U.S. FOREST SERVICE AND
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
NEWS RELEASE  --  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
US Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Region  .  Golden, Colorado
Bureau of Land Management, Colorado State Office  .  Lakewood, Colorado

Contact:  Janelle Smith, 303-275-5359 (office) or 720-289-7587 (cell)

            The Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee to Convene for its First Meeting

DENVER, Colo., Dec., 6, 2007 – The Colorado Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (Recreation RAC) will convene for its first meeting in Lakewood on December 10-11, 2007.  The Recreation RAC was established as part of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act to provide recommendations on fee proposals for the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management in Colorado.

Recreation RAC members were selected among applicants to represent 11 interests to include motorized, non-motorized, environmental, Indian tribes, local government and others from throughout the state.

The two-day meeting will be devoted to organizing the group, electing a chairperson, developing by-laws, determining the format for proposals, and receiving training on the legal requirements of a FACA (Federal Advisory Committee Act) committee.  Fee proposals will not be discussed at this initial meeting.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. on December 10 and will conclude at approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 11.  The meeting will be held in the Rocky Mountain Regional Office auditorium at 740 Simms in Lakewood.

Members of the public interested in recreation fees in Colorado may attend; however, a specific time for public comments has not been established. Those who are interested in commenting, please contact Pam DeVore at 303-275-5043 or pdevore@fs.fed.us.  Individual comment presentations will be limited to three minutes.  Written comments are encouraged, particularly if the material cannot be presented within three minutes, and should be sent to Greg Griffith, Deputy Regional Forester (also the Designated Federal Official for the Recreation RAC) at the US Forest Service Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 740 Simms Street, Golden, Colorado  80401.