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US Forest Service seeks applicants for recreation advisory committee
The U.S. Forest Service is seeking nominations to fill 11 positions on a new Southern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee for national forests across the Southeast. The committee will take on the important task of recommending whether forests in 13 southern states and Puerto Rico adopt new recreation fees or change existing ones.
Potential nominees must represent the following forest-related interests:
• Recreational uses including: camping, motorized recreation, non-motorized recreation, wildlife and nature viewing/visiting interpretive sites, hunting and fishing;
• Environmental groups;
• Outfitters and guides;
• State tourism interests;
• American Indian tribes; and
• Local government interests
Completed nomination forms are due by Thursday, December 31, 2015.
More information and nomination packets are available at http://www.fs.usda.gov/main/r8/recreation/racs or by contacting Caroline Mitchell at 501-321-5318, email, r8_rrac@fs.fed.us.