February 27, 2019
Dear Interested Public:
Good Afternoon, you are receiving this email as an outreach to inform you as a participant in the comment and or objection process that the Final Record of Decision (ROD) regarding the Village at Wolf Creek Access Project, Alternative 3 ANILCA is now signed and published for public access on the Rio Grande National Forest webpage. The signature date is February 27, 2019.
The two attachments above are the public notice letter and the ROD. Please see information below for alternative access information if more copies or reference are needed regarding the project in the future.
The direct link to the decision document on our public website is at https://www.fs.usda.gov/nfs/
The main link to the Village at Wolf Creek Access Project is in the attached letter and restated here in the email for ease of access: https://www.fs.usda.gov/
Please see the 20180719_VWC_Alt3 link and expand to see a copy of the attached public interest notice, the Final Record of Decision and other documents that were included in the 2018 decision and objection process.
Guy E. Blackwolf, B.S. Wildlife Science; B.S. Rangeland Resources
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Forest Service
Rio Grande National Forest, Supervisor's Office
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Forest Supervisor Announces Village at Wolf Creek Access Project Record of Decision
Decision grants access to 288-acre land-locked private property
MONTE VISTA, Colo., February 27, 2019 – Rio Grande National Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas today announced a new decision to provide reasonable access to a 288 acre private property parcel adjacent to Wolf Creek Ski Area owned by Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture. The property owner plans to construct a year-round resort known as the Village at Wolf Creek.
The decision approves a road and utility right-of-way across National Forest System land from U.S. Highway 160 to the private property. The right-of-way is about 1,610 feet in length and would be within a 100-foot corridor with a total area of about 3.7 acres.
“The property owned by Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture is surrounded by National Forest System land,” said Forest Supervisor Dan Dallas. “My decision provides the access that is legally required for private inholdings.”
The 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.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provided a new biological opinion to inform the decision. This biological opinion analyzed the effects to the Canada lynx from the proposed authorization of access across the Rio Grande National Forest.
“This has been a long, complex project and I encourage folks to learn more about its status and review the new decision for themselves,” added Dallas.
The record of decision and final environmental impact statement is available for public review at https://www.fs.usda.gov/
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