Resource Advisory Committee seeking new members
Abby Lane has been the District Ranger for the Superior Ranger District on the Lolo National Forest for two years. She’s been instrumental in the Lolo National Forest revision and is now looking for residents who would care to become stakeholders in decisions by applying to become a Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee member. (Monte Turner/Mineral Independent)
In a world of acronyms of organizations that overlap with similar names but have different goals, it helps to start in the correct hallway.
The Mineral County Resource Coalition is a diverse group of citizens who meet regularly to find resolutions to the complex issues facing natural resource management on public lands in Mineral County and other areas in western Montana. Everyone is welcome to attend the meetings on the first Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. in the county commissioners conference room.
The Mineral County Resource Advisory Committee is comprised of 15 representatives from varied interests and areas of expertise and are appointed for four-year terms. Members of this committee work to review project proposals and make recommendations for the expenditure of the Secure Rural Schools Title II funds allotted to the county that are used on projects that aim to improve federal lands. The money assigned to them is used for various projects people see and just assume that it is a Forest Service project on their to-do list. Not always, but sometimes that is the case. It is a multifaceted process.
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