98-12242. Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 89 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25522-25523]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12242]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the Joshua Tree National Park Advisory 
Commission (Commission) will be held from 9:00 a.m. (PDT) until 3:00 
p.m. on Saturday, June 13, 1998, at the Helen Gray Center, on 
Whitefeather Drive in the village of Joshua Tree, California. The 
Commission will hear presentations on issues related to the Backcountry 
and Wilderness Management Plan, which serves as an amendment to the 
General Management Plan for Joshua Tree National Park, and will develop 
Commission by-laws.
    The Advisory Commission was established by Pub. L. 103-433, section 
107 to advise the Secretary concerning the development and 
implementation of a new or revised comprehensive management plan for 
Joshua Tree National Park.
    Members of the Commission include:

Mr. Chuck Bell--Planner
Ms. Diane Benson--Town of Yucca Valley
Ms. Cyndie Bransford--Recreational Climbing
Mr. Gary Daigneault--Property Owner
Hon. Kathy Davis--County of San Bernadino
Mr. Brian Huse--Conservation

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Mr. Michael McCormack--Property Owner
Mr. Julian McIntyre--Conservation
Mr. Roger Melanson--Homeowner
Mr. Ramon Mendoza--Native American Interest
Ms. Leslie Mouriquand--Planner
Mr. Richard Russell--All Wheel Drive Vehicle Interest
Dr. Byron Walls--Mining Interest
Hon. Roy Wilson--County of Riverside
Mr. Gilbert Zimmerman--Tourism

    Included on the agenda for this public meeting will be:

Discussion of the Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan
     designation of a trail system
     designation of unpaved roads
     climbing management
     roadside auto camping
     major artificial water sources for wildlife
     area closures
     establishment of group size limits
     implementation of the Department of the Interior's Desert 
Tortoise Recovery Plan
Development of Commission by-laws

    The meeting is open to the public and will be recorded for 
documentation and transcribed for dissemination. Minutes of the meeting 
will be available to the public after approval of the full Advisory 
Commission. For copies, please contact Superintendent, Joshua Tree 
National Park, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California 
92272 at [phone].

    Dated: April 24, 1998.
Ernest Quintana,
Superintendent.
[FR Doc. 98-12242 Filed 5-7-98; 8:45 am]
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