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| Photo Credit Mark Harvey |
 Spurious
Claims to Wilderness Lands
Public Counsel of the Rockies has acted on
behalf of the The Wilderness Society, Wilderness Watch, Aspen
Wilderness Workshop and Aspen Valley Land Trust to block a "land
grab" by those seeking to privatize and develop sixty-six
national forest and wilderness inholdings. Spurious claims
of ownership were made based on "wild deeds" to old
(1890s) mining claims. The deeds were issued by a convicted
swindler. Development in these wilderness areas would have
destroyed critical open space and wildlife habitat. More
Public
Access to the Hunter Creek Valley Permanently Protected
In this celebrated case, wealthy landowners clashed with public
access advocates in Aspen over the status of a 100 year-old mining
era Toll Road. In l988 the landowners closed the road that had
traditionally provided access to the 82,450 acre Hunter-Frying
Pan Wilderness, the "backyard" of Aspen. After 17 years
of litigation, all stakeholders settled on a compromise guaranteeing
24/7 access and insuring that the landowners would not be subject
to motorized traffic except during hunting season. More
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