The Hayman Resource Assistance Center (HRAC) was established to provide information and assistance to individuals and communities affected by the Hayman fire. At July 2002 interagency meetings with the USDA Forest Service, Colorado State Forest Service and the Coalition for the Upper South Platte (CUSP), CUSP offered to be the non-profit organization for coordinating HRAC functions in the long-term.

CUSP/HRAC has the following objectives:

• Be a central source of information both during and after the incident.
• Facilitate interagency recovery assistance to communities and individuals.
• Provide a mechanism to coordinate interagency restoration and recovery efforts within the community.
• Collaborate with the public on the forest's short and long term restoration needs, within the burned area as well as outside the impacted area.
• Coordinate and facilitate volunteer programs to support communityand forest restoration efforts.
• Create an understanding in the community on how to prepare for and cope with wildland fire and associated events.

COALITION FOR THE UPPER SOUTH PLATTE,
Post Office Box 726, Lake George, Colorado 80827
WEBSITE: www.uppersouthplatte.net
EMAIL:
PHONE: 719-748-0033