Comments on: Developer Closes Chunk of Telluride Backcountry

By: salt water

salt water — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 03:28:54 +0000

I think you may be confused on some facts. Land use permits inside a NF are quite specific. Yes, he may have a mining, agriculture or even a ski area (surprise!) permit. But they don’t allow for private development of monstrous mansions as you put it.
Besides, 103 acres in the nearly one million acre Uncompahgre is nothing. And yes, Telluride locals will no doubt keep on keepin’ on.

By: andy

andy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:29:51 +0000

where’s george washington (hayduke) when you need him?

By: Forrest

Forrest — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 22:06:11 +0000

Ahhh, national forests, the lands of many uses. Among those many uses is preventing people from hiking in to enjoy what bit of unspoiled nature is left, so that it can be spoiled by the rich, the few, the people with good connections to the zoning board.