Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange Proposal - official information

{Since the Rio Grande National Forest Service is mandated with being pro-development and turning a blind eye to the cascading damages the proposed Village at Wolf Creek Speculative Development will inflict on this watershed and local governments and economy - it's up to citizens to use their one short window of opportunity - which closes at the end of September! - to convince the powers-that-be that this speculative luxury development is out of step with time and reality.}

The “Moderate Density Development” option for the access road alternative called for 523 units, including 244 condos, 168 townhomes and almost 50,000 square feet of commercial space. This rendering was prepared by SE Group, a mountain planning and design firm, for the U.S. Forest Service in May 2012./Photo Illustration by SE Group

Courtesy of The Durango Telegraph

see their informative story at

http://www.durangotelegraph.com/index.cfm/news/it-takes-a-village/

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The following is copied off of the Rio Grande National Forest's website:
http://www.fs.fed.us/nepa/fs-usda-pop.php/?project=35945

Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange Proposal

The Rio Grande National Forest is preparing an Environmental Impact Statement to analyze the effects of the proposed Village at Wolf Creek land exchange.

Location Summary

The federal and non-federal parcels to be considered are entirely within Mineral County, Colorado
District: Divide Ranger District

Project Documents

• Analysis

  • August 2012 DEIS Village at Wolf Creek Access Project -Bookmark Version (PDF 24943kb)
    The Draft Environmental Impact Statement is now available for comment.

• Scoping

  • VWC Final Scoping Notice (PDF 57kb)
    Scoping Letter for the Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange Proposal
  • Fig1 (PDF 993kb)
    Figure showing the current private parcel surrounded by the Rio Grande National Forest
  • Fig2 (PDF 1007kb)
    Figure showing the proposed land exchange Federal and non-Federal parcels
  • Fig3 (PDF 998kb)
    Figure showing potential access location from U.S. Highway 160
  • 20110419VWCNOI (PDF 53kb)
    Notice of Intent to prepare and Environmental Impact Statement for the Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange Proposal

• Supporting

  • WCV FA final (PDF 761kb)
    This is the Feasibility Analysis supporting the Wolf Creek Land Exchange proposal
  • ati_signed (PDF 270kb)
    This is the Agreement to Initiate the Wolf Creek Land Exchange proposal NEPA analysis
  
  
  
  
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   The Forest Service will hold three open house meetings to provide the public an opportunity to learn more about the analysis and provide comments. The meetings will be held:
  
  ·        Creede, Colorado
  Tuesday, August 28 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Creede Community Center, Forest Service Road 503, Creede, CO.
  
  ·        Pagosa Springs, Colorado
  Wednesday, August 29 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Aragon Recreation Center, 451 Hot Springs Boulevard, Pagosa Springs, CO.
  
  ·        Del Norte, Colorado
  Thursday, August 30 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Rio Grande County Annex, 965 6th Street, Del Norte, CO.
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   Comments should be submitted within 45 days of the publication of the DEIS notice in the Federal Register on August 17.  (That would be by Monday November 1st)
  Comments may be emailed to: comments-rocky-mountain-rio-grande@fs.fed.us. 
  
  Please include “Village at Wolf Creek Access Project DEIS” in the subject line of the e-mail. 
  Hardcopy comments should be addressed to:
  
  
  Village at Wolf Creek Access Project
  c/o Tom Malecek, Divide District Ranger
  Rio Grande National Forest
  13308 West Highway 160
  Del Norte, CO  81132