Las Cruces, NM – The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council (RAC) will meet in Las Cruces on Tuesday, December 8, 2015. The half-day meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the BLM office located at 1800 Marquess Street, Las Cruces, New Mexico, 88005.
All RAC meetings are open to the public. There will be a half-hour public comment period at 11:30 a.m. for any interested members of the public who wish to address the RAC. Depending on the number of persons wishing to speak and time available, individual comments may be limited. The public may also send written comments to the RAC by mailing them to the BLM Las Cruces District Office, Attn: Deborah Stevens.
Planned agenda items include updates on the New Mexico Copper Project Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS); the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Record of Decision for the Approved Record Resource Management Plan and EIS; Lands with Wilderness Characteristics; Restore New Mexico; and Grazing Permit Renewals.
The 10-member Las Cruces District Resource Advisory Council provides advice and recommendations on resource and land management issues for 5.5 million acres of public land located within the District’s six southwestern New Mexico counties under its jurisdiction.