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There are a number of different approaches that might be used to provide local <br /> protection for the land. Counties have broad authority to zone and regulate <br /> private land as they deem appropriate. Both Counties currently have adopted <br /> fairly restrictive zoning for the affected lands. Individually or jointly through an <br /> Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) the Counties could adopt additional overlay <br /> zones if deemed appropriate. <br /> Regulating Federal land at the local level is more difficult and will not likely be <br /> successful without the voluntary cooperation of the Forest Service. Although <br /> many communities including Archuleta County have chosen to apply their zoning <br /> powers to public land, few if any have been successful in asserting their authority <br /> over federal land decisions. <br /> The Boulder County Attorney offers the following advice for public lands: <br /> "For these public lands, an IGA is likely the better approach, where of <br /> course the parties would be governments, not private landowners. <br /> Believe this would be an IGA under CRS 29-1-203 (the general IGA <br /> enabling act, contemplating all levels of government), not 29-20-105 (the <br /> land use IGA enabling act, for inter-local- government agreements only). <br /> Note that CRS 29-1-203 limits IGA authority to "provid[ing] any function, <br /> service, or facility lawfully authorized to each of the cooperating or <br /> contracting units," unless other provisions of law provide requirements for <br /> special types of intergovernmental contracting or cooperation, in which <br /> case those special provisions control. <br /> If you decide a CRS 29-1-203 IGA won't work, perhaps an MOU with the <br /> state and the feds would." (Ben Doyle via email 10/20/2010) <br />