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RAC meeting rescheduled
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August 13, 2012 |
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Idaho Panhandle
Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting
originally scheduled for August 24 has been
rescheduled for September 7.
An additional meeting is also scheduled for
September 21, if needed, to provide committee
members ample time to review requests for
funding prior to the nationally mandated
September 30, 2012, deadline for selecting new
projects.
At each of the scheduled meetings committee
members will be reviewing and selecting
proposals to distribute approximately $600,000
in project funding in north Idaho.
RAC-funded projects must be located on National
Forest System lands in Boundary, Bonner,
Kootenai, Shoshone or Benewah counties, or on
nearby lands if the project will benefit
resources on the National Forests. Projects may
be completed by Forest Service personnel,
through partnership agreements or by open-bid
contracting with individuals and corporations.
The RAC works closely with the Forest Service to
recommend projects that will benefit forest
health, fish, wildlife, soils, watersheds and
other resources; maintains roads, trails and
other infrastructure; or control noxious weeds.
For more information about the Idaho Panhandle
RAC including how to submit a proposal, please
visit the Idaho Panhandle RAC web page or
contact Idaho Panhandle RAC Coordinator Jason
Kirchner, at (208) 765-7211. Kirchner can also
be reached via email at
jdkirchner@fs.fed.us.
The RAC meeting will be held at the Idaho
Panhandle National Forests Supervisor’s Office,
3815 Schreiber Way, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho at 9
a.m. September 7.
Project sponsors may attend the entire RAC
meeting, andeetings are always open to the
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