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 1CATEGORY 2CATEGORY 3 Jevin Croteau Energy/Mineral Andrew Gulliford, PhD Environmental Jim Cochran Public-at-Large Ken Emory Off-Highway Vehicle Nik Kendziorski Archaeology William Ela Public-at-Large Al Heaton Federal Grazing Permittee Wally White Dispersed Recreation Gerald Koppenhafer, DVM Elected Official Kathy Welt Energy/Minerals Andrea Robinsong Environmental Alan Staehle Public-at-Large Jim Young Federal Grazing Permittee Dan Morse Environmental Tony Gurzick State Employee

Southwest RAC Issues Planning Healthy Lands Initiative Recreation Activities Antlershed Hunting in the Gunnison Basin Oil and Gas Leasing Uranium Activity Renewable 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 Plan The 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 Plan 115,000 acres on east side of Uncompahgre Plateau

Planning Proposed designation for Dominguez-Escalante area SW 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