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National Landscape Conservation System Units

• Canyons of the Ancients National Monument

• Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area and Wilderness Area

• Powderhorn Wilderness Area• Uncompahgre Wilderness Area

• 2,166,273 acres of surface BLM land or 3.25% of Colorado.• 7,717,602 acres of BLM subsurface land (minerals) or 11.6% of

Colorado.

Southwest RAC Managers• Barb Sharrow, Uncompahgre Field Office– Dave Kauffman, Associate– Karen Tucker, Gunnison Gorge NCA

• Mark Stiles, San Juan Public Lands Center– Bill Dunkelberger, Associate– Steve Beverlin, Dolores Public Lands Office– Vacant, Columbine Field Office– Kevin Khung, Pagosa Field Office– LouAnn Jacobson, Anasazi Heritage Center/Canyons

of the Ancients National Monument• Gunnison Field Office, Vacant– Keith Burger, Acting

Southwest RAC Members

CATEGORY 1 CATEGORY 2 CATEGORY 3

Jevin CroteauEnergy/Mineral

Andrew Gulliford, PhDEnvironmental

Jim CochranPublic-at-Large

Ken EmoryOff-Highway Vehicle

Nik KendziorskiArchaeology

William ElaPublic-at-Large

Al HeatonFederal Grazing Permittee

Wally WhiteDispersed Recreation

Gerald Koppenhafer, DVMElected Official

Kathy WeltEnergy/Minerals

Andrea RobinsongEnvironmental

Alan StaehlePublic-at-Large

Jim YoungFederal Grazing Permittee

Dan MorseEnvironmental

Tony GurzickState Employee

Southwest RAC Issues

PlanningHealthy Lands InitiativeRecreation ActivitiesAntlershed Hunting in the

Gunnison Basin

Oil and Gas LeasingUranium ActivityRenewable Energy

The SW RAC is interested in learning more about renewable energy opportunities

Planning

Sub-RAC for Canyons of the Ancients Land Use Plan

Planning

San Juan Land Use PlanThe SJPLC is doing a

supplement to the draft San Juan Land Use Plan EIS.

Planning

• HD Mountains Oil and Gas EIS– SW RAC has sub-

committee that participated in public process.

Planning

• Gunnison Basin Travel Management Plan

• Hartman Rocks Special Recreation Management Area

• Update Alpine Loop Plan

Planning

Dry Creek Travel Management Plan115,000 acres on east side

of Uncompahgre Plateau

Planning

Proposed designation for Dominguez-Escalante areaSW RAC is supportive of

wilderness and NCA designation for the area.

Healthy Land Initiative

Recreation

SW RAC member Ken Emory is a member of the statewide Recreation RAC

Antlershed Hunting

Oil and Gas Lease Process

SW RAC proposed that additional time be built into BLM’s process for public review of proposed lease parcels. Colorado BLM responded by adding additional time to the process.

Uranium Activity

SW RAC has concerns that with increased uranium exploration and mining applications, there may be a lack of consistency in the way different BLM field offices handle and process applications