Garfield County seeks solutions to broadband roadblock
Pipes and ducts for fiber optics for high speed telecommunications.
Garfield County has sent a letter to Colorado Governor Jared Polis and the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) Commission emphasizing its frustration over hurdles to implement broadband service as an economic boost for western Colorado. The letter requests that the governor’s office immediately allow Garfield County and its municipalities, as well as those on the Western Slope needing access, connections to CDOT’s fiber lines running along Interstate 70. The county has secured Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) grants to match taxpayer dollars in realizing the first two phases of broadband rollout along I-70 but hasn’t yet received approval from CDOT
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Missouri Heights subdivision request approved
Builders on construction site with framed walls in the background.
Garfield County has approved a minor subdivision application for a 41.3-acre property off Harmony Lane in Missouri Heights that is designed for residential units. The Fussner Minor Subdivision (on behalf of SkyFooze1, LLC) is a proposal to subdivide the property into two parcels, on which two single-family homes and potentially accessory dwelling units (ADUs) would be built. Lot one is proposed to encompass 36.2 acres of the property, while lot 2 covers 5.1 acres. The property, which was recently the proposed location of the unrealized Ascendigo Ranch, is zoned rural and has traditionally been home to agricultural use. “The purpose
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Garfield County pens comment letter on wolf reintroduction
Intense timber wolf (Canis lupus) sits Under a pine tree.
Garfield County has submitted a comment letter on the draft Colorado Wolf Restoration and Management Plan supporting “impact-based management goals, among other recommendations. The county advised that an Endangered Species Act 10(j) rule must be in place prior to any reintroduction efforts and supports changes to compensation ratios for all livestock if found to be attacked by wolves. The 10(j) rule is designed to “relieve landowner concerns that reintroductions may result in restrictions on the use of private, tribal, or public land,” according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. It allows the FWS to designate a population as “experimental”
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