Tour of ORV impacts/issues around Jawbone Canyon, Dove Springs & Rand Mountains on Fri. June 15

Public meeting including discussion of "Off-Road to Ruin" report in Ridgecrest CA on Sat. June 16 - This meeting is especially important to get environmentalists to.

Please come and bring other conservationists. Help spread the word on this, please.

[Federal Register: May 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 98)]

[Notices]

[Page 27998-27999]



DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management

[CA-610-01-1220-AA]



Meeting of the California Desert District Advisory Council



SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Public Laws 92-463

and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of

Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will participate in a field tour

of the BLM-administered public lands on Friday, June 15, 2001, from 7:30 a.m to

4:30 p.m., and meet in formal session on Saturday, June 16, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Saturday meeting will be held in the Pinnacles Room at the Kerr McGee

Center, located at 100 West California Avenue in Ridgecrest, California.

The Council and interested members of the public will assemble for the field tour

at the Best Western China Lake Inn parking lot at 7:15 a.m. and depart at 7:30

a.m. Tour stops will include the Rand Mountains and Jawbone Canyon

Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area. Members of the public are welcome to

participate in the tour, but should plan on providing their own transportation,

drinks, and lunch.

The Council will meet in formal session on Saturday. Agenda items will include

updates/briefings on BLM's off-highway vehicle program and management related

issues.

All Desert District Advisory Council meetings are open to the public. Time for

public comment may be made available by the Council Chairman during the

presentation of various agenda items, and is scheduled at the beginning of the

meeting for topics not on the agenda.

Written comments may be filed in advance of the meeting for the California

Desert District Advisory Council, c/o Bureau of Land Management, Public Affairs

Office, 6221 Box Springs Boulevard, Riverside, California 92507-0714. Written

comments also are accepted at the time of the meeting and, if copies are provided

to the recorder, will be incorporated into the minutes.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Doran Sanchez at (909)

697-5220, BLM California Desert District External Affairs.



Dated: May 7, 2001.

Tim Salt, District Manager.

[FR Doc. 01-12697 Filed 5-18-01; 8:45 am]



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For detailed information and photos on ORV damage in California, please visit:

http://www.calwild.org/pubs/reports/orv/orv_report_contents.htm