Thursday October 29, 2009
Hidden Gems got an earful last night in Eagle from opponents to the proposed additions of wilderness sites to the White River National Forest.
Hundreds of snowmobilers in the eagle valley turned out at the public meeting to back to plans to add those areas as protected.  Sloan Shoemaker of wilderness workshop in Carbondale was jeered as he tried to make a power point presentation outlining the Gems.  After the meeting supporters of the plans expressed doubt that a compromise could ever be reached with those vocal opponents.
A new cell phone tower in woody creek is approved.  No one spoke out against the Tower at Wednesday’s meeting of the Pitkin County Commissioners.  Residents had complained, and Commissioner Rachael Richards voted against it, but the vote was 3-1 (Jack Hatfield is out of town) to approve the tower aimed to fill in gaps in coverage by Sprint-Nextel.
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