BLM to hold meeting of three Resource Advisory Councils in Elko April 4-6

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BLM to hold meeting of three Resource Advisory Councils in Elko April 4-6

The following press releases was published by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management on March 28, 2017. It is reproduced in full below.

The Bureau of Land Management will hold its annual meeting of the three Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) in Nevada at the Elko Convention Center, 700 Moren Way, Elko, Nevada, April 4-6. The three 15-member Nevada RACs advise the Secretary of the Interior, through the BLM Nevada State Director, on a variety of planning and management issues associated with public land management in Nevada.

The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in the Turquoise Room on April 4. A public comment period will be held April 5 at 3:30 p.m.

Agenda topics include presentations on public lands, wild horses and burros, the Great Basin Landscape Conservation Cooperative, and the National Conservation Lands program. Training conducted during the meeting will include the National Environmental Policy Act, RAC roles and responsibilities, and media training for RAC members and BLM staff. The meeting will also include closeout reports of the three RACs and scheduling meetings of the individual RACs for the upcoming year.

Breakout sessions for the individual RACs and state level subgroups dealing with wild horses and burros, sage grouse and grazing will be held April 6.

The agenda, reports and additional information are posted at https://on.doi.gov/2kxTU8l under the Tri-RAC tab.

Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

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