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<br />. benverPost.com - News: Colorado and Denver <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br />ABOUT US/HELP <br />ARCHIVES <br />BUSINESS <br />CLASSIFIEDS <br />COMMUNITY <br />DISCUSSION <br />ENTERTAINMENT <br />LIFESTYLES <br />MARKETPLACE <br />NEWS <br />-Columbine <br />-Columnists <br />-JonBenet Ramsey <br />-legislature <br />-National News <br />-Obituaries <br />-Politics <br />-Stadium <br />-World News <br />OPINION <br />PROMOTIONS <br />SPORTS <br />WEATHER <br /> <br />DPO MAIN <br /> <br />-j <br /> <br />SEARCH DPO: <br /> <br />s~~i~~l <br /> <br />Em.ail Us: <br /> <br />DPe <br />The Denver'Post <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />The Women's College at the <br />University of,J]lenver <br /> <br />Mt. Evans talks trouble <br />lawmakers <br /> <br />By _~,t,~_.c;i~_".OI.l..I.~.9Jl <br />Denver Post Staff Writer <br /> <br />(f:) Related articles <br /> <br />Feb. 10, 2001 - Two Colorado lawmakers <br />trying to save the gateway to Mount Evans from residential <br />development warned iocal county officials that negotiations <br />under way could harm efforts to preserve the land. <br /> <br />Rep. Tom Tancredo, R-Littieton, and Rep. Mark Udall, D- <br />Boulder, have pushed Congress to allocate money for the U.S. <br />Forest Service to buy 5,500 acres along Squaw Pass near <br />Evergreen, which leads to Mount Evans. <br /> <br />The lawmakers sent the letter to Golden and Clear Creek <br />County, which are negotiating an agreement to rezone 5,500 <br />acres known as Beaver Brook that could increase the value of <br />the land and the price the Forest Service would have to pay. <br /> <br />"Actions that would affect the cost of the acquisitions could <br />directly affect the Iikeiihood of having the property acquired by <br />the United States," Tancredo and Udall wrote. <br /> <br />Golden City Manager Mike Bestor said the two lawmakers' <br />concerns can be mollified by bringing both sides together to <br />discuss the issue. <br /> <br />Golden owns the Beaver Brook land, which lies in Clear Creek <br />County, and has wanted to sell it to developers to raise $12 <br />million or more to pay for a new reservoir near Empire and <br />water rights. <br /> <br />The Forest Service moved to buy the land after Golden <br />announced its interest in selling it. The land, long used as elk <br />calving grounds, is prized for its value to wildlife and for <br />recreation. <br /> <br />"The higher the price tag on a property, the harder it is to keep <br />Congress and everybody excited about it," said Steve Rinella of <br />the Forest Service's regional office in Denver.. <br /> <br />The negotiations between Golden and the county are an <br />attempt to settle two disputes: one over the zoning of Beaver <br />Brook; the other over water rights. <br /> <br />http://www.denverpost.com/news/news0210k.htm <br /> <br />2/12/2001 <br />