With election season just around the corner I thought it might be time to revisit the ongoing Leavell McCombs Joint Venture threat to the health and safety of Alberta Park at the headwaters of the already threatened Rio Grande River. Unfortunately, Caucus Season isn't what it used to be, but I still plan to attend the La Plata Democratic Assembly in Durango this coming Saturday and do what I can to help remind folks that this issue is still a long way from getting resolved.
Basically it will never get resolved unless We The People put pressure on the Rio Grande National Forest powers that be and convince them to shift and refocus USDA-RGNF priorities back to the needs of the endangered Rio Grande River, and returning Alberta Park to the Rio Grande National Forest, to serve the nation's needs as opposed to entertaining a greedy developer's speculative gamble.
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Village at Wolf Creek History
Ryan Bidwell, Executive Director of Colorado Wild
A nine part series by West Davies
Recorded October, 2009
Interestingly, the next day Mr. Clint Jones, the VWC developer, was giving his 'Village at Wolf Creek sales pitch' at the same venue, but Mr. Jones refused to allow West Davies to record his presentation. Guess the developer of the Village at Wolf Creek isn’t willing to stand behind his words, by allowing them to be recorded.
More cause for healthy skepticism!
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For more background there's a very interesting Denver Post expose' by Mike Soraghan, February 5, 2006 - Section: 1A Page: A-01.
Mike Soraghan, Denver Post Staff Writer
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NO - Village at Wolf Creek Blogspot.com
INDEX March 2010 to Dec. 2023
NO Village at Wolf Creek blogspot.com
An information source for conservationists wanting to become proactive in the struggle to protect Alberta Park from development. ~ ~ ~ This is a collection of essays and information sources arguing for Mr. B.J. “Red” McCombs to retract his ill considered development plans and return his Alberta Park parcel back to its rightful fold within the Rio Grande National Forest, at the headwaters of the Rio Grande River.
STOP the Pillage - NO Village at Wolf Creek!
Help save Alberta Park’s meadow, fens, watershed and wildlife corridor
At the headwaters of the Rio Grande River.
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Other informative websites
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NO-Village at Wolf Creek Blogspot Archive
▼ 2023 (2)
▼ 2022 (1)
▼ 2021 (1)
▼ 2020 (2)
- ▼ January (2)
▼ 2019 (16)
- ▼ May (1)
- ▼ April (12)
- Durango Telegraph - Caught Red-handed - April 4, 2019
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #1, #2
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #3, #4, #5, #6
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #7, #8, #9, #10
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #11, #12 #13
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #14, #15, #16
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #17, #18, 19
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #20, #21, #22
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #23, #24, 25
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #26, #27, #28
- VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses #29, #30, #31, #32, #33.
- ▼ March (2)
- Red’s a billionaire and We Are The People. Down to brass tacks.
- Groups says, Federal Agency Tried to Hide Information
- ▼ February (1)
▼ 2018 (14)
- ▼ November (2)
- Index of VWC-EIS, Objection Issues and Responses.
- Dear Village Wolf Creek Objectors: It's full speed ahead. USFS-USDA
- ▼ September (1)
- ▼ August (1)
- ▼ July (7)
- Questioning RGNF/USDA's Village at Wolf Creek response.
- Petition: Keep Wolf Creek Wild - Change.org - Rocky Mtn. Wild
- Friends of Wolf Creek, Call to Action! Submit Comments to RGNF/USDA.
- RGNF Supervisor responds to questions.
- Correction! Does RGNF restrict comments on Village at Wolf Creek Draft Decision?
- Jonathan Romeo reports 7/19/2018 Village at Wolf Creek road access.
- Draft Decision Grants Access for Village at Wolf Creek - LMJV.
- ▼ June (1)
- ▼ May (2)
▼ 2017 (10)
- ▼ November (1)
- ▼ October (1)
- ▼ June (2)
- Open Letter to Mr. McCombs and Marsha Shields, please reconsider VWC
- Letter to Mr. McCombs and LMJV - supplemental information
- ▼ May (5)
- FRIENDS OF WOLF CREEK - CALL TO ACTION !!!
- What’s RGNF/USDA learned from Judge Matsch’s rebuke?
- Village At Wolf Creek developments - collection of news stories.
- Judge Has Ruled - Red McCombs and LMJV land swap nullified. Text of Ruling.
- UPDATE - VWC-RGNF deal tossed out! Judge Rejects Flawed Process - RockyMtnWild
- ▼ February (1)
▼ 2016 (13)
- ▼ October (1)
- ▼ August (1)
- ▼ July (4)
- FERC ruling and LPEA/Tri-State Waiver_by T. Chamberlin
- State Rep. J Paul Brown this is 2016.
- July 2016 Update - Village at Wolf Creek lawsuit
- Reflecting on June 2016 LPEA Board of Directors Tri-State renewable energy stance.
- ▼ June (1)
- ▼ January (6)
- Concise History of the Village at Wolf Creek - San Juan Citizens Alliance.
- RGNF asks for patience, wait for the judge to judge.
- Index of Posts - NO-Village at Wolf Creek - Rio Grande National Forest, headwaters to the Rio Grande River
- Same as it ever was, Red's saga continues.
- McCombs' political arm-twisting, the ugly details start coming out.
- When is enough, enough - Rio Grande Nat'l Forest and Red McCombs?
▼ 2015 (33)
- ▼ December (2)
- ▼ October (4)
- Details of the VWC Land Exchange EIS FOIA Federal Court Decision.
- Friends of Wolf Creek News Release 10/1/2015
- Judge rules agency inexplicably withheld information from public.
- Republicans want to kill the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF).
- ▼ July (3)
- Petitioning Chief of USDA Forest Service, Tom Tidwell: Protect Alberta park.
- Alberta Park (Wolf Creek) Construction Moratorium, July 15, 2015.
- July 2nd, IDTV report - Wolf Creek Opponents File Lawsuit.
- ▼ June (8)
- Pictures of Alberta Park, proposed site of the luxury Village at Wolf Creek.
- Update: Lawsuit filed to Stop Wolf Creek Land Swap
- Update 6/26/15 - citizens task force visits Washington D.C.
- Saturday, June 20th, get together Wolf Creek Ski Area
- Short history,Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture - Village at Wolf Creek - part 2
- Short history, Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture - Village at Wolf Creek - part 1
- June 4, 2015 - Wolf Creek Land Exchange - Inside Durango TV.
- USDA - Highlights of the US Forest Service NEPA Procedures.
- ▼ May (9)
- Clean Water Rules highlight increased need to protect Alberta Park.
- Problems with VWC Access Project EIS - Ignoring Lynx issue, San Juan Citizens Alliance.
- Problems with the VWC Access Project EIS - San Juan Citizens Alliance.
- Appreciating Fens Part 2. USFWS Cat. 1 Resource (highest protection rating)
- Appreciating Wolf Creek's ‘old-growth’ fens. Part one.
- Questioning ANILCA and Village at Wolf Creek
- Final decision released for Village at Wolf Creek Access Project, May 21, 2015
- Rejecting the Village At Wolf Creek, list of go-to informationa and resources.
- Celebrating Alberta Park and Honoring Wolf Creek
- ▼ March (1)
- ▼ February (1)
- ▼ January (5)
▼ 2014 (15)
- ▼ November (3)
- Despite Forests at Risk, Village at Wolf Creek full speed ahead.
- VWC Access Project "Final Environmental Impact Statement" - the index.
- VWC Breaking News - RGNF Favors Development Alberta Park, Wolf Creek!
- ▼ October (1)
- ▼ September (1)
- ▼ July (1)
- ▼ May (3)
- Climate Change and the Forests of the West (Keeling Lecture) - UCTV
- Blast from the past: The Village at Wolf Creek, It's A Scandel.
- Colorado Fracking Site Flooding September 2013, etc.
- ▼ March (1)
- ▼ February (1)
- ▼ January (4)
▼ 2013 (12)
- ▼ October (1)
- ▼ July (2)
- Southwest Faces Looming Threats From Climate Change.
- West Fork Fire Complex - 7/10/2013 - unofficial update.
- ▼ June (4)
- Horse Evacuation Plan... S.J.Nat'l Forest FIRE RESTRICTION NOTICE
- West Fork Fire Complex - Tuesday,7/2/13 - 8 AM - unofficial update
- West Fork Fire, Windy Peak Fire - 6/23/13 - 4pm - unofficial update
- West Fork Fire complex and Windy Pass Fire (6/22/2013 - 7:30 am)
- ▼ May (1)
- ▼ April (2)
- April 2013 - Village At Wolf Creek EIS Update ...
- A citizen's review of the "San Juan Bark Beetles and Watersheds Workshop"
- ▼ February (1)
- ▼ January (1)
▼ 2012 (56)
- ▼ October (2)
- Double play at the Village at Wolf Creek
- Freedom to inform refused by the USDA Forest Service (update)
- ▼ September (18)
- Climate Change's broader effects cause more worry
- The Impact of Climate Change on Ski Resort Operation & Development
- VWC Land Exchange Real Estate Appraisal - p50 - Local Market Conditions
- Forest Service extends comment period Village at Wolf Creek Access Project-Oct 11, 2012.
- Pagosa Daily Post - Village at the Top of the World
- S.C. - VWC-DEIS 35945 - Why no Impact Study of the cost of a failed VWC
- Shared Comment - VWC-DEIS - 1.6.5 Climate and Air Quality
- Shared Comment-VWC-DEIA35945-4.7.1 Direct & Indirect Environmental Consequences
- Shared Comment - VWC-DEIS 35945 - 1.10 The ANILCA act of 1980
- Shared Comment VWC-DEIS 35945 - 3.4 Water Rights and Use
- Shared Comment VWC-DEIS 35945 -1.7.1 Health and Human Safety at High Altitude
- Shared comment:DEIS #35945 - Page 2-46/47 - Employment Status
- An essay concerning Red McCombs' long and winding road.
- MAPS and such
- Massive Forest Die Off in and around Alberta Park, Wolf Creek Colorado
- Public Interest Determination of the RGNF - Feasibility Analysis
- Why no Impact Study of the costs of a failed VWC venture?
- INDEX OF AUGUST POSTS
- ▼ August (19)
- VWC-DEIS, Page 2-46/47 - Employment Status
- FOIA request for VWC-DEIS Land Appraisal documents
- INDEX for my comments VWC-DEIS #35945
- VWC-DEIS 1.7.3 Validity of 1986 Land Exchange
- Memory Lane... Alberta Park Field Trip, Democratic State Convention
- Agencies clash over mapping of ‘old-growth’ fens
- VWC-DEIS 4.7.1 (Wetlands) Direct & Indirect Consequences
- VWC-DEIS 1.7.1 Health & Human Safety at a High Altitude Resort
- VWC-DEIS 3.7.5 Wetland Functions and Values
- VWC-DEIS 1.10 ANILCA 1980 - road access rights
- VWC-DEIS 3.7.6 Fens
- VWC-DEIS 3.4 Water Rights & Use
- VWC-DEIS 3.1 Surface Water – Water Quality, Stream Health & Floodplains
- VWC-DEIS 1.6.5 Climate and Air Quality
- It Takes A Village: Proposed land swap reopens debate about Village at Wolf Creek
- Wolf Creek Needs Friends Now!
- VWC - Alberta Park Needs Friends. Can you help?
- Village at Wolf Creek Land Exchange Proposal - official information
- Village at Wolf Creek Access Project - Forest Service seeks comments
- ▼ June (1)
- ▼ May (6)
- Wetlands and ‘old-growth’ fens heat up Wolf Creek debate - by Adam Howell
- Durango Telegraph "Village at Wolf Creek" Archives
- Pagosa Springs SUN Newspaper: The “Village At Wolf Creek" Archives
- Copy of the "Wingle Transmit New Decision pdf"
- AMENDED Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact - 9/29/1986
- FOIA RESULTS = USDA-USFS: Decision Notice & Finding - 3/6/1986
- ▼ April (4)
- Alberta Park Openhouse ~ Recalling the RGNF Sept. 20th, 2011 Field Trip
- Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ side 2 of The Memes Courier
- Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ The Memes Courier
- Alberta Park Swap FOIA Request update 4/2/12
- ▼ March (5)
- The Village at Wolf Creek, It’s A Scandal
- (FOIA) Freedom of Information Request: Re. Title Transfer of Alverta Park - 3/15/2012
- Defending Alberta Park, Memes Courier, La Plata Democrat Assembly 2012
- The Red McCombs’ Alberta Park Real Estate Poker Game
- The proposed Village at Wolf Creek revisited
- ▼ February (1)
▼ 2011 (10)
- ▼ October (7)
- Alberta Park's Rio Grande Nat'l Forest Service Hike into Alberta Park, 9/20/2011
- Exhibit Six: Plans to build VWC may get underway after exchange - Jason Belvins
- Exhibit Five: McCombs' development of Cuchara ski area at La Veta, Colorado
- Exhibit Four: Pagosa Daily Post, review: Thumbs Up & Down on VWC - Bill Hudson
- Exhibit Three: VWC: Salesmanship Trumps Meteorology - Larry Calloway
- Exhibit Two: The Wolf Creek Wars ~ by Marcia Darnell - April/May 2007
- Exhibit One: Weirdness in Spades at Wolf Creek ~ Allen Best - May 2007
- ▼ August (2)
- Mr. Million’s Time Warp... dreams of diverting the mighty Green River's water
- "Flaming Gorge/"Million" Pipeline": supporting evidence for why it should be abandoned
- ▼ March (1)
▼ 2010 (14)
- ▼ August (1)
- ▼ May (1)
- ▼ March (12)
- Inviting Concise Rational Submissions
- The Back Story ~ Village at Wolf Creek ~ presented by Ryan Bidwell
- Letter to the Durango Herald ~ Develop Wolf Creek?
- Questioning the Soundness of "Red's" Plan
- * VWC at 10'300 feet & Altitude Sickness
- * Luxury Resorts Going Bust
- * Who's Who of Who to Contact
- * Congressman Salazar, Question the VWC proposal
- Reflections on local meetings regarding the VWC
- Friends of Wolf Creek Action Alert...
- Open Letter to the Archuleta Board of County Commissioners
- Village at Wolf Creek: Why not a Nature Preserve resolution? 9/5/09/
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