[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13391-13392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7079]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[CA-060-07-1990-00]


Notice of Public Meetings

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463 
and 94-579, that the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, 
and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have scheduled a series of workshops 
to update the public on the status of the Northern and Eastern Mojave 
planning effort and gather comments on the framework of alternatives 
that will be addressed in the plan. The workshops are scheduled at the 
following locations:

Monday, April 14, 7-10 p.m., City Council Chambers, 1111 Baily Avenue, 
Needles, CA
Tuesday, April 15, 7-10 p.m., Cashman Field, 850 N. Las Vegas Blvd., 
Room 107, Las Vegas, NV
Wednesday, April 16, 7-10 p.m., Visitor Center Auditorium, Furnace 
Creek, Death Valley National Park
Thursday, April 17, 7-10 p.m., Eastern Sierra Fairgrounds, Sierra 
Street & Fair Drive, Bishop, CA
Friday, April 18, 7-10 p.m., Boulder Creek RV Park, Highway 395 (5 
miles south of Lone Pine), Lone Pine, CA
Saturday, April 19, 1-4 p.m., Dana Park Bldg., 850 South Barstow Road, 
Barstow, CA
Monday, April 21, 7-10 p.m., Holiday Inn---Magnolia Room, 303 East 
Cordova, Pasadena, CA
Tuesday, April 22, 7-10 p.m., Ramada Inn--Lakes Room, 2000 Ostrems Way, 
San Bernardino, CA
Wednesday, April 23, 7-10 p.m., Baker Community Center, Baker Blvd., 
Baker, CA
Thursday, April 24, 7-10 p.m., City Council Chambers, 100 California 
Ave., Ridgecrest, CA

    The conceptual planning alternatives will outline a range of three 
possible alternatives, plus the no-action alternative. The interagency 
team is seeking input from the public on the array of alternatives and 
the details that will be addressed in the planning effort.
    The 7.7 million acre planning area encompasses Death Valley 
National Park, the Mojave National Preserve, and BLM-managed public 
lands in parts of Inyo and San Bernardino counties. The interagency 
planning effort will guide the protection, public use and

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development of the public lands within the planning area, and identify 
common management objectives, such as for wilderness areas, and reduce 
confusion for the public who use and recreate in these areas for the 
three agencies.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Contact Dennis Schramm at the Mojave 
National Preserve, 222 East Main Street, Suite 202, Barstow, CA 92311 
or call (619) 255-884 or contact BLM public affairs in Riverside at 
(909) 697-5215. Information about the Northern and Eastern Mojave 
planning effort also is available at http://www.ca.blm.gov/mojave/
homepage.htm.

    Dated: March 14, 1997.
Jo Simpson,
Asst. District Manager, External Affairs.
[FR Doc. 97-7079 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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