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002870 Beaver Creek Approval 'No Surprise' to Lamm By Torm l'IIII't:nS read a final draft of the state's quale tools to deal with the Im- Ik'over I'ost Slid' Writer position. pact." Gov, Dick I.JImm describes 11\e fact that it didn't work l)(>spile Its earl)' fllilure.~ In Rf'gionaJ f'ore~tr>r William J. out that way appears to put convincing the Forest Service. Lucai'l 8S "out front," lhe kind Lamm's oftiee on a C'Ou~ he and specifically Lucas, 10 hold of person who lets it be known repeatedly ha~ said he wants (0 back on Bean'r Creek. the where he stands. 8void--confrontation with a fed- stale will push forward with the Acrnrdingly. Lamm wasn't eral agMlCY. pla~ it proposed. 10 implement surprised at a meeting with The ~overnor has called dUring a moratorIUm. Lucas early last weclr: on the confrnnlaUon a "policy of last It will formulate what Mon. Beaver Creek ~ki de\'clopmCllt resort," and he said he made it aghan calls a "mountain ra- when the forester said, "My clear to Luca5 he! wanted to source plan," studying in depth' mind is made up." avoid sllch a Mowdol't'n. not only Beaver Creek but. Despite! sUite agencIes' eon- Monaghan, for one, thinks It's ~ther. potential winter sports cems ahout the development too late. SlIes In Colorado. and Lamm's hope for a one- He said In his opinIon, I.ucas Acroroing to the r~po~! to )'ea.r moratoriu'!l' Lucas bad considered the slale's ,"oielng of Lucas, Re,av~r ~n:ek IS only df'Clded to ~eslgnate Beaver i.ts concerns 8 confrontation one of 15, pnm~ .slte~ 8~~ one I Cret'k as a wmter sports area, with the U.S. Fort'st St'rvice. o~ 41 potential sites f~ paving the way for its develop. And Friday. aHer makin,::- his wmter sports development m ment by Vall AssocialC-'. annOUO('f'ITIcnl of t~ designa. the state. f(;:'IIOItED CO~CF.RNS tion, Lucas accused i\.fonaghan "The plan will e\'aluate sites Lucas made that dcslWlatlon of "jawboning a fMetal oUice;' withi~ context of total potential F rid a y, not only ignoring the Lamm aide sam. ski site dev~lopment" in Colora- LaOlm's moratorium request. APPE,\L 'PltORARLE' do, an?, will exa.mlne ~a\"f!r but al~ turning his back on a If the confrontation isn't af.. Creek not ~nly In rel.alion to lengthy documentation of the ready at hand, it is likelY to other. potent.lal new slte~ but I state's conccrns prE"pared main. come when the state apP<'.als al~.m r~lation ~ expansion of Iy for the forestE"r's consider- Lucas' decision to OIief U.S. eXlStmg sItes. . . alion. Forester John McGuin an aCo In light of Lucas' action Input for thft document was tion called "at least'" 99 per Friday, thos.e ~ other ~ential providM by concerned agency cent probable by Monaghan. Ctl.lorado ski SlleS are li~e1y to heads. Jim Mooaghan. assistant In the meantime, atate of. take a back seat for a while. to the governor for natural Adals will work on ways to in- !' s Monaghan comme~tE"d resources, worked late Into the corporate some of their policies Friday". the Beaver Creek. time- night ThllTSlday to complete the and limitations into permits for table edlOO~ as ~u~ It has !O-page statement In time for Beaver Creek. even if the ap. speed up lust a hair. Lucas to study it before he peal is overruled. made a fmal announcemt"nt on Monaghan Is skeptical of that Beaver Cr('('k. approach. "The Forest Service 1,1Icas didn't wail for the final argues we can put in qualifica- draft. lions in the permit. But lhll H ___, th -'_l ... state asks, should il be dt"Sig- e l'InOOl.l",-~ E" u=>ognauon ,_' . , 'dd F"da th na nI a wUller sports area al a nu ay II y, en ex. all"" plalned to Mona~~an. in, a tele- The Forest Service has said it phone call that.. I didn t even would slop the Beaver Cret'k . ;a,~t to deal With that maten- project if ~ slate didn't have '''1 f 1 th . puI,.... adequate lools to deal with tile (Ie e rug was <::u out impact of it, Monagh,;1n Aaid rr~m underneath us.," Monaghan But then. he added, it "made ~ S81d later In the ~y. unilateral }udgment that we In Monaghan I esUmadon, do .. Lucas ~olat.ed an. ~al agree- Concerns expressed in the ment W1tb state ofhCIals. 10-p3;:e statement 10 l.ucas-on UI\1)F:R.."'A\ffH~G populati<ln, wildlife, water, air It was understood. ~fonaJ;:tHIO pollution and land-use qucs- said. that thP. governor's nUice tions. among others-"sultgcst wouldn't t't'!E"ase its policy on we don'l even have the policy, Ik>lI\'E"r Creek until Lucas could much less the controls" for the rt'vlE"W it. In return, Lucas B e a \' e r Crt<'k devdopmenl. wouldn't make Ole final desig- ~loflaghan !!'aid. nation of the area until he had "II is the govem(ll"!1 offiCt"s po.gition that we don't have ade-