Northwest Resource Advisory Council

 
We are one of three Resource Advisory Councils (RAC) in Colorado appointed by the Secretary of the Interior to represent constituent public land users. The other Colorado RACs are the Southwest RAC and the Front Range RAC.

(See the National RAC Map and Local RAC Map)


Our 15-member council provides advice and recommendations to the Bureau of Land Management's Northwest RAC Designated Federal Officer (DFO) on a wide variety of public land management issues.  Colorado RACs assisted the BLM in developing two important guidelines, BLM Standards for Public Land Health and Guidelines for Livestock Grazing Management in Colorado and Recreation Guidelines to Meet Public Land Health Standards on BLM Managed Lands in Colorado .  The Northwest RAC operates on the principle of collaborative decision-making and strives for consensus before making official recommendations.

Our members are appointed through an annual public nomination process to serve staggered three-year terms with one-third of our membership subject to appointment or reappointment each year. We were chartered in 1995 and must be re-chartered every two years.

NEXT MEETING 

Date yet to be determined
Bureau of Land Management
Silt, CO

FUTURE MEETINGS

   Presentations and notes from February 2009 Joint RAC Meeting


For more information about the Northwest RAC, contact:

David Boyd
Public Affairs Specialist

Bureau of Land Management
2300 River Frontage Road
Silt, CO 81652
Phone: (970) 876-9008

Jamie Connell

Lead DFO

Northwest Colorado District Manager
2815 H Road
Grand Junction, CO  81506
Phone: (970) 244-3000