Wayne,
I will be gone, but so far Tony and Norm will also be there with you. Ed will be doing the tour on Friday ( they have tours of the area the day before the meeting)
I told Ed that you would be at the DAC meeting. Other than an appearance by Mr. Spitler they will be discussing the NECO and NEMO management plans. The DAC commitee had a work shop to go over maps and the issues surrounding the two plans and they will be holding this meeting to determine what their recommendations will be for NECO I believe.
The Field Managers are also present at these meetings and offer their reports - so you get to hear what is going on in each area. Take notes of the important stuff regarding NECO, NEMO and any OHV issues ( Glamis WILL be mentioned). Also The Barstow rep was talking about having The Natures Conservancy buy some land in Barstow - that concerned me because of the way they do biz, the Natures Conservancy likes to buy land and then lock it up, see if he mentions this again, if not ask him some more about it and see what you can find out - it just sounds fishy to me.
NECO will mention the closure of the Parker 400 course on the Cal side and NEMO will mention the elimination of the old B-V course. If you want to get the highlights on these two plans go to
www.blm.ca.gov</A> and look for NEMO and NECO managment plans they are large and cumbersome - but you might be able to get something out of checking them out.
The meeting is pretty far away and the current thought is they did that to prevent a lot of people from attending due to the anticipated attendance of Mr. Spilter. So its great that you are going to be there and anyone else you can get to go will help - we need to show numbers at this meeting - our recreation rep - Roy Denner - asked for as many people as possible to attend. I'm sure Vicky Warren from ASA will be there along with a large contingent of peeps =-)
I would bring some snacks or something too! The meeting will run till 4 and there should be a lunch break, but just to be safe, snacks are good ;-)
Thanks again for attending!!
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