[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27101-27102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12931]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-040-98-1040-00]
Call for Gila Box Advisory Committee Nominations
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Call for nominations for Gila Box Riparian National
Conservation Area Advisory Committee.
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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations to
fill two positions on the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area
Advisory Committee, pursuant to Title 2, Section 201, of the Arizona
Desert Wilderness Act of 1990.
The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice
to the Safford Field Office Manager on management of public lands in
the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Members are currently
assisting BLM specialists with the implementation of the Final Gila Box
Interdisciplinary Activity Plan. The Advisory Committee will meet
approximately one time during (FY 98) to assist with plan
implementation. Members serve without salary, but are reimbursed for
travel and per diem expenses at current rates for government employees.
To ensure membership of the Advisory Committee is balanced in terms
of categories of interest represented and functions performed, nominees
must be qualified to provide advice in specific areas related to the
primary purposes for which the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation
Area was created. These categories of expertise include wildlife
conservation, riparian ecology, archaeology, hydrology, recreation,
environmental education, or other related disciplines.
Persons wishing to nominate individuals or those wishing to be
considered for appointment to serve on the Advisory Committee should
provide names, addresses, professions, biographical data, and category
of expertise for qualified nominees. Persons selected to serve on the
Committee will serve a three-year term, July 31, 1998 to July 31, 2001.
Nominations should be submitted in writing to the Safford Field Office
Manager at the address provided below.
ADDRESSES: For further information contact, Elmer Walls, Team Leader,
Resource Use and Protection Group, Bureau of Land Management, Safford
Field Office, 711 14th Avenue, Safford,
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Arizona 85546; telephone number (520) 348-4400.
DATES: All nominations should be received by June 1, 1998.
Dated: May 5, 1998.
William T. Civish,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 98-12931 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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