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Watch VideoForest Service offers Colorado roadless rules information
Story By: Bill Folsom
Source: KOAA
The National Forest Service is down to three proposals for new "roadless rules" in Colorado's National Forests and they're offering the information to the public. They started a series of public open houses in Pueblo and will hold seven more at other locations across the state.
There are four and half million acres of National Forest land in Colorado. How it is preserved is important to many individuals and groups with very diverse opinions. Issues like preserving wildlife, access routes to adjoining private land, also easements for power and pipelines. It's an issue that generates a lot of controversy. Forest Supervisor, Bob Leaverton, says they have to consider, “Under what circumstances could you allow entry into a roadless area, temporarily for forest health, for catastrophic fire protection, or for nothing.”
Forest Service leaders say the proposed plans were created with a lot of public input. Still there were numerous opposition groups outside the open house giving their opinions on why the plans are flawed.
