The Secretary of the Interior’s office has announced 2013 appointments to the Colorado citizen-based Southwest Resource Advisory Council, which advises the Bureau of Land Management on public land issues in this part of the state. The Southwest RAC is made up of 15 members representing a balance of public land resources and users.
Mary Monroe Brown of Durango is a new member representing developed outdoor recreation, off-highway vehicle users and commercial recreation activities. Monroe is the director of Trails 2000, a nonprofit that provides trail education, advocacy for connectivity, trail-building and maintenance in the Four Corners area. She has performed various roles from serving on the trails group with the San Juan Mountains Association to being chairwoman of the U.S. Pro Cycling Challenge and participating in the Hermosa Wilderness planning process.
Ernest Williams of Dove Creek is a new member representing elected officials. Williams is a Dolores County comissioner. In this capacity, he has served as the co-vice-chair of the Colorado Department of Transportation’s planning region, the U.S. Forest Service’s RAC for dispensing funds, and the legislative group for the Lower Dolores River on the U.S. Forest Service Travel Management Plan for Boggy-Glade.
For more information about this RAC, call Shannon Borders at (970) 240-5399 or go to www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Resources/racs/swrac.html.
