Con
ntact: Tara Martinak (541
1) 573-4400
Release No. OR-BU-13
3-27
Nove
ember 8, 2013
Steeens Mou
untain Advisory Counccil meetts Nov 14
HIN
NES, Ore. – The next Stteens Mounttain Advisory
y Council (S
SMAC) meeeting is set foor
Thuursday, Noveember 14, att the Phoenix
x Inn, 300 NW Franklin Ave, in Bennd, Oregon.
Thee meeting op
pens at 9:00 a.m. with ap
pproval of the previous meeting’s miinutes and ann update
from
m the Design
nated Federaal Official. A discussion
n on recreatioon issues onn the east sidde of Steens
Mouuntain fills up the remainder of the morning sesssion. In the afternoon, thhe SMAC will hear an
upddate on the Greater Sage--Grouse Ressource Manaagement Plann amendmennts, discuss the South
Steeens Allotmen
nt Managem
ment Plan sub
bcommittee meeting, revview a sectioon of the Steeens
perative Man
nagement and Protection
n Act of 20000, and tend to general buusiness
Mouuntain Coop
item
ms such as fu
uture agendaa planning an
nd reviewing
g action item
ms. Any otheer matters thhat may
me before thee SMAC may
y also be add
dressed. Thee meeting addjourns arouund
reassonably com
4:000 p.m.
Thee public is welcome to atttend all porttions of the meeting andd may contribbute during the public
com
mment period
d at 2:45 p.m
m. Those wh
ho verbally address the S MAC durinng the open session are
askeed to also prrovide a writtten statemen
nt of their co
omments or p resentationn.
For further info
ormation on the SMAC or the upcom
ming meetingg, contact Taara Martinakk at the
Burrns District Office at (54
41) 573-4519
9. Additionaal informatioon about the SMAC can be found
onliine at:
ww
ww.blm.gov/o
or/rac/steenssac.php
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Fedeeral agency. Thiis land, known as the National
nds, is primarily
y located in 12 Western states, in
ncluding Alaska. The BLM alsoo administers 7000 million acres
Systeem of Public Lan
hout the nation. The BLM's mulltiple-use missioon is to sustain thhe health, diverssity, and
of suub-surface minerral estate through
produuctivity of the pu
ublic lands for th
he use and enjoy
yment of presentt and future geneerations. In Fisccal Year 2012, acctivities on
publiic lands generateed $4.6 billion in
n revenue, much
h of which was sh
hared with the S tates where the activities occurrred. In
addittion, public land
ds contributed mo
ore than $112 biillion to the U.S. economy and h elped support more than 500,0000 jobs.
-BLM
M-