[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-683]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CO-01-134-1220-241A]


McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area Advisory Council 
Meeting

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice of meetings.

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SUMMARY: The McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area (MCNCA) 
Advisory Council will hold its first bi-monthly meeting of 2005 on 
February 2, 2005. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held at 
the Mesa County Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Grand 
Junction, CO. Additional meetings will also be held on April 6 and June 
1 of 2005 at the same location and the same time. Additional meetings 
for 2005 will be determined at the February 2 meeting and published in 
the Federal Register.

DATES: The meeting will be held on February 2, 2005.

ADDRESSES: For further information or to provide written comments, 
please contact the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), 2815 H Road, Grand 
Junction, Colorado 81506; (970) 244-3000.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Colorado Canyons National Conservation 
Area was established on October 24, 2000 when the Colorado Canyons 
National Conservation Area and Black Ridge Wilderness Act of 2000 (the 
Act) was signed by the President. The Act required that the Advisory 
Council be established to provide advice in the preparation and 
implementation of the CCNCA Resource Management Plan. The name was 
congressionally change at the end of 2004 from Colorado Canyons 
National Conservation Area to McInnis Canyons National Conservation 
Area.
    The MCNCA Advisory Council will meet on Wednesday, February 2, 2005 
at the Mesa County Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Grand 
Junction, CO, beginning at 3 p.m. The agenda topics for this meeting 
are:
    (1) The re-election of council officials;
    (2) MCNCA Resource Management Plan implementation and monitoring 
strategy;
    (3) Budgetary requirements for upcoming fiscal years;
    (4) Public comment period;
    (5) Agenda for next meeting;
    Beginning February of 2005, the MCNCA Advisory Council meetings 
will be held bi-monthly on the first Wednesday of every other month 
through June at the same time and location. The dates for these 
meetings are February 2, 2005; April 6, 2005; and June 1, 2005. 
Additional meetings for 2005 will be determined at the February 
meeting.
    Topics of discussion for future meetings will include completion of 
an implementation/business plan, refinement of a monitoring strategy, 
partnerships, interpretation, adaptive management, socioeconomics, and 
other issues as appropriate.
    All meetings will be open to the public and will include a time set 
aside for public comment. Interested persons may make oral statements 
at the meetings or submit written statements at any meeting. Per-person 
time limits for oral statements may be set to allow all interested 
persons an opportunity to speak.
    Summary minutes of all Council meetings will be maintained at the 
Bureau of Land Management Office in Grand Junction, Colorado. They are 
available for public inspection and reproduction during regular 
business hours within thirty (30) days following the meeting. In 
addition, minutes and other information concerning the MCNCA Advisory 
Council, can be obtained from the MCNCA Web site at: http://www.co.blm.gov/gjra/mcnca/mcncahome.htm, which will be updated 
following each Advisory Council meeting.

    Dated: January 6, 2005.
Paul H. Peck,
Manager, McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
[FR Doc. 05-683 Filed 1-12-05; 8:45 am]
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