Meetings: Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission,

[Federal Register: October 18, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 200)]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission; Notice of Meeting

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act that a meeting of the Joshua Tree National Park Advisory Commission (Commission) will be held from 9:00 am (PDT) until 3:00 pm on Saturday, November 6, 1999, at the Helen Gray Center, on Whitefeather Drive in the Village of Joshua Tree, California. The Commission will hear presentations about issues related to the Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan, which serves as an amendment to the General Management Plan for Joshua Tree National Park, a briefing on the park's Mine and Minerals Management Program, and a briefing on the park's Fee Demonstration Program.

The Commission was established by Public Law 103-433, section 107 to advise the Secretary concerning the development and implementation of a new or revised comprehensive management plan Joshua Tree National Park.

Members of the Commission include:

Mr. Chuck Bell--Planner Ms. Cyndie Bransford--Recreational Climbing Interest Ms. Marie Brashear--Mining Interest Mr. Gary Daigneault--Property Owner/Business Interest Hon. Kathy Davis--County of San Bernardino Mr. John Freter--Property Owner Interest Mr. Brian Huse--Conservation Mr. Julian McIntyre--Conservation Mr. Roger Melanson--Homeowner Mr. Ramon Mendoza--Native American Interest/Equestrian Interest Ms. Leslie Mouriquand--Planner Mr. Richard Russell--All Wheel Drive Vehicle Interest Ms. Lynne Shmakoff--Property Owner Interest Hon. Roy Wilson--County of Riverside Mr. Gilbert Zimmerman--Tourism

Included on the agenda for this public meeting will be: Discussion of the Backcountry and Wilderness Management Plan ‹bullet› Summary ‹bullet› Trail system report ‹bullet› Climbing management report ‹bullet› Designation of roads and auto camping report ‹bullet› Artificial water sources and desert tortoise recovery report ‹bullet› Group size limits and area closures report A briefing on the park's Mine and Minerals Management Program A briefing on the park's Fee Demonstration Program

The meeting is open to the public and will be recorded for documentation and transcribed for dissemination. Minutes of the meeting will be available to the public after approval of the full Advisory Commission. For copies, please contact Superintendent, Joshua Tree National Park, 74485 National Park Drive, Twentynine Palms, California 92277 at (760) 367-5502.

Dated: September 28, 1999. Ernest Quintana, Superintendent.

[FR Doc. 99-27030Filed10-15-99; 8:45 am]

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