ALAMOSA, Colo. - The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission will meet Wednesday, May 29 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District office, 10900 East U.S. Highway 160, Alamosa, Colo.
The meeting is open to the public with a comment period scheduled for 10:15 a.m. Agenda topics include:
* Discussing public involvement and response to the Commission’s land-owner letter
* Presentation by the BLM on cultural resource reviews and process
* Subcommittee reports on meetings with the Commission’s writer-editor
The Rio Grande Natural Area was established on Oct. 12, 2006, to conserve, restore, and protect the natural, historic, cultural, scientific, scenic, wildlife, and recreational resources of the 33-mile stretch of the Rio Grande River between the southern end of the Alamosa Wildlife Refuge and the Colorado-New Mexico state border. The Natural Area encompasses 5,900 acres of private land, and 2,900 acres of BLM lands within ¼ mile of the river’s banks.
The Rio Grande Natural Area Commission is a nine-member group created to advise the Secretary of Interior with respect to the Natural Area and to develop a non-binding management plan for the non-federal land within the Natural Area.
For more information about the RGNA log on to: http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/fo/slvfo/rio_grande_natural.html
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
