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RESOLUTION OF
THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
EAGLE COUNTY, STATE OF COLORADO
White River National Forest Boundary Extension
WHEREAS, citizens of the County of Eagle, State of
Colorado, have initiated a proposal for the extension of the
U. S. Forest Service boundary and management control for the
White River National Forest; and
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WHEREAS, citizens of Eagle County have expressed their
desire favoring such a proposal by the submission of petitions
to the Board of County Commissioners of the County of Eagle,
State of Colorado; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has been
advised by various citizens, government officials and governmental
bodies with regard to the matter; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle
County has been advised and has determined that there exists
within the area proposed to be included within the boundaries of
the White River National Forest public lands which are presently
administered and managed in part by the U. S. Bureau of Land
Management and in part by the U. S. Forest Service; and
WHEREAS, the respective Secretaries of the Department of
the Interior and the Department of Agriculture in 1962 directed
their respective agencies (i. e., the Bureau of Land Management
and the Forest Service) to transfer lands to one or the other
respectively where consolidation of management would simplify and
improve administration; and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle
County, Colorado, believe that the extension of the U. S. Forest
Service boundary of the White River National Forest as proposed
herein, would provide the following benefits:
1. Uniform administration of public land under
one federal agency;
2. Elimination of duplication of management
services and travel;
3. Facilitation of transaction of business by
users of the public lands by enabling such users to
work with one federal agency;
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and
4. Flexibility to trade lands presently
outside U. S. Forest Service boundaries to achieve
a more efficient, economic and desirable
management program;
5. Reduction of costs for public land
management functions;
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Eagle
County, Colorado, believes that the proposed boundary change
would be beneficial to the citizens and taxpayers of Eagle County
as well as to all citizens and taxpayers of the United States;
and
WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners has, through
the news media, citizens group meetings, and public governmental
meetings, has received the comments and desires of the citizens
of the County, as well as those within the proposed area to be
affected;
NOW THEREFORE,
Be It Resolved by the Board of County Commissioners of
the County of Eagle, State of Colorado, respectfully recommends
to and urges the Congress of the United States to enact
legislation and the President of the United States to sign such
legislation necessary to cause and permit the boundaries of the
White River National Forest, as administered by the United States
Department of Agriculture through the Forest Service, to be
extended to include within said boundaries, an area indicated on
the Map attached hereto as Exhibit "A" and incorporated herein
by this reference, generally described as that area bounded by
the unincorporated area known as Wolcott, and Colorado State
Highway 131 on the West, the Colorado River on the North, Cross
Creek on the South, and the foot of Vail Pass on the East.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of the Eagle
County Department of Planning and Development and the County
Attorney are hereby directed to forward copies of this
Resolution to each member of Congress from the State of Colorado;
and
FURTHER they are authorized to assist and cooperate
with said members of Congress and /or any federal government
officials to obtain the proposed extension of White River National
Forest boundary.
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MOVED, READ, AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the
Board of County Commissioners, County of Eagle, State of Colorado
this - 2-8-th —d-a y - -o -f— Feb -r u -a-r y-, 1977.
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COUNTY OF EAGLE, STATE OF COLORAD
By and through its
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
BY
KEITH TROXEL
Chairman