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Mission:
To research and implement solutions to issues affecting Moffat County Natural Resources; and provide background knowledge and council to Moffat County Commissioners relating to County impacts from Natural Resource issues.
Justification:
The Natural Resources Department provides background information, knowledge, and a method of implementing management and policies which represent Moffat County’s interests. The Natural Resources Department is especially crucial since Moffat County is 65% owned or managed by state and federal governments, which have drastic impacts on the custom and culture, private property rights, and multiple use issues on lands in Moffat County.
The Moffat County Natural Resources Department is currently involved in the following projects:
- Northwest Colorado Working Landscape Trust
- Coordination of the Moffat County Wildland Fire and Fuel Management Plan
- Opposition to the Vermillion National Monument (as proposed by the National Wildlife Federation)
- Moffat County Resolution recognizing County Rights-0f -Way (R.S. 2477)
- Wilderness Area Issues
- Opposition to the Brown’s Park Wildlife Refuge Expansion
- Section 208 Water Quality Plan
- Grazing issues
- Stream Reclassification Project
- Local management of Public Lands project
- Submitting reports/correspondence to state and federal congressional delegations on Moffat County land use issues
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The Natural Resources Department meets regularly with the following organizations:
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- Moffat County Land Use Board
- 319 Grant Meetings
- Moffat County Wildland Fire Planning
- Colorado Grassland Coalition
- R.S. 2477 issues/meetings
- Yampa River Basin Partners
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- Axial Basin Technical Review Tour
- Yampa River Biological Opinion
- BLM RAC Meetings
- 208 Water Quality Planning
- Black Footed Ferret reintroduction issues
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