12/21/2024
Look Mom, I'm a published photographer! It is in my wife's non profit newsletter but Ill take what I can get. If you're unfamiliar with what she does a brief synopsis of the latest letter is below.
But this is really about her and the work she does so here is a link to her website and an option to make a donation, anything is appreciated because the next few years are likely to be extra challenging. Any amount is appreciated and is tax deductible.
https://coloradowildpubliclands.org/
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=GNDPKUL86BNNL&ssrt=1716067562054&fbclid=IwY2xjawHTsk9leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHaz2s91-J20oHmw9jQbwERUtG5w3JnLs4RwWHAuaFR3Dge8BpLUMDMXVMw_aem_CjWULriCwDiu0CNgFxEP4w
"We are currently working with communities affected by five land exchanges to ensure that they have the information, tools, and assistance they need to protect their interests. As a watchdog group, CWPL raises public awareness, formally comments on, and protests land exchanges that don’t serve the public. With your continued support, we can engage even more communities that land exchanges may impact.
Two of our priority projects include the Willow Creek Land Exchange, near Winter Park, and the Locke Park Land Exchange in the Wet Mountains near Westcliff, Colorado. In both these exchanges, wealthy proponents are driving the Forest Service to trade parcels with high future development value for relatively low-value, inaccessible parcels, and the agency has mischaracterized the proposed exchange parcels as “equal in monetary value” –a federal requirement. The Willow Creek Exchange, for example, will enable the development of an 85-unit condominium complex on what is now public land at the base lifts of Mary Jane Ski Area; in exchange, the public would get a single, remote homesite located an hour’s drive from any town. Worse, making a mockery of public participation, the Forest Service has delayed or refused to release appraisals to avoid public scrutiny during the comment period."
Photo by Tom Verry
