FACA Committee Purpose & Justification
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Fiscal Year:2011 Committee Type: Non Scientific Program Advisory Board
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee
DOI
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[ Federated Name : (urn:www.doi.gov:agency:15:committee:515:) ]
[ Agency Name : (Department of the Interior) ]
[ Agency Acronym : (DOI) ]
[ Agency Domain : (www.doi.gov) ]
[ Agency Web Site : (http://www.doi.gov) ]
[ Committee Name : (Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area Advisory Committee) ]
[ Committee Type : (Non Scientific Program Advisory Board) ]
[ Committee Web Site : () ]
[ Goal? : (yes) ]
[ Vision? : (yes) ]
[ Mission? : (yes) ]
Department of the Interior
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As directed by Congress, the committee include four members with natural and/or cultural resource expertise and three members with political affiliations. Resources represented include watershed, hydrology, fish and wildlife, environmental education, cultural resources and recreation. Politically affiliated positions include the Governor's representative, Greenlee County representative, and Graham County representative. See the attched membership list for committee members (all are technically expired due to the expiration of the Charter).
The Committee did not meet this fiscal year, and hasn't met since 2006.The Gila Box Advisory Committee met, as scheduled by the BLM Safford Field Office, to discuss ongoing projects within the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area (RNCA). They were briefed by managers and staff at these meetings and sometimes taken on a field tour to view specific projects. The BLM welcomed comments and suggestions from the Committee.
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No meetings were held this Fiscal Year, and the Committee hasn't met since 2006.The Advisory Committee was established by Congress to provide public input to the BLM's management of the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area.
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The Committee was mandated by Congress when it created the Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area as part of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act of 1990. Congress specified the cross-section of member backgrounds and regional views to increase public input and advise to the BLM on the Gila Box Management Plan. Advisory Committee members are active in various fields and represent a good mix of the resource expertise needed to provide input on the Gila Box. This regional input is helpful to balance local issues and concerns and ensure the area is managed an developed for its resource values. The fact that the Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public enables the BLM to reach a larger segment of interested publics than can be done with limited staff and budget locally; community turnout at the meetings in generally very low though. Unfortunately, interest in Committee participation has also been low. Sometimes, a Call for Nominations must be issued twice before enough qualified candidates submit applications to fill vacant positions. Each time, the BLM must publish a Federal Register notice which costs additional money. In the past several years, the "value" of this investment in relation to the input we receive has been discussed.Also, the same type of committee was required by Congress for the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, which is also within our District. That committee has not been active for at least nine years and there has been no pressure to re-energize it. There needs to be a consistent approach so that both committees are handled the same.
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Gannon (J.)
Dick
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