[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 200 (Monday, October 18, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 56216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-27030]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting

    Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory 
Committee Act that a meeting of the Joshua Tree National Park Advisory 
Commission (Commission) will be held from 9:00 am (PDT) until 3:00 pm 
on Saturday, November 6, 1999, at the Helen Gray Center, on 
Whitefeather Drive in the Village of Joshua Tree, California. The 
Commission will hear presentations about issues related to the 
Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan, which serves as an 
amendment to the General Management Plan for Joshua Tree National Park, 
a briefing on the park's Mine and Minerals Management Program, and a 
briefing on the park's Fee Demonstration Program.
    The Commission was established by Public Law 103-433, section 107 
to advise the Secretary concerning the development and implementation 
of a new or revised comprehensive management plan Joshua Tree National 
Park.
    Members of the Commission include:

Mr. Chuck Bell--Planner
Ms. Cyndie Bransford--Recreational Climbing Interest
Ms. Marie Brashear--Mining Interest
Mr. Gary Daigneault--Property Owner/Business Interest
Hon. Kathy Davis--County of San Bernardino
Mr. John Freter--Property Owner Interest
Mr. Brian Huse--Conservation
Mr. Julian McIntyre--Conservation
Mr. Roger Melanson--Homeowner
Mr. Ramon Mendoza--Native American Interest/Equestrian Interest
Ms. Leslie Mouriquand--Planner
Mr. Richard Russell--All Wheel Drive Vehicle Interest
Ms. Lynne Shmakoff--Property Owner Interest
Hon. Roy Wilson--County of Riverside
Mr. Gilbert Zimmerman--Tourism

    Included on the agenda for this public meeting will be:
Discussion of the Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan
 Summary
 Trail system report
 Climbing management report
 Designation of roads and auto camping report
 Artificial water sources and desert tortoise recovery report
 Group size limits and area closures report
A briefing on the park's Mine and Minerals Management Program
A briefing on the park's Fee Demonstration Program

    The meeting is open to the public and will be recorded for 
documentation and transcribed for dissemination. Minutes of the meeting 
will be available to the public after approval of the full Advisory 
Commission. For copies, please contact Superintendent, Joshua Tree 
National Park, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California 
92277 at (760) 367-5502.

    Dated: September 28, 1999.
Ernest Quintana,
Superintendent.
[FR Doc. 99-27030 Filed 10-15-99; 8:45 am]
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