[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14160-14161]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7714]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-010-1220-00]


Meeting of the Bakersfield Resource Advisory Council

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Meeting of the Bakersfield Resource Advisory Council.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the authorities in the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act (Pub. L. 92-463) and the Federal land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (sec. 309), the Bureau of Land Management Bakersfield District 
Resource Advisory Council will meet in Bakersfield, with a field trip 
to the Carrizo Plain Natural Area.

DATES: April 11-12-13-14, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Washburn Ranch, Carrizo Plain Natural Area, April 11-12; 
Ramada Inn, 3535 Rosedale Highway, Bakersfield, California, April 13; 
BLM Bakersfield District Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, Bakersfield, April 
14.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  The Bakersfield Resource Advisory Council 
is a 12 member council appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to 
give counsel and advice regarding planning and management of public 
land resources to the District Manager of the Bureau of Land Management 
Bakersfield District Office, 3801 Pegasus Drive, and then proceed by 
government vehicle to the Carrizo Plain Natural Area in eastern San 
Luis Obispo County.
    On the way, the Council will visit the oil fields of western kern 
county, and be briefed on the Bureau's oil and gas program. After a 
tour of the Carrizo Plain and a discussion of the native plants of the 
area, the council will have dinner and spend the night at the Washburn 
Ranch, the administrative headquarters for BLM at Carrizo Plain. 
Friday, April 12, at the Washburn Ranch, the Council will receive 
training in rangeland management from BLM staff. The training will 
consist of 4 hours of classroom study, followed by a field discussion 
of standards and guidelines for grazing on federal land.
    The council will return to Bakersfield Friday evening,a nd will 
meet at the Ramada Inn beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 13. The 
Council will hear testimony about Caliente Resource Area issues such as 
the impact of threatened and endangered species issues on land 
management decisions. A public comment period is scheduled for 11 a.m. 
The Council will spend Saturday afternoon discussing its role and 
responsibilities concerning grazing and land management issues. If 
necessary, the Council will continue its discussion beginning at 8 a.m. 
Sunday, April 14, at the BLM Bakersfield District Office.
    The entire meeting of the council is open to the public. Please 
make arrangements in advance by calling the number below if you wish to 
attend any part of the meeting at the Carrizo Plain. Anyone wishing to 
address the Council about any public land issue may do so during the 
public comment period at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 1996 or at any 
time during the meeting at the discretion of the Council Chairman. 
Written comments may be submitted at the meeting, or to the address 
below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Mercer, Public Affairs Officer, 
Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield District, 3801 Pegasus Drive,

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Bakersfield, CA 93308, telephone 805-391-6010.

    Dated: March 21, 1996.
Ron Fellows,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 96-7714 Filed 3-28-96; 8:45 am]
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