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Gunnison County unlikely to ban off-highway vehicles on road to Lead King Loop this summer

Some hope language ‘deficiency’ from 2015 resolution would be game changer The discovery of what’s being described as a language error in a 2015 Gunnison County resolution allowing off-highway vehicles on a portion of a county road approaching the Lead King Loop was seen as an opportunity by some Marble residents to immediately block the use of the machines that have been accessing the public lands in the area in greater numbers. But despite what some of those residents were hoping would be a game-changer in the debate over what to do about the increasing presence of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-highway vehicles (OHVs) creating environmental and quality-of-life concerns, Gunnison County commissioners Tuesday were not inclined to ban the vehicles on the portion of the road the county manages, arguing that it would be counterproductive to a long-term solution that will need to involve the town of Marble and the White River National Forest. However, the board decided to wait until May 18 to vote on a controversial resolution addressing OHV access in order to add language aimed at assuring residents that a long-term solution is in the works.

Area fire management officials look to summer – The Crested Butte News

Enforcement, education campaign to debut on Lead King Loop this summer near Marble

Red Meat. It's What's for Dinner in Colorado Politics.

POLITICO Red Meat. It’s What’s for Dinner in Colorado Politics. The Democratic governor’s proposal that people give up meat for a day has ignited conservative backlash in a state that is rapidly trending blue. A shopper surveys the overflowing selection of packaged meat in a grocery store in southeast Denver, Colo. | David Zalubowski/AP Photo By NICK BOWLIN Link Copied Nick Bowlin is a Colorado-based correspondent for High Country News and freelance journalist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Nation and elsewhere. DENVER — Since late February, metro Denver drivers who tune into KHOW-AM 630, the area talk radio station, during the afternoon commute are likely to hear attorney and talk show host Dan Caplis accusing Gov. Jared Polis of a “traitorous attack” on Colorado values. The Democratic governor is “vicious and callous” and listeners are called on to “defeat” him and to “have fun doing it.”

Colorado lawmakers optimistic about CORE Act's chances

Colorado lawmakers optimistic about CORE Act’s chances Durango, Colorado Currently Sat 65% chance of precipitation 50% chance of precipitation Public lands bill reintroduced in Democratic-controlled House, Senate Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021 3:28 PM Updated: Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021 10:57 PM U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, announced Tuesday they are reintroducing the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, legislation to protect about 400,000 acres of public lands in the state. Courtesy of Mason Cummings, The Wilderness Society Colorado lawmakers optimistic about CORE Act’s chances U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse, announced Tuesday they are reintroducing the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act, legislation to protect about 400,000 acres of public lands in the state.

Commissioners appoint Curry to River District board – The Crested Butte News

[ By Katherine Nettles ] After several weeks of deliberation, one Gunnison County rancher has replaced another on the Colorado River District board of directors. County commissioners appointed Kathleen Curry on Tuesday, January 12 to replace former member Bill Trampe. Curry has served as chair of the Gunnison Basin Roundtable for the past three years, works as a water lobbyist and is also a former state legislator, having represented Gunnison County in House District 61 from 2005 to 2011. Curry was one of three initial applicants for the appointment that came when Trampe, a prominent rancher in the Gunnison Valley, announced he would retire from the board at the end of 2020. “We’ve been faithfully served by Bill Trampe for the past 20 years,” said commissioner chairperson Jonathan Houck.

When COVID hit, a Colorado county kicked out second-home owners. They hit back.

How a group of nonresident homeowners tried to influence a rural Colorado election. Image credit: Luna Anna Archey/High Country News Jan. 1, 2021 From the print edition April 2020, and the novel coronavirus was spreading through the United States. As businesses closed and hospitals filled, Jim Moran found himself sheltering in place in Colorado, at his second home. His mansion has dark wood siding and a jutting patio, and it perches on a bluff above Crested Butte, a small snow globe of a town whose brightly painted cottages huddle at the base of mountains at the north end of the Gunnison Valley, a long thin basin high in the Rockies. Moran is from Dallas, Texas, where he managed private equity firms. From his back door, he can ski directly onto Crested Butte Mountain Resort, one of Colorado’s iconic ski areas. Moran speaks quickly and passionately and has swept-back silver hair. Housing prices in rural towns have surged since the pandemic as well-to-do people flee cities. Moran’s property, which he bought in 2013, has appreciated: Were he to list his house today, Zillow estimates the value at $4.3 million.