State of Arizona Resource Advisory Council Meeting

Résumé

This notice announces a tour and meeting of the Arizona Resource Advisory Council. The tour and meeting will be held January 23-24, 1998 in Safford, Arizona. On January 23, the RAC will tour a grazing allotment along the Gila River and discuss various issues involved in the Safford Field Office Livestock Grazing Biological Opinion. The tour will start at 8:00 a.m. from the BLM Safford Field Office and will conclude at 5:00 p.m. The Safford Field Office is located at 711 14th Avenue. On January 24, the RAC will conduct a one- day business meeting. Again, the meeting will be held at the Safford Field Office, starting at 8:00 am. until approximately 2:00 p.m. The agenda items to be covered at the meeting include review of previous meeting minutes; BLM State Director's Update on legislation, regulations and statewide planning efforts; Update on Safford and Tucson Biological Opinions; Presentation on a study performed on the Gila River Watershed and its Runoff; and Reports by the Standards and Guidelines, Recreation and Public Relations Working Groups; Reports from RAC members; RAC Discussion on future meeting dates and locations. A public comment period will take place at 11:30 a.m. Ja