Friday, September 28, 2018

Village at Wolf Creek Objection Review Period EXTENDED to November 21st

I received the following today: 'Village at Wolf Creek Objection Review Period' has been extended to November 21, 2018.  It would be interesting to know the back story to this, but hey the important part is that citizens have additional time to voice their objections.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION LINK TO,


Submit your objection to the Village at Wolf Creek Pass 
Road Access Project to,


The Forest Service intends to give the Village of Wolf Creek road access. The Rio Grande National Forest announced its intention on July 19 to circumvent a federal court ruling that invalidated prior approvals for the controversial Village at Wolf Creek real estate development. 

As you know, a Colorado federal district court set aside the Forest Service's approval of a land exchange to facilitate the development in May of last year. "The Forest Service cannot abdicate its responsibility to protect the forest by making an attempt at an artful dodge," the court declared. Now, the Forest Service hopes to use the same artfully dodged analysis, previously deemed in violation of multiple federal laws, to approve a different means of providing the developers access.

The Forest Service is also trying to severely limit who can comment on this acton by limiting objections to those who "previously submitted specific written comments regarding the proposed project during scoping or comments on the draft EIS" in 2012.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to comment on changes to their public lands. We encourage everyone to submit their objections.
Please email Friends of Wolf Creek with a copy of your comments, so that we have a record of what the Forest Service is receiving (this is obviously not a requirement for objections, we would just really appreciate it!).

Objection requirements, how to submit your objection, talking points, and how to write comments that stick can be found on our website.
Submit your comments before the NOVEMBER 21, 2018 deadline.


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