01-3797. State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY:

Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION:

Arizona Resource Advisory Council Tour notice.

SUMMARY:

This notice announces a tour of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC). A pre-tour briefing will be conducted on March 16, 2001 from 8-9 a.m. at the BLM Safford Field Office located at 711 14th Avenue, Safford, Arizona. BLM staff will provide a review of the Standards for Rangeland Health and Guidelines for Grazing Administration (S&Gs) and the implementation process. After the one-hour briefing, BLM staff and RAC will tour a BLM grazing allotment called Johnny Creek near Safford. The tour objectives are to provide the RAC with field training on resource evaluation and on-the-ground S&G application. In addition, the RAC will travel to the San Simon Valley to learn about the planning effort set to begin on the San Simon Watershed. The tour will conclude between 3-4 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah Stevens, Bureau of Land Management, Arizona State Office, 222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2203, [phone].

Joanie Losacco,

(Acting) Arizona State Director.