The exhibit also included general information on the CMC and the American Mountaineering Center. We are currently looking for volunteers to help staff the booth. The White River National Forest has begun its Land and Resource Management Plan revision by asking for public input during a series of open houses in February and March. The current Forest Plan was approved in September 1984. Based on experience in Forest Plan implementation and informal input from the public, the Forest Service has identified potential areas in the current Plan that need to be changed, as well as new areas that were not identified in the current Plan.
Public involvement is an ongoing process throughout the plan revision process.
LaSalle said Vail could start construction on certain parts of the expansion as soon as July. But the Forest Service must amend the plan for the White River National Forest before the entire expansion can proceed, which could take several months. The Land and Water Fund and Colorado Environmental Coalition, which had send a letter detailing the potential harmful results of the project, were disappointed with the decision. I feel sorry for the people who live up there. The groups cannot appeal LaSalle's decision and haven't decided whether to sue the Forest Service in federal court.