[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 140 (Tuesday, July 22, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43367-43368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18588]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management


Notice of Public Meeting: Resource Advisory Council to the Lower 
Snake River District

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Land Policy and Management Act 
(FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.

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Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Lower Snake 
River District Resource Advisory Council (RAC), will meet as indicated 
below.

DATES: The meeting will be held August 26, 2003, beginning 9 a.m. at 
the Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office in the first floor 
Ponderosa-Sagebrush Conference Rooms, located at 11387 South Vinnell 
Way, Boise, Idaho 83703. Public comment periods will be held after each 
topic on the agenda. The meeting will adjourn at 5 p.m.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: MJ Byrne, Public Affairs Officer and 
RAC Coordinator, Lower Snake River District, 3948 Development Ave., 
Boise, ID 83705, Telephone (208) 384-3393.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 15-member Council advises the Secretary 
of the Interior, through the Bureau of Land Management, on a variety of 
planning and management issues associated with public land management 
in southwestern Idaho. At this meeting, the following topics will be 
discussed:
    [sbull] Subcommittee reports on Rangeland Standards and Guidelines, 
Sage Grouse Habitat Management, OHV and Transportation Management, 
River Recreation and Resource Management Plans, and Fire and Fuels 
Management;
    [sbull] Two Resource Management Plans under development in the 
District--workshops for Alternatives development;
    [sbull] Rangeland Standards and Guidelines analysis update;
    [sbull] District wildfire activity for 2003, and District Fire 
Management Plan;
    [sbull] Owyhee Initiative--General Overview and Progress Update;
    [sbull] RAC Members will discuss what they heard from individuals 
at community and interest group meetings in August where the 
Department's Sustaining Working Landscapes Initiative (SWI), was added 
to agendas by the RAC's Rangeland Standards and Guidelines 
Subcommittee. The RAC is reserving at least two hours of their 
afternoon's agenda for all interested stakeholders, including Tribes, 
and the public, inviting their comments and participation in the 
discussion regarding SWI policy options and strategy for developing 
policy;
    [sbull] Three Field Office Managers and the District Fire Manager 
provide updates on current activities and issues in their field office 
and the District.
    [sbull] Idaho's Noxious Weed Program
    All meetings are open to the public. The public may present written 
comments to the Council. Each formal Council meeting will also have 
time allocated for hearing public comments. Depending on the number of 
persons wishing to comment and time available, the time for individual 
oral comments may be limited. Individuals who plan to attend and need 
special assistance, such as sign language interpretation, tour 
transportation or other reasonable accommodations, should contact the 
BLM as provided below. Expedited publication is requested to give the 
public adequate notice.

    Dated: July 16, 2003.
Glen M. Secrist,
District Manager.
[FR Doc. 03-18588 Filed 7-21-03; 8:45 am]
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