E5-7184. Notice of Public Meetings, Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council Meetings

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:

Notice of Public Meetings.

SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Southwest Colorado Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet as indicated below.

DATES:

The Southwest Colorado RAC meetings will be held January 20, 2006; March 17, 2006; May 19, 2006; July 21, 2006; and September 15, 2006.

ADDRESSES:

The Southwest Colorado RAC meetings will be held January 20, 2006, at the Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Anasazi Heritage Center, located at 27501 Hwy. 184, Dolores, CO; March 17, 2006, at the BLM Uncompahgre Field Office, located at 2505 S. Townsend Ave., in Montrose, CO; May 19, 2006, at the Gunnison Community Center, 200 E. Spencer, in Gunnison, CO; July 21, 2006, at the Ouray County 4-H Event Center, 22739 Hwy. 550, in Ridgway, CO; and September 15, 2006, at the San Juan Public Lands Center, 15 Burnett Ct., Sonoran Meeting Rm., in Durango, CO.

The Southwest Colorado RAC meetings will begin at 9 a.m. and adjourn at approximately 4 p.m. Public comment periods regarding matters on the agenda will be at 2:30 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Barbara Sharrow, BLM Uncompahgre field manager, 2505 S. Townsend Ave., Montrose, CO; telephone [phone]; or Melodie Lloyd, Public Affairs Specialist, 2815 H Rd., Grand Junction, CO, telephone [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Southwest Colorado RAC advises the Secretary of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of public land issues in Colorado.

Topics of discussion for all Southwest Colorado RAC meetings may include the BLM National Sage Grouse Conservation Strategy, field manager and working group reports, recreation, fire management, land use planning, invasive species management, energy and minerals management, travel management, wilderness, land exchange proposals, cultural resource management, and other issues as appropriate.

These meetings are open to the public. The public may present written comments to the RACs. Each formal RAC meeting will also have time, as identified above, allocated for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual oral comments may be limited.

Dated: December 1, 2005.

Barbara Sharrow,

Uncompahgre Field Manager, Designated Federal Official for the Southwest Colorado RAC.