Contributed Article/Courtesy: BLM
WASHINGTON — Next week, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service will host a public meeting in Flagstaff, Arizona, to hear community views on the management of local public lands, including proposals to designate existing public lands as national monuments. It is planned. Located in northern Arizona.
The community gathering is part of the Biden-Harris administration’s efforts to support locally-led conservation efforts across the country. In May, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Visited the larger Grand Canyon landscape Meet tribal leaders, elected officials, and local residents to hear about their vision for preserving the natural and cultural resources of the greater Grand Canyon watershed.
This community meeting responded to requests from local, county, state and tribal officials and pending legislation in Congress to protect the landscape managed by BLM as the Baji Nwabjo Ita Kukveni Grand Canyon National Monument. Seeking. and USFS.
what: BLM and USFS Community Meeting on Conservation Proposals
when: Tuesday, July 18, 1:00pm to 4:00pm Doors open to the public at 12:30pm (Montana time).
where: DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel FlagstaffGrand Ballroom, 1175 West Route 66 in Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Participants include:
- Laura Daniel Davis, Principal Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals, Department of the Interior
- Dr. Homer Wilkes, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Tracy Stone Manning, Director of Land Management
- Raymond Suazo, Director of the Arizona Bureau of Land Management
- Michiko Martin, Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service
