A message from the Friends of Wolf Creek. I encourage you to visit their website and check out the petition they're circulating - sign and add your concise thoughts 250 words or less.
SanJuanCitizens.Org/village-at-wolf-creek
THE VILLAGE AT WOLF CREEK
HAS REARED IT'S UGLY HEAD ONCE AGAIN
A Recent Court Ruling Overturned Prior Development Rejections, and has Reignited Controversy over the Pillage at Wolf Creek
Help us tell the developers and decision-makers why building a “village” for 10,000 people at Wolf Creek Pass is a bad idea and the wrong choice for our community and state.
Your statement can help us stop the destruction of this incredible natural resource.
Please sign the petition & share your thoughts
Wolf Creek Pass is identified by many conservation organizations as an extremely valuable southern Rockies ecosystem that the “Village at Wolf Creek” seriously endangers.
WCP is a key migration corridor for elk, deer, and threatened Canada lynx. (see maps below)
WCP is home to rare, fragile Colorado fen wetlands.
Development would likely negatively impact water quality and quantity in the Rio Grande Watershed.
WCP receives the most snowfall in Colorado, which provides ideal habitat for endangered Lynx, and possibly reintroduced wolverines.
Increased winter traffic on dangerously winding roads will result in more traffic accidents, including more wildlife-traffic accidents.
Concentrated snowpack on top of the pass contributes to late-season flow to the Rio Grande River.
The “Village at Wolf Creek” development threatens:
A critical Southern Rockies wildlife corridor
Backcountry recreation opportunities
Nearby local businesses
Rare, valuable fen wetlands
Water quality and quantity for downstream land users and anglers
Views from the highway and the Continental Divide Trail
Please sign the petition
& share your thoughts
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Just for the fun of it,
I share a link to an enjoyable Wolf Creek story
that has nothing to do with NO-Village at Wolf Creek.
Opinion: What a whiteout on Wolf Creek Pass taught me
Staying calm and thinking clearly can get us through stormy weather and the storms of the human kindI remember bumper stickers folks had on their cars when I was a child that said “This car climbed Mount Washington.” I need one that says “This car was on Wolf Creek Pass when it closed.”
On a recent Wednesday, I thought we could get to the National Character & Leadership Symposium at the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs if we headed out early during a lull in the storm. Students thought we could, too. We met up in Durango and headed out at 9 a.m., with roads clear and visibility good all the way to Pagosa Springs. Then, we headed up Wolf Creek Pass. It was the one pass we would need to get over on the drive.
The pass was open. Visibility was fine, until it wasn’t fine. We didn’t make it over the pass. Instead, it was a day of being in the now. We declared it our own personal leadership conference. Decisions made collectively, supportive of all.
There was a moment, on Wolf Creek Pass, when I said, “Wait a minute. ... continue at the Colorado Sun
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