[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48580]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-16356]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[Docket No. 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 next meeting of 2005 on September 7, 
2005. The meeting will begin at 3 p.m. and will be held at the Fruita 
City Office Building, 325 East Aspen Avenue, Fruita, CO. An additional 
meeting will be held on December 7, 2005 at the Mesa County 
Administration Building; 544 Rood Avenue, Grand Junction, CO.

DATES: The meeting will be held on September 7, 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 McInnis Canyons National Conservation 
Area was established on October 24, 2000 when 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 changed at the end of 2004 from Colorado 
Canyons National Conservation Area to McInnis Canyons National 
Conservation Area (MCNCA).
    The MCNCA Advisory Council will meet on Wednesday, September 7, 
2005 at the Fruita City Office Building, 325 East Aspen Avenue, Fruita, 
CO. The agenda topics for this meeting are:
    (1) Status of pending Advisory Council nominations.
    (2) Update on Friends of McInnis Canyons NCA.
    (3) Update on NCA Implementation Plan.
    (4) Cooperative management of Loma Boat Launch. (Field trip to site 
included.)
    (5) Public comment period
    (6) Agenda for next meeting
    Beginning September of 2005, the MCNCA Advisory Council meetings 
will be held quarterly on the first Wednesday of every third month. The 
dates for these meetings are September 7, 2005; and December 7, 2005. 
Meetings for 2006 will be determined at the December meeting. Topics of 
discussion for future meetings will include completion of an 
implementation/business plan, refinement of a monitoring strategy, 
partnerships, interpretation, adaptive management, socioeconomic, and 
other issues as appropriate.
    All meeting 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.

    Dated: August 5, 2005.
Paul H. Peck,
Manager, McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.
[FR Doc. 05-16356 Filed 8-17-05; 8:45 am]
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