Thursday, July 19, 2018

Draft Decision Grants Access for Village at Wolf Creek - LMJV

So it goes, obsession is obsession.  Still times they are a changing and the future isn't the jack pot it used to be, http://climate.colostate.edu/~drought/
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New draft decision grants access 
to land-locked private property

MONTE VISTA, Colo., – Near the top of Wolf Creek Pass in southern Colorado, a parcel of private property sits landlocked by federal lands. A new draft record of decision from the Rio Grande National Forest is designed to provide reasonable access to the 288 acre parcel via a new road corridor. The proposed road would be approximately 1,610 feet in length and would be within a 100-foot corridor with a total area of about 3.7 acres.

“This new draft decision provides the access that is legally required for private inholdings” said Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas. “Furthermore, this access option was fully analyzed in 2014, so no new analysis is needed.”
      

(45 day review and respond period ends September 4, 2018 - learn more at https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=35945. )
The draft decision is based on Alternative 3, the so called ANILCA alternative, as analyzed in the final environmental impact statement completed for the Village at Wolf Creek Access Project in 2014. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, a national authority, grants private land owners surrounded by National Forest System lands a right of reasonable access. 
“This has been a long, complex project and I encourage folks to learn more about its status and review the new draft decision for themselves,” added Dallas. “It’s also important to know that the land exchange option, as the selected alternative, remains on the table pending resolution of the legal process.” 

The draft Record of Decision is now available for public review during a formal 45 day objection period. The objection period will run through September 4, 2018. To learn more about the project, read previous comments, or to object, please visit https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=35945

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A final decision is expected in the autumn of 2018.
RGNF - USDA

Public Affairs Specialist

Mike Blakeman - mblakeman@fs.fed.us
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Mr. McCombs and Co. ignore changing times and physical reality* all you want, still in the end allowing Alberta Park to be developed in any way, shape, or form is an insanely short sighted ME FIRST boondoggle destined to fail, harming pretty near all parties involved, most of all the Rio Grande River and the ecological integrity (biological, subsurface plumbing and wildlife) of that strategic watershed.  

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*About that physical reality, how about water:

May 12, 2018
Climate Change and Drought: From Past to Future
by Benjamin Cook, Justin Mankin, and Kevin Anchukaitis, Current Climate Change Reports

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July 17, 2018
NIDIS Intermountain West
Drought Early Warning System

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Drought - June 2018
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January 19, 2017
FOUR WAYS THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS IMPACTING COLORADO
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July 3, 2018
Drought conditions persist in western and southern Plains states
Amy G. Hadachek for The Fence Post

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June 13, 2017
The Conversation: Climate change is shrinking the Colorado River

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February 24, 2017 | Updated: March 24, 2017
Study: Global warming is drying up the Colorado River — vital to 40 million people
By Dan Elliott | The Associated Press



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