[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 179 (Thursday, September 16, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50301-50302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-23675]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[WO-260-1060-00-24 1A]


Call for Nominations for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board call for 
nominations.

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SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is to solicit public nominations 
for the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board. The Board provides advice 
concerning management, protection, and control of wild free-roaming 
horses and burros on the public lands administered by the Department of 
the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, and the Department 
of Agriculture, through the Forest Service.

DATES: Nominations should be submitted to the address listed below 
under ADDRESSES no later than November 1, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Wild Horse and Burro Group, WO 260, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior, 1849 ``C'' St., Mail Stop: 306 
LS, Washington, DC 20240.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lee Delaney, (202) 452-7744.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any individual or organization may nominate 
one or more persons to serve on the Wild Horse and Burro Advisory 
Board. Individuals may also nominate themselves for Board membership. 
All nomination letters should include the name, address, profession, 
relevant biographic data, and reference sources for each nominee, and 
should be sent to the address listed under ADDRESSES, above. You may 
make nominations for the following categories of interest:

Wild horse and burro advocacy group
Wild horse and burro research (especially genetics and population 
biology)
Veterinary medicine (equine science)
Natural resources management (especially rangeland science)
Humane organization
Wildlife management
Livestock management
Public-at-large

    The specific category that the nominee will represent should be 
identified in the letter of nomination. Board membership must be 
balanced in terms of categories of interest represented. Each member 
must be a person who, as a result of training and experience, has 
knowledge or special expertise which qualifies him or her to provide 
advice from among the categories of interest listed above. Members will 
be appointed to staggered terms of 1-3 years.
    Pursuant to Section 7 of the Wild Free-Roaming Horses and Burros 
Act, members of the Board cannot be employees of Federal or State 
Government.
    Members will serve without salary, but will be reimbursed for 
travel and per diem expenses at current rates for Government employees.
    The Board will meet no less than two times annually. The Director, 
Bureau of Land Management may call additional meetings in connection 
with special needs for advice.

    Dated: September 1, 1999.
Robert E. Doyle,
Acting Director, Bureau of Land Management.
[FR Doc. 99-23675 Filed 9-15-99; 8:45 am]
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