Discussing the John Day River Permit System
By Shannon Weidemann (McKone) on Monday, February 7th, 2022 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
BAKER CITY – (Information provided by the Bureau of Land Management) The Bureau of Land Management will host a virtual meeting of the John Day-Snake Resource Advisory Council (RAC) from 8 a.m. to approximately 3 p.m. PT Thursday, Feb. 17.
Agenda topics include updates on Prineville District BLM’s Thirty mile Recreation and Travel Management Plan and the John Day River Permit System; USDA Forest Service’s Central Cascades Wilderness Permit implementation; and anadromous fish management and issues on the John Day River presented by Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
General agency activity updates will be provided by BLM’s Vale and Prineville Districts and the Wallowa-Whitman, Umatilla, Malheur, Ochoco, and Deschutes national forests.
The meeting will be held via the Zoom for Government platform. Contact RAC coordinator Larisa Bogardus at lbogardus@blm.gov or 541-523-1407 for meeting links and information. The full meeting agenda can be found at https://www.blm.gov/get-involved/resource-advisory-council/near-you/oregon-washington/john-day-rac.
The public is welcome to attend all or part of the meeting. A half-hour public comment period will be offered beginning at 8:10 a.m. PT. The amount of time for individual oral comments may be limited depending on the number of people wishing to comment.
RACs provide advice and recommendations necessary for the BLM and USDA Forest Service to consider when making natural resource and land management decisions. The BLM maintains 38 chartered advisory committees located in the West, which serve as sounding boards for BLM and Forest Service initiatives, regulatory proposals, and policy changes.
“The RAC provides input on a wide range of BLM and Forest Service activities,” BLM Prineville District Manager Dennis Teitzel said. “This diverse group of individuals from across central and northeastern Oregon share different perspectives and help inform our decision making.”For more information about the meeting, or the John Day-Snake RAC, please contact Larisa Bogardus at lbogardus@blm.gov or 541-523-1407.
