[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 152 (Thursday, August 7, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 42593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-20763]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-040-4333-02]


Call for the Gila Box Advisory Committee Nominations

AGENCY: Safford Field Office, Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Extension of Call for Nominations for Gila Box Riparian 
National Conservation Area Advisory Committee.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations to 
fill one position of the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area 
Advisory Committee, pursuant to Title 2, Section 201, of the Arizona 
Desert Wilderness Act of 1990.
    The purpose of the Advisory Committee is to provide informed advice 
to the Safford Field Office Manager on management of public lands in 
the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area. Members are currently 
assisting BLM specialists with the preparation of the Final Gila Box 
Interdisciplinary Activity Plan. The Advisory Committee will meet 
approximately one time during (FY 97) to assist 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.
    Persons wishing to nominate individuals or those wishing to be 
considered for appointment to serve on the Advisory Committee should 
provide names, addresses, professions, biographical data, and category 
of expertise for qualified nominees. Persons selected to serve on the 
Committee will serve a three-year term ending on July 31, 2000. 
Nominations should be submitted to the Safford Field Office Manager at 
the address below.

DATES: All nominations should be received by September 2, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For further information contact: Elmer Walls, Team Leader, 
Gila Resource Area, Safford Field Office, 711 14th Ave., Safford, AZ 
85546, telephone (520) 348-4400.

    Dated: July 27, 1997.
Bill T. Civish,
Field Office Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-20763 Filed 8-6-97; 8:45 am]
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