BLM News Release
SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold a meeting of the Utah Resource Advisory Council (RAC) on Oct. 29 and 30, at the John Wesley Powell River History Museum in Green River, Utah. The meeting will take place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 29 and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Oct. 30. The public is welcome to attend the meetings.
The BLM maintains 38 chartered advisory committees located in the West. Advisory committees provide advice and recommendations to the Secretary of the Interior on public land resource and management issues. Advisory committees are sounding boards for BLM initiatives, regulatory proposals, and policy changes. Each citizen-based committee consists of 10 to 15 members that represent diverse interests present in the local community. Advisory committees are critical in assisting the BLM in continuing to be a good neighbor in the communities that we serve.
Planned agenda items include BLM updates; BLM Utah fiscal year 2019 accomplishments; statewide planning updates; Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument and Kanab Field Office administrative changes; John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act implementation; and other issues as appropriate. The meeting agenda is available at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/utah/RAC.
The public may address the RAC from 4:30-5 p.m. on Oct. 29 and from 1:45-2:15 p.m. on Oct. 30. Depending on the number of people wishing to comment and time available, the amount of time for individual oral comments may be limited. Written statements to address the RAC may also be sent to BLM Utah State Office, 440 West 200 South, Suite 500, Salt Lake City, Utah 84101 or via email to BLM_UT_External_Affairs@blm.gov with the subject line “Utah RAC Meeting.”
For more information about the upcoming RAC meeting, please contact Lola Bird at 801- 539-4033 or lbird@blm.gov. Persons who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal Relay Service (FRS) at 1-800-877-8339 to leave a message or question for the above individual. The FRS is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Replies are provided during normal business hours.