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| Wild river designation on June 21 agenda |
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| RAC meets in Cottonwood; public invited |
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COTTONWOOD -- The proposal to designate the Lower Salmon River under the Wild and Scenic Act will be discussed at a meeting in Cottonwood next Monday, June 21, by the Resource Advisory Council (RAC) for the Bureau of Land Management.
Four invited guest speakers will discuss the proposal and the various issues involved. According to RAC Coeur d'Alene District Manager Gary Cooper, "Due to the interest in the Wild and Scenic Rivers proposal, we moved the meeting location from our BLM conference room to the community hall in Cottonwood, which will allow more people to attend and listen to information presented about this proposal."
RAC meetings are open to the public, and participants may address the RAC from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. on June 21 with either oral or written statements.
The RAC's Cottonwood meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. at the community hall. In addition to the regular business items, the RAC will address the Wild Horse and Burro Program, and also listen to a presentation on a land exchange proposal involving the disposal of about 9,000 acres of public land in northern Idaho and acquisition of more than 11,000 acres of private land in southern Idaho. The proposal by Idaho Rivers United on the Lower Salmon River designation will be the final agenda topic.
Tuesday, June 22, RAC members will visit the Pine Bar Recreation site along the Salmon River and then tour portions of the Craig Mountain Management Area. The tour will provide an overview of programs administered by the BLM from the Cottonwood office.
For information, go online at www.blm.gov/id/st/en/res/resource_advisory/coeur_d_alene_district.html or contact Stephanie Snook, RAC coordinator, at 769-5004.
The BLM's Coeur d'Alene District RAC is a 15-member advisory panel that provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on resource and land management issues for approximately 241,000 acres of federal public lands within 11 counties in northern Idaho.
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