Advisory Committees
Resource Advisory Committees (RAC)
The law requires that RACs be formed to:
- Recommend Title II projects to the appropriate Secretary
- Improve collaborative relationships
- Provide advice and recommendations to the land management agencies
How are the RACs comprised?
- Each RAC must have 3 categories with 5 members each (15 members total)
- The Forest Service (FS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Counties solicited RAC members in April 2000.
Different RACs exist for Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management projects. There are a total of 6 Bureau of Land Management RACs and 7 Forest Service RACs in Oregon. RACs are typically defined by a combination of agency and county boundaries.
Siskiyou
RAC
Rogue-Umpqua RAC
Provincial Teams
Provincial Advisory Committees (PAC)
Southwest Oregon PAC
Under the Northwest Forest Plan, Provincial Advisory Committees
(PACs) were established to advise the Provincial Interagency
Executive Committees (PIEC) on coordinating the implementation
of the Record of Decision.
PACs provide advice and recommendations regarding implementation
of a comprehensive ecosystem management strategy for Federal
land within a province (12 provinces were established in Washington,
Oregon, and northern California), to promote better integration
of forest management activities between Federal and non-Federal
entities. They operate in the public interest in that they
provide local forums where Federal agencies can develop ways
to better coordinate activities with non-Federal entities.
Each PAC consists of up to 29 members:
- 1 or more representatives each of the Environmental Protection
Agency, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service,
Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service, National Marine
Fisheries Service, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
- Up 3 state government representatives
- 1 or more representatives of Tribal governments
- Up to 2 representatives each of environmental interests,
forest products industry, recreation and tourism
- 3 to 5 representatives of fish, wildlife, forestry conservation,
special forest products, mining, grazing, or commercial
fishing interests
- Up to 3 representative of the Bureau of Reclamation, US
Geological Survey, Forest Service Research, US Corps
of Engineers, Bonneville Power Administration, Department of
Defense, and Natural Resources Conservation Service
- Up to 3 citizens representing the public at large affected
by the Record of Decision for the NW Forest Plan
Province Interagecny Executive Committee (PIEC)
Federal Advisory Committee Act
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