Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
Friday, October 03, 2008
Battle over Village at Wolf Creek">Battle over Village at Wolf Creek Here we go again. For nearly a decade, the battle over the Village at Wolf Creek has been waged between the Leavell-McCombs Joint Venture and virtually everyone else. To this point, millions have been spent attempting to have McCombs" "Premier Mountain Recreational Village in the World" approved. After repeated setbacks and losses in court, Red McCombs and Bob Honts have again applied for access permits, the first of the many approvals necessary to build their village. It is crystal clear from their last attempt at this that the vast majority of people in Colorado, and the nation don't want to see a "village" of 10,000 people perched at the top of Wolf Creek Pass. No mitigation measures could ever make up for the permanent destruction to wildlife habitat, high alpine wetlands, and the magnificent natural beauty of the area....
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