RAC to finish most ongoing projects this summer

The Resource Advisory Committee plans on completing most of their on-going projects in the Petersburg, Wrangell and Kake areas.

RAC makes recommendations to the Forest Service on how to allocate funds that it receives from title two of the Secure Rural Schools Act. The act was created to offset the loss in funding that western states were receiving from the timber industry, according to Petersburg District Ranger Ted Sandhofer and RAC Designated Federal Officer. Fifteen percent of the funds Alaska receives from the Secure Rural Schools Act goes to Resource Advisory Committees around the state,...

 

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