WSP12136

• File Number: 8059
• Description: Section D General Studies-State Water Plan
• State: CO
• Date: 12/17/1974
• Title: Land Use Planning-Rocky Mountain News-State Planning Unit Wants Ski Area Moratorium
• Water Supply Pro - Doc Type: News Article/Press Release

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t ski area moratorium

Iii. wItH The !>tate ad.,pls a comprehensive
O\ull maU"lW'lUent plan.
Spt'akrng hefore the Colorado Land L'se
lmmis...,iort, pl::tnning t:hid Philip II. Schmuck
id problems as.<;f)f,:iatcd \\jlh the ffa] eslale-
crrotiun tk\"elnpll1l'nl at ~a\'er Creek- are

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r('ally "slmptorns" of a much larger problem
- .'tlx! absence or intergovernmental land use
planning in Colorado."
Schmock's ~'f)mm('nts came during cOJTlmis-
~il)n hl>arings on objections to the Bea\'l~r Creek
developlTX'nt r3iSt'<! scq'ral months aea by
f;Il\". Juhn Vanderhoc,f.
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The commission n'\'iclO.' comes late in the
gamt> -' \\hen the ForE's! Sl'rvice was-on the
\erj::c of i~.,uing the ski :!rea permit and after
se\'(,1'il1 large land d<-velopmt'nts surrounding
the public ski arr3 "ere approved hY.~~fS:le
Counl\". , .
"Thf. di\'isioll'S hope is that this kind it last-
ditch nweting to resol\"(' conrliets in\'Dldng
land use between the slate and federal Eovem.
mt'nls will be the la:-.t one," Schmuck said.,
lie said his agency is ready 10 lead tl1e,erforl
to den-lop a statewide eomprehensin,l plan.
The Forest. &n;ice had no immediate reaction
tothemoratoriumrt'qlK'st. ....
nit' bulk or ~Ionday's waring including addi.
tional l'Omll1ents from various state agencies,
many of which have expressr<! ('ither staunt'h
oppo!':ilion to .,r 5('rious reservatiuns about the
project.
Tlw major criticisms - whkh include predic-
tions nf water and ilir pollution and adverse im-
pa('t to d<'t'r and dk herd.. - were reitt-rated
:\lond:l)' by the statl' agencies whit'h comment.
ed on the <kwlopmellt in St'ptember.
The t'Ommission will huld an additional
h"<:Iring TlJ('sday to hear from the pri\'ate.
dt'vcloJX'rsinvolved. '
The commission will mt't'l again Thursda\' to
conlillllC its discussion of the development'
probtrlT1S. .
The Heil\'Cr Crt:'ek ski area complex is locat-
ed Sl'\'t'ral miles wt'SI of Vail, at A\'on - "here
Bt';l\'f:'r Cn.'t'k pours into lhe Eagle Rivcr. It
was to hal'e bt'('n a site fOf the 19i6 Wintcf
Olympies.
Vall ..\s..';ut'iates has asked the Forest Scn-ice
'to' appro\'f' a s,pC'('lat llSl~ permit to alluw the
comp.ll1Y to hUlld a 3.000-3cre ski area in the
While Hi\'er :'>ation:\I Forest. In addition, Vail
A~)('lilt('s has tlblained eounty approval of a
:!.:!OO-aC're pri\'atc I.-md den'lopml'll( adjacent to
tht' propol'St'd ski area.
Hut ~ baS(' art'a is crowded With ii\'e other
land de\-elupments co\'ering another 3,550
acrt's.
In :111, the h:llf-don'n developments call (or
tCol~tinued on page 20)

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