Front Range Resource Advisory Council

Serving

BLM Royal Gorge Field Office

BLM San Luis Valley Public Lands Center

and attending Service First Partners:

Rio Grande, San Isabel and Pike National Forests

Roy Masinton, Designated Federal OfficerLoren Whittemore, Council Chair

Statewide RAC MeetingGrand Junction, COJanuary 24-26, 2009

671,600 surface acres2,564,440 sub-surface acres35 counties

664,000 acres public lands300,000 acres federal mineral estate800,000 acres trust responsibility for mineral management of Tribal lands7 counties

RAC meetings – held six meetings in 2007 and in 2008Public comment and presentationsAgency presentations

Sub-committees participate in public meetingsProvide feedback at RAC meetings

Field TripsProvide better understanding of issues and

concernsUsually two in the Front Range and one or two in

the San Luis Valley

The Front Range RAC has made 12 resolutions over the past two yearsMillsap GulchThis Statewide RAC meeting was initiated by a

2008 resolution by the Front Range RAC

Mining clean-up65-acres area

Three million yards of tailings

Tailings located on public and private lands

Impacts to lands and water – severe during summer months

Project funding challenging

RAC kept informed on progress and issues along the way

Sub-committee members attended public meetings

RAC passed resolution in support of the final decision

Long-term trespass problem preventing reestablishment of riparian vegetation

Existing preventative measures not effective enough

Recognized the BLM needs to take a stronger preventative stance

Resolved that BLM take more aggressive preventative measures

Ongoing issueBrought to RAC’s attention in 2006

Frustrations of the RACOTR reluctant to make presentation to the RACWaiting to hear both sides of the story prior to

making a decision on stanceSub-committees members attend public

meetings hosted by BLM and OTR

Salida

Canon City