The Rocky Mountain Region’s Greater Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) operates under authority of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000. Congress established the Act to continue sharing federal revenue payments to states that include national forest lands. The Greater Rocky Mountain RAC works in collaboration with natural resource managers, community officials, and others to help make project decisions that benefit national forest lands and local communities. These projects are funded primarily under Title II. Funds are made available through annual payments to states. The projects must improve forest health, fish, wildlife, soils, watersheds, or other resources; maintain, de-commission or obliterate roads; improve trails and other infrastructure; or control noxious weeds. The projects must be located on National Forest lands or provide benefit to National Forest lands. The Greater Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee will also monitor projects, advise on progress and results of monitoring efforts, and make recommendations for appropriate changes to the projects.

The nine National Forests covering 29 counties that are represented on the Greater Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee and receive Secure Rural Schools funding include the Rio Grande, San Juan, Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre, Gunnison, Arapaho, Routt, Pike, Roosevelt, San Isabel and White River National Forests in Colorado and the Medicine-Bow, Bighorn and Shoshone National Forests in Wyoming. 

For more information visit the Greater Rocky Mountain Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) page.