{"id":4017,"date":"2019-07-23T14:39:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-23T18:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-urge-keeping-blm-citizen-advisory-panels\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:32","slug":"wyden-merkley-urge-keeping-blm-citizen-advisory-panels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-urge-keeping-blm-citizen-advisory-panels\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley urge keeping BLM citizen advisory panels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday&nbsp;urged President Trump to protect vital, volunteer-led councils which currently inform Bureau of Land Management public land management policy.<\/p>\n<p>El mes pasado,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federalregister.gov\/documents\/2019\/06\/19\/2019-13175\/evaluating-and-improving-the-utility-of-federal-advisory-committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump issued an executive order<\/a>&nbsp;instructing all federal agencies to review their advisory panels and terminate at least one-third of existing committees under the Federal Advisory Committee Act.<\/p>\n<p>Wyden and Merkley in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/download\/072319-wyden-merkley-blm-racs-faca-executive-order-letter\">carta<\/a>&nbsp;Tuesday to&nbsp;Trump expressed concern that the executive order could force BLM to disband one-third of its Resources Advisory Councils (RACs), which are volunteer committees created to engage citizens, especially in rural communities, in public lands management.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;RACs carry considerable weight in their work to inform public land management decisions on issues related to forestry, recreation, grazing, mining, oil and gas exploration, and wildfire management,&#8221;&nbsp;the senators wrote.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are concerned that limiting the number of BLM RACs, coupled with BLM&#8217;s persistent delays in approving RAC members, will unnecessarily limit public engagement in the management of public resources and will create gaps in these volunteer groups&#8217; ability to properly advise the government,&#8221;&nbsp;the senators continued.<\/p>\n<p>RACs, authorized pursuant to the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, are typically comprised of 10 to 15 volunteers from local communities, and inform BLM&#8217;s public land management decisions on forestry, recreation, grazing, oil and gas exploration, mining and wildfire management. There are currently 37 RACs covering western states, including Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>Una copia de la carta est\u00e1 disponible.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/download\/072319-wyden-merkley-blm-racs-faca-executive-order-letter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&nbsp;aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON &#8211; Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., on Tuesday&nbsp;urged President Trump to protect vital, volunteer-led councils which currently inform Bureau of Land Management public land management policy. 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