Sunday, February 16, 2014

Durango Herald: Village at Wolf Creek, Delayed But Not Derailed - 2/15/2014


OK, here we go.


Durango Herald headline February 15, 2014:
"Delayed but not derailed" 
Even as beetles ravage forest, the scale of Red McCombs’ plans to build a mountaintop village hinge on land swap 

By Joe Hanel Herald staff writer | 2/15/2014  
http://durangoherald.com/article/20140215/NEWS01/140219691/Delayed-but-not-derailed-

"A turning point in the three-decade battle over Wolf Creek Pass is expected next month, when the U.S. Forest Service will declare its preference on a land exchange with a Texas developer who wants to build a resort village.
"B.J. “Red” McCombs has been trying since 1986 to build the Village at Wolf Creek at the base of Wolf Creek Ski Area. His latest proposal – now five years in the making – is to swap his private land in a large meadow below the ski area for Forest Service land abutting U.S. Highway 160. 
"Rio Grande National Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas expects to make a decision on the land swap in early to mid-March. 
"Much has changed on Wolf Creek Pass since McCombs offered the land trade in 2009.  "