Northwest RAC Meeting Minutes

2024

August 22, 2024

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

May 2, 2024

NW-SW Joint RAC Meeting Minutes

Meeting Presentations

February 28, 2024

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

Meeting Presentations

Public Comment

2023

October 5, 2023

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

Meeting Presentations

June 22, 2023

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

Meeting Certification Memo

March 30, 2023

CO NW-SW RAC Meeting Minutes

Meeting Certification Memo

January 26, 2023

Meeting Minutes

Meeting Certification Memo

Manager Reports

2022

September 15, 2022

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

NW RAC Meeting Certification Memo

May 26, 2022

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

NW RAC Meeting Certification Memo

NW RAC District Reports

NW RAC Presentations

NW RAC Master Slides (all presentations consolidated)

January 27, 2022

NW RAC Minutes Certification Memo

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

NW RAC District Report

NW RAC Presentations 

East Fork Allotment

Public Comments

Mr. Spotts_1 Mr. Spotts_2

2021

October 21, 2021

• Little Snake Field Office Recreation
• Impacts of year-long grazing
• Greater Sage Grouse Scoping

NW RAC Minutes Certification Memo

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

NW RAC Slides

NW RAC District Reports

May 26, 2021

NW RAC Minutes Certification Memo

NW RAC Meeting Minutes

NW RAC Slides and District Reports

2020

NO MEETINGS

No meetings due to Covid-19

2019

April 25, 2019

• Meeting minutes
• Presentations
  • Canyon Pintado
  • Northwest Colorado Travel Management
  • RAC Review
  • Resolution 2019-001 In support of Practical, Cost-effective Wild Horse Management

June 13, 2019

• Meeting Minutes
• Presentations
  • Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act

2018

DECEMBER 6, 2018

• Meeting minutes​​​​​​
• Presentations
  • RAC 101
  • Wild Horses
  • Land Tenure
  • BLM Solid Minerals
• Letter -- In support of proactive fire mitigation
• Handout -- NW RAC and wild horses 

2017

MARCH 2, 2017

• Meeting Minutes
• Presentations
  • Multiple Use
  • Oil and Gas Pipelines
  • Budget Overview
  • BLM Cultural Program
  • Rock Art of CRVFO
• Handouts
  • Oil and Gas Leasing Maps
  • Budget Graphic

DECEMBER 7, 2017 

• Meeting minutes 
• Presentations
  • Upper Colorado River SRMA RAMP
• Handouts
  • Northwest District Grazing allotment map
  • Northwest Colorado Fire 2017 
• Follow-ups
  • Habitat types covered by the NW Colorado Vegetation Treatment EA
  • Map of the areas covered by the NW Colorado Vegetation Treatment EA

2016

APRIL 27, 2016

• Meeting Minutes
• Sand Wash Basin Bait Trap Gather presentation
• White River Field Office Travel Management Sub-Group Report
• Cross Mountain presentation
• Field Manager Updates

AUGUST 18, 2016

• Meeting Minutes
• District Realignment presentation
• White River Field Office Travel Management Preliminary Alternatives
• Colorado River Valley Environmental Impact Statements - Roan Plateau and Previous Leases
• National Seed Strategy presentation
• Northwest Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Plan Implementation presentation
• Field Manager Updates

DECEMBER 8, 2016

• Meeting Minutes
• Presentations
  • NW RAC Success Stories and Lessons Learned
  • NW Vegetation Treatment Programmatic EA
  • Proposed Buffalo Horn Land Exchange
  • BLM Budget Overview
  • Oil and Gas Leasing Process
  • Oil and Gas Unitization Process
• Handouts
  • North Fruita Desert Fee Timeline
  • NW RAC Quorum and Voting
  • Buffalo Horn Land Exchange Parcels
  • Buffalo Horn Land Exchange Proposal
  • Economic Infographic
  • Unitization Process
  • Leasing Process

2015

FEBRUARY 19, 2015

• Meeting Minutes
• Previous Leases in the White River National Forest presentation
• Roan Plateau Settlement presentation
• TransWest Express Final EIS presentation
• TransWest Structures handout
• Vegetation Treatments presentation
• Land Tenure presentation
• Field Manager Updates
• White River Field Office Travel Management Sub-RAC handout

JUNE 4, 2015

• Meeting Minutes
• White River Field Office RMP Amendment presentation
• Grand Junction RMP presentation
• Proposed Greater Sage-Grouse Plan presentation
• District/Field Manager Updates
• Colorado Parks and Wildlife Mule Deer Strategy

AUGUST 19, 2015

• Meeting Minutes

2014

MARCH 6, 2014

• Meeting Minutes
• White River Data Management System presentation
• Air Quality presentation

MAY 29, 2014

• Meeting Minutes
• Planning 2.0 presentation
• Previous leases in the White River National Forest presentation

AUGUST 21, 2014

• Meeting Minutes
• Gunnison Sage-Grouse presentation
• Sutey Ranch Land Exchange presentation

 

• Resolution - In support of vasectomy at Sand Wash Herd Area

DECEMBER 4, 2014

• Meeting Minutes
• Little Book Cliffs Friends of the Mustangs Partnership presentation
• National Wild Horse and Burro Program presentation
• White River Field Office Travel Management presentation

 

• Field Manager Updates handout
• Gunnison Sage-Grouse update
• Wild Horse and Burro handout

 

• Response to RAC Resolution on Wild Horse Vasectomy

2013

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

• Meeting Minutes
• Drought presentation
• Grand Junction RMP presentation
• White River Field Office Reclamation Data Management System presentation

MAY 22, 2013

• Meeting Minutes
• Roan Plateau Supplemental EIS presentation

AUGUST 22, 2013

• Meeting Minutes
• Grand Junction RMP Public Comment Period
• Northwest Greater Sage-Grouse EIS

 

• Resolution - In support of the Roan Plateau Supplemental EIS

2012

March 7-8, 2012

• Meeting Minutes 
• Grazing and Greater Sage-Grouse presentation
• Grand Junction RMP presentation
• Upper Colorado River Fee Adjustment Proposal presentation

MAY 12, 2012

• Meeting Minutes
• Exploration and Production Best Management Practices presentation
• Coal presentation
• Upper Colorado River Conservation and Recreation Project presentation
• Upper Colorado River Stakeholder Group Briefing

 

• Resolution - In support of continuing fee recommendation authority under FLREA

AUGUST 23, 2012

• Meeting Minutes
• Coal Leasing Environmental Analysis presentation
• White River Field Office RMP Amendment presentation

 

• Resolution - In support of practical, cost effective wild horse management

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

• Meeting Minutes
• White River Field Office RMP Amendment presentation
• 2012 Fire Season Review

2011

Dec. 1

• Minutes

Presentations

• Dolores River Partnership
• Northwest Colorado Watershed Partnership
• Recreation Enhancement Act review
• North Fruita Desert Fee Proposal
• Ruby-Horsethief Fee Proposal Oil and Gas Leasing Reform
• Socioeconomics and RMP Planning

August 18

• Minutes

Presentations

• Oil and Gas Units 101
• Rec Enhancement Act Training
• White Nose Syndrome

June 9

• Minutes
• NW RAC Letter Re: 30 Mile Requirement

Presentations

• UPPER COLORADO RIVER Fee Adjustment

February 25 

• Minutes
• Resolution 2011-01: North Sand Hills ISA Release
• Resolution 2011-02: Recreation RAC Role
• Protocols for Resolutions    

2010

Dec. 2
Minutes

Presentations
HSUS Fertility Control Research
North Sand Hills
Upper Colorado River Fee Adjustment
White Nose Syndrome

Aug. 19
Minutes
Letter on Vermillion
Letter on Rec RAC       

May 13
Minutes

Feb. 25
Minutes
Wild Horse Letter

Presentations
Carbon Sequestration Presentation
Renewable Energy Update

2009

Feb. 26
Minutes

May 28
Minutes
Resolution 2009-01 Air Quality Analyses
Resolution 2009-02 Social Science Capabilities
RMP Subgroup Guidance

Aug. 20
Minutes
Resolution 2009-03 Wild Horse Management Options
Letter to BLM Colorado Director Sally Wisely

2008

Feb. 14
Minutes

May 22
Minutes
Resolution 2008-01 GJFO Fee Proposals
Resolution 2008-02 Designation of D-E NCA
Resolution 2008-03 Biomass
Resolution 2008-04 Planning Contracting

Aug. 21
Minutes
Resolution 2008-05 National Fire Policy

Dec. 4
Minutes

2007

Feb. 22
Minutes

May 17
Minutes

Aug. 16
Minutes

Nov. 15
Minutes

2006

Feb. 9
Minutes

May 11
Minutes

Aug. 10
Minutes

Nov. 9
Minutes

2005

Jan. 21
Minutes

Feb. 9
Minutes

May 12
Minutes

July 29
Minutes

Aug. 11
Minutes

Nov. 10
Minutes

2004

Feb. 12
Minutes

May 6
Minutes

Aug. 12
Minutes

Nov. 10
Minutes

2003

May 8
Minutes

Aug. 14
Minutes

Oct. 30
Minutes

Nov. 13
Minutes