[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 1997)] [Notices] [Pages 32365-32366] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-15491] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Land Management [AZ-040-4333-02] Call for Gila Box Advisory Committee Nominations AGENCY: Safford Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Interior. ACTION: Call for Nominations for Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations to fill five positions on the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee, pursuant to Title 2, Section 201, of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990. BACKGROUND: The purpose of the seven-member Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice to the Safford Field Manager on management of public lands in the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area in southeastern Arizona. Members are currently assisting BLM specialists with the preparation of the Final Gila Box Interdisciplinary Activity Plan. The Advisory Committee will meet approximately two times during FY 97 to assist with plan preparation. Members serve without salary, but are reimbursed for travel and per diem expenses at current rates for government employees. To ensure membership of the Advisory Committee is balanced in terms of categories of interest represented and functions performed, nominees must be qualified to provide advice in specific areas related to the primary purposes for which the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area was created. These categories of expertise include wildlife conservation, riparian ecology, archaeology, hydrology, recreation, environmental education, or other related disciplines. Three positions on the Committee are representatives for the State of Arizona, Graham County, and Greenlee County. Nominations for these representatives are submitted to the BLM from the Governor of Arizona and the Boards of Supervisors for Graham and Greenlee counties respectively. Those wishing to submit nominations for those three positions should contact the appropriate office to do so. Nominations for the remaining two positions should be submitted directly to the BLM. Persons wishing to nominate individuals or those wishing to be considered for appointment to serve on the Advisory Committee should provide name, address, profession, biographical data, and category of expertise for each qualified nominee. Persons selected by the Secretary of the Interior to serve on the Committee will serve a three-year term ending on July 31, 2000. Nominations should be submitted to the Safford Field Manager at the address below. DATES: All nominations should be received by July 20, 1997. [[Page 32366]] ADDRESSES: For further information contact: Elmer Walls, Gila Box Team Leader, Safford Field Office, 711 14th Ave., Safford, AZ 85546, telephone (520) 428-4040. Dated: June 3, 1997. William T. Civish, Field Manager. [FR Doc. 97-15491 Filed 6-12-97; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-32-M