BLM Arizona Resource Advisory Council to Meet in Phoenix
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The Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Arizona Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Phoenix on September 9-10, 2014. Established in 1995, the statewide citizen-based council provides advice to the BLM on land management programs and issues affecting public lands in Arizona. In addition, the RAC has been authorized to review and provide advice on all recreation fee proposals for the BLM and the U.S. Forest Service (FS) recreation sites in Arizona, as required by the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004. The Recreation RAC will not review and make recommendations on U.S. Forest Service recreation fee proposals at this meeting.Members of the public are welcome to attend the RAC Business meeting on September 10. The meeting will be held from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the BLM Arizona State Office located at One North Central Avenue in Phoenix. A half-hour public comment period is scheduled from 11:00 to 11:30 a.m. for any interested members of the public who wish to address the Council on BLM programs and business in general. Depending on the number of persons wishing to speak and time available, the time for individual comments may be limited. Written comments may be sent to the Bureau of Land Management at One N. Central Ave., Suite 800, Phoenix, AZ 85004, attention Arizona RAC Coordinator.Planned agenda items include: a Welcome and Introduction of Council Members; BLM State Director's Update on BLM Programs and Issues; BLM Feedback on RAC Recommendations on Department of the Interior Themes; Value of Friends' Groups and Partnership Strategy; Reports by the RAC Working Groups; RAC Questions on BLM District Manager Reports; Recognition Ceremony; and other items of interest to the RAC.Following is a list of the RAC members, the category they represent, their residence and term.Name -- Representing -- Residence -- Term *Bill Brake -- Commodity/Grazing -- Scottsdale -- 11/2016Stu Bengson -- Commodity/Energy/Minerals -- Tucson -- 09/2014Maggie Sacher -- Commodity/Recreation Marble -- Canyon -- 09/2015Thomas Hulen -- Commodity/Energy/Minerals -- Tempe -- 09/2015Emmett Sturgill -- Commodity/Grazing -- Kingman -- 11/2016Douglas Traub -- Non-Commodity/Dispersed Recreation -- Lake Havasu City -- 09/2014Glendon Collins -- Non-Commodity/Dispersed Recreation -- Phoenix -- 09/2014Carl Taylor -- Non-Commodity/Historical/Archaeology -- Flagstaff -- 09/2015Michael Quigley -- Non-Commodity/Environmental -- Tucson -- 11/2016H. Maaike Schotborgh -- Non-Commodity/Environmental -- Tucson -- 11/2016Gary Watson -- Local Area/Elected Official (vice Lunt) -- Kingman -- 09/2014Dawn Duncan-Hubbs -- Local Area/Indian Tribe -- Hackberry -- 09/2014Larry Howery -- Local Area/Academia -- Tucson -- 09/2015Jeffrey Sargent -- Local Area/Public-At-Large -- Peoria -- 09/2015H. Drew John -- Local Area/Public-At-Large -- Safford -- 11/2016Jim deVos (non-voting) -- Governor's Representative Asst. Director, Arizona Game and Fish -- Phoenix -- N/A*RAC ChairThe next RAC meeting has not been scheduled. For more information about the Arizona RAC, visit the website at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/arizona
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land located primarily in 12 western states, including Alaska, on behalf of the American people. The BLM also administers 700 million acres of sub-surface mineral estate throughout the nation. Our mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of America’s public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations.