MEDIA ADVISORY

For Immediate Release: September 13, 2000

Contact: USDA: Susan McAvoy (202) 720-4623
Interior: Tim Ahern (202) 208-6416

GLICKMAN AND BABBITT WILL MEET WITH
WESTERN GOVERNORS TO DISCUSS WILDLAND FIRES

WASHINGTON - U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman and Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt will meet with six western governors in Salt Lake City, Utah on Monday, Sept. 18, to discuss wildland fires and how to minimize the fire threat in the future.

The meeting will be held at the Utah governor's mansion. While the meeting will be closed to the press and public, Glickman, Babbitt and the governors will be available to the media immediately after the meeting.

Governors scheduled to attend include John Kitzhaber of Oregon, Marc Racicot of Montana, Dirk Kempthorne of Idaho, Mike Leavitt of Utah, Jim Geringer of Wyoming and William Janklow of South Dakota.

WHO: Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt
The governors of Oregon, Utah, Montana, Idaho, South Dakota, and Wyoming

W HAT: Meeting and press conference to discuss wildland fires

WHERE:Governor's mansion
603 East South Temple Street
Salt Lake City, Utah

WHEN: 11 a.m. - noon, Monday, September 18, 2000
Note - A press conference will follow at the governor's mansion after the meeting.