized to review and provide advice on all recreation fee proposals for the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) recreation sites in Arizona, as required by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004. At the meeting, the Recreation RAC will review and make recommendations to the BLM State Director on the Paria Canyon-Coyote Buttes Special Management Area Proposed Business Plan.
The business meeting will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the BLM Arizona State Office located at One North Central Avenue, Suite 800 in downtown Phoenix. The public is invited to attend and provide comments to the during the RAC meeting on BLM programs from 1:45 to 2:15 p.m. and during the Recreation RAC session on the Proposed Business Plan at 2:30 p.m. Depending on the number of persons wishing to speak and time available, the time for individual comments may be limited. Comments may also be sent to the Bureau of Land Management at One N. Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, attention Arizona RAC Coordinator.
Planned agenda items include: Welcome and Introduction of Council members; BLM State Director's update on BLM Programs and Issues; Threatened and Endangered Species Program Overview; Northstar 2025 Project Overview; Recreation RAC Session; RAC Committee Reports; RAC questions and comments on BLM District Manager Reports; and other items of interest to the RAC.
Following is a list of the RAC members, the category they represent, their residence and term.
Name Representing Residence Term
J.C. Sanders OHV/Developed Recreation Bouse 01/2019
Emmett Sturgill Grazing Kingman 11/2016
Maggie Sacher Commercial Recreation Cave Creek 01/2019
Krishna Parameswaran, Ph.D. Energy and Minerals Scottsdale 09/2017
Bill Brake Grazing Scottsdale 11/2016
David Tenney Dispersed Recreation Show Low 09/2017
Mike Quigley Environmental Tucson 11/2016
Mica Schotborgh Environmental Tucson 11/2016
Thomas Hulen Archaeology/Historical Tempe 01/2019
Dawn Duncan Hubbs Archaeology/Historical Hackberry 09/2017
Gary Watson Local Area/Elected Official Kingman 09/2017
Stuart E. Marsh, Ph.D. Academia Tucson 01/2019
Drew John Public-At-Large Safford 11/2016
Mandy Metzger Local Area/Elected Official Flagstaff 09/2017
Stephen Trussell Public-At-Large Tempe 01/2019
Jim deVos (non-voting) Governor's Representative Phoenix N/A *RAC Chair
The next RAC meeting has not been scheduled. For more information about the Arizona RAC, visit the website at http://www.blm.gov/az/st/en/res/rac.html
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.