Laserfiche WebLink
<br />OJncrn <br /> <br />Pied <br /> <br />- <br />.:"t'( ........1....' <br />r/~"'~.lJ( <br />ra 1/15177 <br /> <br />River <br />studied <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />\ <br />\ <br /> <br />Lumbermen and t'nvironmentallill9, <br />landO\lollers and !Iportsrnen otfered <br />thelr d.1verse \l"lew! ot what the U.S. <br />Forest Service should do with the <br />Piedra RJver and the land ll.l'Ound It ala <br />Durango ....orkshop Wt'dnE'.!Iday nlght. <br />The Op1n1onll were all varied as the <br />crowd.. with some suggesting total <br />develClpment ot the area, :!Klffie wanting <br />a complete ....11dernes9 atudy. and <br />others oftering a compromise position. <br />Approximately 2~ pE'"Ople a!lended the <br />worluihop. <br />It WaJII one ot three wo:"kshop!!I set up <br />tD galn public Input Into the Piedra <br />Land Manageml'nt and WUd and Scenic <br />River studJell. The t1r3t workshop was <br />held Tut'!Iday night In Pagosa Sprtngs <br />and the third .......ill ~ Fr1day night In <br />Dt'n\"er. <br />The rorellt service has combined the <br />tv..o studies. which will detenn!ne <br />whether the Piedra River 1.!1 ",Hg1ble tor <br />lnclu!lIon 1n the lederal WUd and SCfmlc <br />River Act and to d.etermlne a land <br />management plan for a 255,9C().acre <br />&N.'a lIurroundlng the- river, west and <br />north of Pagosa Sprlngs. <br />A ltud)' team, which lncludell a <br />rep<<senlaUve of the Colorado Depart- <br />ment of Natural Resources, prl"s..nted <br />the workshop v.1th Its tl"nlaUve ellgibW- <br />ty tl.ndlngs for the river and ",,'lth rive <br />a1ternaUve management plan.!l tor the <br />land. <br />Alter a pres..ntatlon of the study <br />team's findings and E'xplanaUon of the <br />management alternatives, the au- <br />dience wall d1vtded Into four workshop <br />groups for d!scuslllon. <br />MOllt gruup" agreed with the ten. <br />tative deSignation of the lower part ot <br />the river, trom tht' bl'"ldgl" O\'er <br />Highway 160 to Indtan Cn!ek, as rt!cr-ea.. <br />t1orur.l. That clasSltlcat1on, the low"t <br />U1Ider the provtslons ot.the act. allow:!! <br />m8.JlUnum useof the river corridor. <br />The arE-a ot Ute Pled!'a rrom Indian <br />.....r..~:c north to road 631 bridge, In- <br />. :'.,~,!"o: U,e lower portIO:l or Wf'mir.uche <br /> <br />. '-'~""..1'.' ..~,. -'"\'~' ...~ <br /> <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />! <br />I <br />i <br /> <br />/~ <br />f\.'....i; <br />.11 ,,~d <br />