Notice is hereby given, in accordance with Pub. L. 92-463 and 94-579, that the California Desert District Advisory Council to the Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Department of the Interior, will meet in formal session on:

Friday, April 1, 2005, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Saturday, April 2 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The meeting will be held in the conference room in the Ramada Inn, located at 1511 East Main Street in Barstow, California.

Tentative agenda items include the following:

--Reports by Council members, the District Manager and five field office managers.
--Presentation by BLM's Ridgecrest Field Office staff regarding its Adopt-A-Cabin Program.
--Update on the West Mojave Plan.
--Status report on the Surprise Canyon administrative environmental impact statement.
--Briefing by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service regarding its Desert Tortoise Assessment Report and the new Desert Tortoise Recovery Office.
--Udate on the Dumont Dunes Recreation Fee Demo Program.
--Council discussion to develop grazing consultation policy/procedure for the California Desert District.