Pagosa Springs SUN Newspaper: The “Village At Wolf Creek” Archives

 I was reviewing some old articles when I had the idea, that these news articles, along with a few opinion pieces and letters to the editor should be easily available for folks who may want a better understanding of the current controversy.

I have striven to remain within copyright guidelines and each article is linked to the full Pagosa Springs SUN story.

Pagosa Springs SUN Newspaper

http://www.pagosasun.com

The “Village At Wolf Creek” Archives

{ going back to 2000 }

Copy of the "Wingle Transmit New Decision pdf"

The following is a faithful reproduction {though it may contain typos.} of the pdf I was sent by the RGNF,  when they replied to my FOIA request.    

This is the Decision Notice that withdrew the February 20, 1986 RGNF's rejection of the LMJV trade offer and directs the land exchange proposal to continue. 

Missing from the documents I received was the 2/20/86 RGNF decision, so I have sent another FOIA request for that document, which I will also post after receiving it. 

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19860306WingleTransmitNewDecision.pdf

AMENDED Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact {9/29/86}

The following is a faithful reproduction {though it may contain typos.} of the pdf I was sent by the RGNF,  when they replied to my FOIA request.    

I have taken the liberty of highlighting sections I want to address in later posts.

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19860929AmendedDN.pdf

AMENDED
DECISION NOTICE
and
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT

FOIA RESULTS = USDA Forest Service: Decision Notice and Finding of No Significant Impact {3/6/86}

The following is a faithful reproduction {though it may contain typos.} of the pdf I was sent by the RGNF,  when they replied to my FOIA request.    

I have taken the liberty of highlighting sections I want to address in later posts.

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 Document 19860306DN.pdf

DECISION NOTICE
and
FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT
Proposed Wolf Creek Land Exchange
with
Leavell Properties, Inc.
in
Mineral and Saguache Counties, Colorado
Del Norte Ranger District, Rio Grande National Forest
USDA Forest Service

Alberta Park Openhouse ~ Recalling the RGNF Sept. 20th, 2011 Field Trip

September 20th, 2011 the Rio Grande National Forest sponsored a 
four hour field trip/hike through Alberta Park, 
site of the proposed VWC development. 

Led by District Ranger Tom Malecek the tour was intended 
to inform the interested public about the project.  
Below is a report I filed with the Four Corners Free Press on the event.

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Printed in the Four Corners Free Press 

November 2011 issue

page 28

"Moving The Village" 

It appears Billy Joe “Red” McCombs’ longtime dream of constructing a luxury resort town in the middle of Alberta Park (elevation: 10,300 feet), nestled against the Continental Divide on Wolf Creek Pass Colorado and coincidentally home to some forty feet of annual snowfall, burns hot as ever.

After having over a decade's worth of development preparations thwarted McCombs dumped Bob Honts, his developer, regrouped his Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture and has hired a new developer, Clint Jones, to spearhead a new plan of attack.

Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ (side two) The Memes Courier

The Memes Courier, April 14th, side two . . .

Red McCombs’ Alberta Park Poker Game, Texas Style

{a 777 word review}

{Plus, the RGNF mandated to take Climate Change into consideration.} 

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Let me tell you a sad saga of a man named Red. It was back in the 80s when Red purchased some private land within the Saguache Ranger District of the Rio Grande National Forest. It was nice land; land the US Forest Service had been eyeing for some time and Red had a plan.
 
With those chips in hand, Red saddled up to the USFS table proposing to trade his coveted Saguache District chips for an incredible parcel smack in the middle of the high country. But, in 1986 after due process Red’s proposal was rejected by RGNF officials.
 

Colorado State Democratic Convention ~ The Memes Courier 4/14/12 (side one)

In honor of the Colorado State Democratic Convention I put together a two sided flier on legal size paper resembling a single-sheet newspaper publication of old.  It’s the culmination of years of attention to this issue and a distillation of previous posts here at NO-VillageAtWolfCreek.blogspot, along with news. 

I’m replicating that “Memes Courier” at this website because I believe it’s the most valuable summation I’ve put together superseding most previous posts I’ve written.  {As it should be; these things are ongoing projects.}  In any event, I circulated about 2750 copies at the Democratic State Convention in Pueblo on April 14th.

And as I wrote at the bottom of the flier: 
 Feel free to copy, use, and pass along any of this.

 

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The Memes Courier

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~   Colorado State Democratic Convention Edition   ~

April 14, 2012

Alberta Park, Rio Grande River Watershed, Wolf Creek Pass, Colorado, USA

Reporting on the Bid for a Luxury Development 

at Wolf Creek, 10,300’ elevation