Con
ntact: Tara Martinak (541
1) 573-4400
Release No. OR-BU-13
3-26
Septtember 27, 20
013
Steens Mounta
ain Adv
visory Council meets Seept 30, Oct 1
HIN
NES, Ore. – The next Stteens Mounttain Advisory
y Council (S
SMAC) meeeting is set foor Monday
andd Tuesday, September 30
0 and Octobeer 1, at the Bureau of Lan
and Managem
ment (BLM)) Burns
Disttrict Office, 28910 Hwy
y 20 West, in
n Hines, Oreg
gon.
On Monday, thee meeting op
pens at 9:00 a.m. with ap
pproval of thhe previous meeting’s minutes, an
d Federal Off
fficial and a presentation on the statuus of the Willd Horse
upddate from thee Designated
andd Burro Program. A lengtthy discussio
on on the So
outh Steens Allotment Management Plan
Envvironmental Assessment is planned for the entiree afternoon. The meetinng will conclude around
4:000 p.m.
pens at 8:30 a.m. with th
he Chairperson update annd member roundOn Tuesday, the meeting op
tablle, which is an opportuniity for repressentatives to
o share inform
mation and concerns froom their
he remaindeer of Friday’ss session is devoted to d iscussion onn recreation issues on
connstituents. Th
the east side of Steens Mou
untain and geeneral busineess items succh as agendaa planning annd
reviiewing action items. Friiday’s sessio
on adjourns around 11:300 a.m. Any other matterrs that may
reassonably com
me before thee SMAC may
y also be add
dressed anyttime during the two-day meeting.
Thee public is welcome to atttend all porttions of the meeting andd may contribbute during public
com
mment period
ds at 10:45 a.m. each day
y. Those wh
ho verbally a ddress the SMAC durinng the open
sesssion are askeed to also pro
ovide a writtten statemen
nt of their coomments or presentation.
For further info
ormation on the SMAC or the upcom
ming meetingg, contact Taara Martinakk at the
41) 573-4519
9. Additionaal informatioon about the SMAC can be found
Burrns District Office at (54
onliine at:
ww.blm.gov/o
or/rac/steenssac.php
ww
The BLM manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any Fedeeral agency. Thiis land, known as the National
Systeem of Public Lan
nds, is primarily
y located in 12 Western states, in
ncluding Alaska. The BLM alsoo administers 7000 million acres
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
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