Defending Alberta Park, Memes Courier, La Plata Democratic Assembly

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On occasion I do a flier titled the Memes Courier.  

Here's a copy of my most recent venture.

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Alberta Park, Rio Grande River Watershed, 

Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, USA

~ The Bid for a Village at Wolf Creek ~

La Plata County Democratic Assembly Edition ~ March 17, 2012

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While fact checking the article in the previous post, I discovered something interesting.

The original 1986 Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture’s offer to trade Saguache District parcels for a chunk of Alberta Park near Wolf Creek Pass was rejected by the Rio Grande Forest Service.
Yet, that original rejection metamorphosed into an approval and the USFS cannot cite how it happened!

What happened?  Who knows?  Was it perhaps a clerical error? 
How do we actually know McCombs’ Deed is legitimate? 
Has everyone been fooled into playing liars poker?

Fast forward a quarter century and that landlocked parcel at Alberta Park has been nothing but failed advances and headaches for the intrepid speculator.
 
Now McCombs want’s to trade in 178 acres of that land, for 204 acres of RGFS land with direct access to Highway 160.

Sadly, all bets seem to be that the RGNF is on the way to allowing the trade. 

Mr. Million’s Time Warp... dreams of diverting the mighty Green River's water

Dear Durango Telegraph Editor,
Last week Missy’s opinion started with recalling a wonderful river trip, one I could relate to having rafted that section during the 2010 peak water run off. Incredible water, incredible geology, incredible experience. But, as we know, the river is so much more than a good time. It’s our life blood and it has a new threat, Mr. Million’s water pipeline scheme, as Missy detailed in her opinion piece.

Seems like I barely finished it, when an email arrived from the High Country Citizens’ Alliance discussing Mr. Millions scheme and asking for support in convincing the Colorado Water Conservation Board not to spend $150,000 on studying the feasibility of a sure fire boondoggle.

To recap:

"Flaming Gorge/"Million" Pipeline": supporting evidence for why it should be abandoned

The following is a compilation of a few articles giving more background on the "Flaming Gorge/"Million" Pipeline" followed by a number of climatological studies that all indicate we need to start planning for a future with less rain water and smaller river flows.