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FOREST SERVicE EFFORT 1;)tn,../Po.r . n..J/r'j7't Beaver Creek Area Sports Plan_ Pushed Ry sn:n.; WY;\;KOOP Lucas has promi~ 10 hold 011 on m3K- Vf'n~er Post sian Writer mg a decision until after .~e state has a The Forest $en'ice is pushing ahead to chance to arrive at a posItion on &a\'~r dr.signate the Beaver Creek Ski Area a!l a Creek, but the administrative p,rocess 13 winter sports site despite pleas for delayl one SlfOP closer to Issuing a permIt., by Gov. John Vanderhoof. ThP move by the Forest ~~'Ice has The decision to forge ahead with the: raiSed the ire or some stale offiCIalS. . plan was made ellen though the Colorado "I was surprised that letter was wntten l.and Use Commission has scheduled two before the ht>arings, and I think it wa!l a. days of public meetings on the proposal - l: liUle out of OroPf prior to the bearings," Monday and Tuesday. .aid John Bermingham. VanderOOors en- , , 1 . .d . Testimony ~t the meetings wUl be used: - vironm~ntal and land-use p an!lmg al e'the bv the commission to assemble factS and Bermmgham, obvlous~ miffed at . . li .1--' h comments on .recommendations for Vanderhoof on the FON'st Service, ml o:u IS ,proposed Forest &rviroe action. ('the issue. "1 think it would be out of,oroer, -, Slate agencll's re\'iewing an environ- _ lor me to ~~nt. beyond that pnor 101 mentallmpaet statement on the proposal ,.the hearin~s, he ~Id_. . BCtloD b I 'gave it bad marks. Development eould \. Evans! In part, Justified. his V'1 A Y lead to air and water pollution in the . saying It would be .unfair. to . 31 s- Up~r EaJ!le River Valley, they Said. . sociates to dt"lay the site deslgnatlOD. . o f kO 0' "To further delay our process al thIS , Pe.rmlt .or SIT r~l s. JI time would impose an Inequitable burden Vall AssOCiates, Inc., IS seekmg thel on private enterpriS@ which has cooperat-, "Fort'sl Service. des.ignation and a permit ed responsibly in the on- and off-site envi- 'j~ construct skI trails on 3.000 acres of nal ronmental planning of a public recreaUon llanal fores.t land near Avon, Colo. I" area," Evans said. . . I The Bea\'er Creek Ski Area wollld be at "Vail Assodates bas responsIbly partlcl- the JM:OPOsed site for !.he 1976 Winter pated for over two years in the mos.t thor- OlympiC Galllts - a project turned down . ough and st"nsiti\'9 analysis effort In\'o\v. by Colorado \'otefS. .. t ing winter resort planning we have seen Eagle County commrs..<ttoners bave 8p.; ....in Colorado," he said. pr~ved development plans that could. ~ -' Charting the future at F.agle ~unty as bnng 40.000 person! to the Avon art'a on . a ").ear-round recreation area, Evans ,peak ski days. There C'Ould be a penna- nf'nt population of 13.000 persons by 1995, according to the FoN'51 Servict>. ~ Vanderboof was informed Nov, 29 by Thomas Evans, Whitt' River Natinnal I "'orest supervisor. that Evans wa5n't honoring his request for a delay and had .. rt'C(lmmE'nded winter sport site designa- liontoreJZionalforesterW.J.L~as. ~t.L;