EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. – The Bureau of Land Management is seeking public nominations for positions on 27 Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) nationwide, which include seven vacant positions on the Central California RAC. These citizen-based committees assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.
“Resource Advisory Councils provide the BLM with vital input on current issues, concerns and proposals and enable us to engage local communities and stakeholders to improve our management of public lands,” says BLM Acting Central California District Manager Chris Heppe. “Our goal is to ensure the Central California RAC encompasses a wide variety of perspectives and backgrounds.”
The BLM maintains 37 such advisory committees formally chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Federal Policy and Land Management Act (FLPMA) across the West. Of those committees, 31 are RACs and the remainder are site or subject-specific advisory councils. Each RAC consists of 10 to 15 members from diverse interests in local communities, and they assist in the development of recommendations that address public land management issues.