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"To me Snodgrass represents a metaphor for this wonderful planet we live in but that we are running to the ground at a great pace."
- CB Resident
"I Believe...", a testimony

Chief of the USFS upholds Jim Peña's decision

July 14, 2010--After months of reviews and appeals, Gloria Manning, Reviewing Officer for the Chief of the USFS, upholds Jim Peña's decision to affirm GMUG Supervisor Charles Richmond's rejection of CBMR's application to develop Snodgrass Mountain with lift-served skiing. Read Manning's decision here as well as the Attachment.

Read all USFS documents relating to the Snodgrass application.
OTHER NEWS
Victory for Snodgrass Mountain (Colorado Wild)
July 14, 2010--USFS Chief upholds Snodgrass rulings (CB News)
July 19, 2010--Colorado ski trade group keeps business info secret (Aspen Times)
Help Protect Snodgrass...One More Time

The Snodgrass decision has been reviewed by the Chief of the US Forest Service, Tom Tidwell. Friends of Snodgrass Mountain is pleased that the Chief upheld the decision and agrees that the GMUG decision was fact-based in its rejection of the fundamentally flawed Snodgrass plan.

A very real concern now, however, is politics. We need your help one more time to help assure that Snodgrass remain lift-free forever. Click here to read more and find out how you can contact the politicians.
Many full and part-time residents and visitors have offered creative ideas for strengthening our local economy. We've gathered a host of ideas from letters to newspapers and talks on the street. Read on.
New Direction for National Forests
Agricultural Secretary Tom VilsackAugust 14, 2009--Ag Sec Tom Vilsack presents new direction and vision for our National Forests.

"The path ahead is challenging but full of opportunity. We must encourage, catalyze and expand the collaborative solutions that hold the most promise to protect our public lands and our working lands. We must dramatically accelerate the scale and pace of forest stewardship activities on both public and private lands. On our National Forests, we must restore more acres more rapidly if we are to prevent catastrophic fires, insect outbreaks and other threats, particularly as climate change makes these threats more potent. On private lands, we also must move quickly to protect forest landscapes before they can no longer function to support watershed health, biodiversity conservation and viable wood markets." Read the whole speech.
CONTINUED THANKS GO TO FRIENDS OF SNODGRASS MOUNTAIN AND OTHERS WHO SUPPORT A LIFT-FREE SNODGRASS
THANK YOU to everyone who has written or called in support of the Forest Service decision to keep Snodgrass Mountain lift-free! The Forest Service says that reactions to their decision only confirm their November 2009 conclusion: the Crested Butte community is divided. Aside from public reaction, Snodgrass Mountain is unsuitable for lift-served skiing. Risks from unstable geology and avalanches, the 45 minute trip from the existing mountain and the amount of environmental destruction that would have been necessary to eke out a few acres of intermediate skiing all contributed to the rejection of the proposed plan. The same obstacles were uncovered in the 1996 NEPA EIS, and they would surface in a new EIS. None of these mountain facts will change. We appreciate the support of folks who continue to write letters to state and federal officials, local politicians and the folks in Delta.
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FOSM is a grassroots organization that welcomes supporters who can donate energy, ideas, time or money. There are a variety of ways to show your support for a lift-free Snodgrass Mountain, even if you simply want our newsletters. If you give us your name, we will never sell it, use for unauthorized purposes or otherwise abuse your privacy. Become a Friend! Email and let us know how you'd like to be involved.
OUR MISSION
To protect and preserve the biodiversity and social significance of a lift-free Snodgrass Mountain in Crested Butte, Colorado. Read the full mission.
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