Welcome to the BLM Nevada Resource Advisory Councils (RACs) home page. Nevada has three RACs: the Mojave-Southern Great Basin, the Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin and the Northeastern Great Basin. Each RAC consists of a 15-member advisory panel that provides advice and recommendations to the BLM on resource and land management issues for 48 million acres (67 percent of the state) of BLM-administered lands in Nevada.

• Mojave-Southern Great Basin (MOSO) 
• Northeastern Great Basin (NEGB) 
• Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin (SFNW)
• RAC Recreation Subcommittee 
• Nevada RAC Bylaws and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP)

2012 RAC NOMINATION PROCESS (Second Call) Nomination Form - word format | pdf format Nominations due June 4, 2012 Second Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils (Fed Reg Notice) BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils (news release)

2012 Upcoming Meetings

Date	Resource Advisory Council (RAC)	Location
March 16  April 19  June 14-15  July 19-20 July 19-20 September 20 September 21 September 27-28	Mojave-Southern Great Basin Northeastern Great Basin Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Northeastern Great Basin Mojave-Southern Great Basin Northeastern Great Basin Mojave-Southern Great Basin Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin	Southern Nevada District Office, Las Vegas California Trails Center, Elko Carson City District Office Ely District Office (shared meeting) Ely District Office (shared meeting) Battle Mountain District Office Southern Nevada District Office, Las Vegas Winnemucca District Office

Statewide Tri-RAC Meeting
January 26-27, 2012
Suncoast Hotel Casino
Las Vegas, Nevada

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Federal Register Notice 
• News Release
• Presentations (pdf format)
  • Minerals Program including Geothermal by Gary Johnson
  • Fire Program by Paul Petersen
  • Recreation RAC by Raul Morales
  • Sage-grouse Planning Strategy by Amy Lueders and Raul Morales

**Next statewide Tri-RAC meeting January 2013 in Carson City (date to be announced)**

Please contact Chris Rose, Nevada State RAC Coordinator for further information. 
Click here to visit the National Resource Advisory Council website.

RAC News Releases and Federal Register Notices

• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Public Meetings: Sierra Front-Northwestern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada (05-15-12)
• News Release: BLM Seeks Nominations to Resource Advisory Councils (04-23-12)
• Federal Register Notice: Second Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils (04-20-12) 
• News Release: BLM Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Schedules 2012 Meetings (03-20-12)
• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Public Meetings: Northeastern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada (03-20-12)
• News Release: BLM Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council Schedules 2012 Meetings (02-22-12)
• Federal Register Notice: Notice of Public Meetings: Mojave-Southern Great Basin Resource Advisory Council, Nevada (02-22-2012)
• Federal Register Notice: Notice of BLM Implementation of Recreation Resource Advisory Committee Provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act (02-01-2012)
• Federal Register Notice: Call for Nominations for Resource Advisory Councils (01-25-2012)