More Time Sought To Protest Federal Land Swap Near Wolf Creek Ski Area
DENVER (AP) - Environmental groups want more time to file a protest on a public land swap involving a proposed development near the Wolf Creek Ski Area.
In a Dec. 23 letter, Rocky Mountain Wild and other groups asked for a 45-day extension, saying the U.S. Forest Service missed a deadline to give them information they requested.
They also say the holidays cut into the original 45-day protest period.
The Forest Service disputes that it missed any information deadlines. It says the law doesn't allow an extension of the protest period.
The Forest Service recommended an exchange last month that would give a developer federal land for an access road to a proposed ski village with about 1,700 residential units.
In return, the developer would give the government land elsewhere.
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