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• The Franz elk winter feedground 

(T36N, R112W) containing 680 acres. 

• The Finnegan elk winter 

feedground (T30N, R114W) containing 

approximately 1920 acres. 

• The Fall Creek elk winter 

feedground (T33N, R108W) containing 

approximately 160 acres. 

• The Scab Creek elk winter 

feedground (T33N, R106–107W) 

containing approximately 2,240 acres. 

• The North Piney elk winter 

feedground (T31N, R114W) containing 

approximately 1,080 acres. 

• The Black Butte elk winter 

feedground (T36–37N, R114W) 

containing approximately 320 acres. 

Signs will be posted at key locations 

that provide access into the closure 

areas. Additional information will be 

available at the Pinedale Field Office, 

432 East Mill Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941. 

Authority for closure orders is 

provided in regulation 43 CFR, subparts 

8341.2 and 8364.1. Violations of this 

closure are punishable by a fine not to 

exceed $1000, and/or imprisonment not 

to exceed 12 months. 

Dates: Every calendar year before the 

following dates, a press release will be 

published in the local newspaper as to 

the areas that will be closed for that 

year. The seasonal closure for big game 

winter ranges will be effective from 

November 15 through April 30 each 

winter, to all unauthorized motorized 

vehicle use. The Mesa winter range will 

remain open to motorized travel on 

existing roads from November 15 

through January 14 each winter, but 

roads will be closed to unauthorized 

motorized travel January 15 through 

April 30 each winter. Elk feedground 

areas will be closed November 15 

through April 30 each winter, to all 

unauthorized motorized vehicles and 

human presence. Use of winter range 

areas by non-motorized means is still 

allowed. After April 30 each year, 

motorized vehicle use will be limited to 

existing roads and two-track trails. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pauline Schuette, Wildlife Biologist or 

Martin Hudson, Outdoor Recreation 

Planner, Bureau of Land Management, 

432 East Mill Street, Pinedale, Wyoming 

82941, or contact by telephone at 307–

367–5300. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Dennis R. Stenger, 

Field Manager. 

[FR Doc. E7–508 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–22–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[CA–180] 

Call for Nominations for the Bureau of 

Land Management’s Central California 

Resources Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Call for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management is soliciting nominations 

from the public to fill a vacated position 

on the Central California Resources 

Advisory Council and serve the 

remainder of a three-year term that 

expires in September, 2007. Council 

members provide advice and 

recommendations to the BLM on the 

management of public lands in Central 

California. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be sent 

to the Field Manager, Bureau of Land 

Management, Folsom Field Office, 63 

Natoma Street, Folsom, CA 95630. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Field Manager William S. Haigh or 

Public Affairs Officer David Christy, 

both at Bureau of Land Management, 

Folsom Field Office, 63 Natoma Street, 

Folsom, CA 95630, (916) 985–4474. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Central California Resources Advisory 

Council (RAC) is composed of twelve 

individuals who represent different 

interests and advise BLM officials on 

policies and programs concerning the 

management of public lands under the 

jurisdiction of the Folsom, Bishop, 

Hollister, and Bakersfield Field Offices. 

The Council meets in formal sessions 

two to four times a year at various 

locations. Council members serve 

without compensation except for 

reimbursement of travel expenditures 

incurred in the performance of their 

duties. Members serve three-year terms 

and may be renominated for 

reappointment for an additional threeyear term. 

The vacancy on the Central California 

RAC is in Category Three, which 

includes state, county and local elected 

officials; employees of a state agency 

responsible for natural resource 

management; representatives of Indian 

tribes within or adjacent to the Central 

California area; academicians employed 

by a natural resources management or 

natural sciences organization; or 

members of the public-at-large. 

Individuals may nominate themselves 

or others. Nominees must be residents 

of the region in which the RAC has 

jurisdiction. The BLM will evaluate 

nominees based on their education, 

training, and experience and their 

knowledge of the geographical resource 

decision making. The following must 

accompany nominations received in this 

call for nominations: 

Letters of reference from represented 

interests or organizations; 

A completed background information 

nomination form; 

Any other information that speaks to the 

nominee’s qualifications. 

Nominations will be accepted for a 

45-day period beginning the date this 

notice is published. 

Dated: October 15, 2006. 

William S. Haigh, 

Field Office Manager, Folsom Field Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–129 Filed 1–16–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–40–M 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[NV–910–06–0777–30] 

Call for Nominations for Resource 

Advisory Council 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Resource Advisory 

Council Call for Nominations. 

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is 

to solicit public nominations for two 

vacant positions on the Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) Nevada 

Northeastern Great Basin Resource 

Advisory Council (RAC). The first 

vacant position is Category Two 

representing National/Regional 

Environmental interests. The second 

vacant position is Category One 

representing Federal Grazing interests. 

The RAC provides advice and 

recommendations to BLM on land use 

planning and management of the public 

land within northeastern Nevada. Public 

nominations will be considered for 45 

days after the publication date of this 

notice. 

DATES: All nominations should be 

received by the BLM Elko Field Office 

by 45 days from the publication date of 

this notice. 

ADDRESSES: Simultaneous with this 

notice, BLM Elko Field Office will issue 

a press release providing additional 

information for submitting nominations. 

Nominations should be sent to Helen 

Hankins, BLM Elko Field Office, 3900 

East Idaho Street, Elko, NV 89801; (775) 

753–0200. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Brown, Public Affairs Officer, Elko 

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