Colorado Roadless Areas Review Task Force Draft Recommendations
Colorado Roadless Areas Review Task Force Petition Recommendations, DRAFT, August 9, 2006
The public comment period on the draft recommendations closed at 5 p.m. August 25, 2006. The Task Force will review public comments submitted and discuss any final changes to the recommendations based on those comments. The Task Force will submit final recommendations to the Governor on September 13, 2006.
The Roadless Areas Review Task Force a bipartisan 13-member group, created under Senate Bill 05-243 will help determine the future of roadless areas in Colorado, including what uses, if any, will be allowed in the applicable forest areas. Based upon public comment, the task force will make recommendations to Governor Owens regarding how inventoried roadless areas should be managed. The Governor will then submit a petition to the United States Forest Service on behalf of the State of Colorado.
List of Task Force Members
Senate Bill 05-243 defines applicable forest areas as the approximately four million four hundred thousand acres of United States forest lands located in Colorado that were identified as roadless in a set of inventoried roadless area maps contained in the National Forest Service's roadless area conservation final Environmental Impact Statement, volume 2, dated November 2000, and held at the National Headquarters of the Forest Service.
National forests will be discussed at their respective public comment meeting locations.
Delta (November 2, 2005): Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forests
Durango (December 9, 2005): San Juan National Forest
Pueblo (January 6, 2006): Pike-San Isabel National Forests
Denver (February 24, 2006): see below
Fort Collins (March 17, 2006): Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forest
Steamboat Springs (May 18, 2006): Routt National Forest
Monte Vista (June 7, 2006): Rio Grande National Forest
Glenwood Springs (June 21, 2006): White River National Forest
Grand Junction (June 22, 2006): Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison and Manti-La Sal National Forests
The public comment meeting in Denver on February 24, 2006 will be open for comment on any of these national forests.
Please note that public comments will be addressed and discussed by the Roadless Areas Review Task Force on the dates listed below:
February 10, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
April 14, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
June 8, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
June 22, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
July 19, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
August 3, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting
The Task Force met via conference call at 8 a.m. on August 3, 2006. Members of the public were given the opportunity to listen to the conference call in room 518 of the Centennial Building, 1313 Sherman, Denver, Colorado, 80203.
Please note that Task Force meetings are open to the public. For time and location information for all meetings, please check the meeting schedule below.
Meeting Materials
July 19 & August 3, 2006 Final Deliberative meetings - the final recommendations will serve as the record of these meetings.
Meeting Schedule
Meeting Agendas
Task force and public comment meeting agendas will be posted as they become available.
- June 22, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #4 Agenda
- June 22, 2006 Grand Junction Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- June 21, 2006 Glenwood Springs Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- June 8, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #3 Agenda
- June 7, 2006 Monte Vista Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- May 18, 2006 Steamboat Springs Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- April 14, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #2 Agenda
- March 17, 2006 Fort Collins Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- February 24, 2006 Denver Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- February 10, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #1 Agenda
- January 6, 2006 Pueblo Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- December 9, 2005 Task Force Business Meeting Agenda
- December 9, 2005 Durango Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- November 2, 2005 Task Force Business Meeting Agenda
- November 2, 2005 Delta Public Comment Meeting Agenda
- October 7, 2005 Task Force Meeting Agenda
Meeting Summaries
Task force and public comment meeting summaries will be posted as they become available.
- June 22, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #4 Meeting Summary
- June 22, 2006 Grand Junction Public Comment Meeting Summary
- June 21, 2006 Glenwood Springs Public Comment Meeting Summary
- June 7, 2006 Monte Vista Public Comment Meeting Summary
- June 8, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #3 Meeting Summary
- May 18, 2006 Steamboat Springs Public Comment Meeting Summary
- April 14, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #2 Meeting Summary
Presentations Given:
-Colorado Geological Survey, Vince Matthews, Colorado Mineral and Mineral Fuel Activity 2004
-Arch Coal, Greg Schafer
-Tri-State Generation & Transmission Association, Inc.
-Division of Wildlife, Tom Nesler, Can Recovery of T&E Species be Successful?
- March 17, 2006 Fort Collins Public Comment Meeting Summary
- February 24, 2006 Denver Statewide Public Comment Meeting Summary
- February 10, 2006 Task Force Deliberative Meeting #1 Meeting Summary
- January 6, 2006 Pueblo Public Comment Meeting Summary
- January 6, 2006 Task Force Business Meeting Summary
- December 9, 2005 Task Force Business Meeting Summary
- December 9, 2005 Durango Public Comment Meeting Summary
- November 2, 2005 Task Force Business Meeting Summary
- November 2, 2005 Delta Public Comment Meeting Summary
- October 7, 2005 Task Force Meeting Summary
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