Allard, Musgrave vs. Rocky Mountain National Park
Wayne Allard and Marilyn Musgrave have teamed up to delay wilderness designation for Rocky Mountain National Park according to the Ft. Collins Coloradoan. They say "the official designation would prohibit aerial firefighting, removal of diseased trees or building a single new picnic area within the park."
Not a single one of these claims is valid:
Current rules allow aircraft to fly over wilderness areas in emergencies, including firefighting; the park's bark beetle management plan, adopted last year, doesn't allow removal of diseased trees except in developed, high-traffic areas; and picnic areas can be constructed in developed parts of the park, typically in what's called the "front country," but not in backcountry or wilderness areas.
Sigh. Wouldn't it be nice to have a CD4 representative that understands the issues?
Not a single one of these claims is valid:
Current rules allow aircraft to fly over wilderness areas in emergencies, including firefighting; the park's bark beetle management plan, adopted last year, doesn't allow removal of diseased trees except in developed, high-traffic areas; and picnic areas can be constructed in developed parts of the park, typically in what's called the "front country," but not in backcountry or wilderness areas.
Sigh. Wouldn't it be nice to have a CD4 representative that understands the issues?
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