2013 Crystal Valley Echo January

THE CRYSTAL VALLEY ECHOand Marble Times

Providing a voice for community-based organizations and individuals that enrich the life of the Crystal ValleyJanuary 2013 FREE Volume 10 Number 1

• Serving the Crystal Valley since 2002 •

Inside

Redstone ArtCenterpage 3

Vintage Valleypage 6

Coal Days 2012page 7

Marble Timespages 16-17

Snowshoe racepage 5

By Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Journalism

Editor’s note: The Crystal Valley Echothanks Brent Gardner-Smith and AspenJournalism for permission to reprint this storyabout the Crystal River’s potential designationas a Wild and Scenic River.

Most but not all of the Crystal River is suit-able for Wild and Scenic river designation.That means the Crystal Valley’s namesakefree-flowing river would be protected fromdamming or being transformed into a reser-voir. However, the goal of keeping the Crystalrunning wild and scenic is far from over.

Thirty-nine miles of the Crystal River arealready “eligible” for designation under thefederal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Nowfour organizations are building local supportto determine if much of the river is also“suitable” for protection under the act.

Passed in 1968, the act allows local andregional communities to develop a federallybacked management plan designed to pre-serve and protect a free-flowing river such

as the Crystal River, which runs from theback of the Maroon Bells to the lowerRoaring Fork River through Crystal, Marble,Redstone and Carbondale.

Wild and Scenic status, which ultimatelyrequires an act of Congress to obtain, pre-vents a federal agency from approving, orfunding, a new dam or reservoir on a Wildand Scenic-designated river.

And that’s one big reason why PitkinCounty, the Roaring Fork Conservancy, theCrystal Valley Environmental ProtectionAssociation (CVEPA) and American Riversare exploring Wild and Scenic status for theCrystal — because it would likely block apotential dam and reservoir from being builtat Placita, an old coal town between Marbleand Redstone.

Fighting over a potential damThe West Divide Water Conservancy

District and the Colorado River District arefighting to retain conditional water rightsthat could allow for a dam across the Crystaland a 4,000-acre-foot reservoir.

The river district says such a reservoir

could put more water in the often parchedlower Crystal River in the fall and could alsoprovide hydropower.

But the county, CVEPA and AmericanRivers are actively opposing the renewal ofthe conditional water rights tied to the damand a 21-day trial in district water court isscheduled for August.

In the meantime those groups, plus theConservancy, are testing local sentimentabout seeking Wild and Scenic designation.

“We want to disseminate as much infor-mation as possible to the public about theWild and Scenic program, and then ask thefolks in the Crystal River Valley if they thinkit is a good idea to pursue,” said PitkinCounty Attorney John Ely, who leads mostof the county’s water-related initiatives.

To that end, the groups held two publicmeetings in mid-November, one inRedstone attended by 57 people and one inCarbondale with 35 people there.

Four panelists, one from the ForestService, one from American Rivers, and twofrom other organizations with experience in

A WildandScenicCrystalRiver:National and localadvocates pull for designation

continued on page 14

A Wild and Scenic status on the entireCrystal River will keep dams and reser-voirs from being built in the CrystalValley. Currently, the Cache La PoudreRiver near Fort Collins is the only river inColorado that has Wild and Scenic pro-tection. Photo by Sue McEvoy

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MISSION STATEMENT:To provide a voice for Crystal Valleyites; to bringattention to the individuals and local businessesthat are the fabric of the Crystal Valley region; tocontribute to the vitality of our small town life.

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EditorCarrie Click

Staff WriterSue McEvoy

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Contributors to this issue ofThe Crystal Valley Echo:

Brent Gardner-Smith, Aspen Journalism, Monica Miller, Bettie Lou Gilbert, John Emerick,

George Newman, Renelle Lott, Kelsey Been, Roaring Fork Conservancy, Barbara Rynearson,

Cindy Marks, Jackie Dearborn, YouthEntity, Bruce Gledhill, Gracie Carbondale

Marble Charter School students and staff

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The staff at The Crystal Valley Echo would liketo wish everyone a wonderful,

peaceful, prosperous 2013!Happy New Year.

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W H O W E A R E

Bob and Lisa DupréWhere do you live? Crystal River Park south of Redstone

Age: Mature

Occupation:Business management

Birthplace:Bob – New JerseyLisa – Illinois

When did you move to the Crystal Valley and why?2003. We wanted to move here since first visiting in 1988.

What three things would you like people to know about you?1. We love animals.2. We like to give back whenever possible.3. We want to fly fish.

Which living person do you most admire?The Superintendent of Schools for Sandy Hook’s school district.

What’s the best piece of advice you've ever been given?The smarter you are, the longer it takes.

What is your favorite thing to do in the Crystal Valley?Music in the Park with Kraig Kenning and Friends.

Who are you? Would you like others to know who you are and what you’re about? Or do you know someone who lives and/or works in the Crystal Valleywho would make an interesting Who We Are subject? Let us know by contacting the Echo at [email protected], or call 963-2373.

With “Who We Are," our objective is to give community members better connections and familiarity with each other.

A R T S & E N T E R T A I N M E N T

By Sue McEvoy, Echo staff writer

The Redstone Art Center, right in the heart of Redstone, has new artist own-ers. Stephanie and Michael Askew purchased the gallery and studio located at 173Redstone Blvd. recently from longtime owner Bev Goss.

The Askews are currently in the process of renovating the 115-year-old build-ing, relocating to Redstone from their home in Plano, Texas and running thegallery, all while adding new ideas and artists to the well-loved business. Theyhave three daughters: Micaela, 23, Jessi, 22, and Natalie, 18.

In addition to the necessary repairs, Stephanie and Michael plan to renovate thecenter portion of the building, formerly used for sculpting marble, into a workingstudio for Michael’s wood turning, Stephanie’s pottery-making and a space for vis-iting artists to conduct workshops.

“By opening the studio doors in nice weather, visitors strolling down theBoulevard can have a front-row seat watching glass blowing, pottery throwing orwood turning,” said Stephanie. “We will also continue the gallery sculpture gar-dens and add walking paths and more sculled gardens to enhance all of the futureartists’ works.”

On a camping trip in the Crystal Valley with their daughters in 2005, theAskews visited Redstone, eating ice cream at the Redstone General Store, going tothe Redstone Company Store and meeting Bev Goss at the Redstone Art Center.

“We were so impressed that there was so much to see and do in this charminglittle town with its own castle,” said Stephanie.

While searching for places to retire in Colorado in 2007, they stayed at CasaMontana in Redstone Ranch Acres and became friends with owners Michael andBetty Daniels. While housesitting for the Daniels in 2010, Stephanie met manylocal residents and merchants, all the while making mental notes about the manyobvious reasons Redstone could be the place that she and Michael could live outtheir dreams of retiring in a magical mountain oasis.

In 2011, they received a call from Bev Goss that she was planning to retire andsell the gallery and studio. The purchase was completed in 2012 and they nowhave a place to display their own art as well as almost 20 of the renowned artistsalready featured.

Michael is a photographer who specializes in large format (4 x 5) both in blackand white and color. He travels widely, shooting unusual designs in nature andarchitecture and has won multiple awards and has been featured in shows.

His goal is to communicate the mystery and majesty of these many designs andforms through his traditional and handcrafted platinum/palladium prints, accord-ing to the art center’s website redstoneart.com.

Stephanie is an avid outdoors person and totes her paints, brushes, easel andchair to remote locations in order to paint on site. She paints in watercolors andoils with her favorite subjects being botanicals, mountain landscapes and beaches.She is also a singer of classical and big band jazz and has taught piano, voice andguitar for many years.

As the creative director of the gallery, Stephanie is very enthusiastic about con-tinuing workshops and events and has many ideas for new happenings. In addi-tion to hosting the 25th MARBLE/marble Symposium open house in July, sheplans to have jazz music evenings, demonstrations, new artists’ workshops, filmnights and maybe ballroom dancing.

While Stephanie and Michael will be working on the gallery and studiothroughout the winter, plans are to be in Redstone full-time by summer. To seemore of their art and gallery offerings go to redstoneart.com or stop by theRedstone Art Center.

Askews are new owners of the Redstone Art Center

Michael and Stephanie Askew, new owners of The Redstone Art Center.Photo by Alyssa Ohnmacht


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• Jan. 1: New Year’s Day. Hello 2013!

• Jan. 1: Garfield County public libraries (includ-ing Carbondale) are closed today. Normal libraryhours resume on Jan. 2, opening at 10 a.m.

• Jan. 3: 1-3 p.m. Time to recycle in Redstone.In front of the Church at Redstone, RedstoneBoulevard.

• Jan. 3: 7 p.m. Town of Marble Board ofTrustees meets at the Marble CommunityChurch’s Fellowship Hall.

• Jan. 4: 5-8 p.m. At First Fridays – Carbondale’scelebration of the arts, shopping, dining andmusic – galleries and shops stay open late andrestaurants run specials. For more info go tocarbondalecolorado.com, 963-1890.

• Jan. 8: 10 a.m. Garfield CountyCommissioners John Martin and Mike Samsontake oaths of office as county commissioners atthe Garfield County Administration Building,108 Eighth St., Glenwood Springs. The ceremo-ny will be recorded and streamed live throughthe Garfield County website at garfield-county.com. And Ninth Judicial DistrictAttorney-elect Sherry Caloia will take the oathof office the same day at 11:30 a.m., inCourtroom A on the fourth floor of the GarfieldCounty Courthouse.

• Jan. 10: Food Bank of the Rockies’ Mobile FoodPantry is handing out food to anyone in need onthe second Thursday of every month: Jan. 10,Feb. 14, March 14. For more info call 920-5235.

• Jan. 10: 7 p.m. Crystal River Caucus annualmeeting continuation at the Church atRedstone, Redstone Blvd. Agenda includesboard elections and a discussion of the CrystalRiver Recreational Trail. 963-2143.

• Jan. 15: 10 a.m. Redstone CommunityAssociation meets at the Redstone Inn.

• Jan. 17: 1-3 p.m. Time to recycle in Redstone.In front of the Church at Redstone, RedstoneBoulevard.

• Jan. 17: 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:30 p.m. con-cert. Native American Leon Joseph Littlebirdplays at the New Space Theatre at ColoradoMountain College at Spring Valley. $20/adults,$15/children and students. A Jim CalawayHonors Series concert honoring George andPatti Stranahan. 947-8367.

• Jan. 17: Special meeting with the MarbleTown Trustees regarding a supplemental budg-et at the Marble Community Church’sFellowship Hall.

ONGOING• Guided tours of the historic Redstone Castleare at 1:30 p.m. on weekends through the win-ter. Visit the baronial home of Redstone’sfounder, John Cleveland Osgood. Tickets are

available at Tiffany of Redstone and theRedstone General Store. $15/adults, $10/sen-iors/children, free for kids under 5 years. 963-9656 or redstonecastle.us.

• Take a horse-drawn carriage (or sleigh,depending on snow) ride around Redstone.$25/person. 963-2526, redstoneinn.com.

• Yoga classes are being offered at theAvalanche Ranch barn, three times a week onTuesday, Thursday and Sunday. Stretch andsoak combinations. Contact for information atmobileyogi.com, 963-2846.

• Colorado Mountain College is accepting reg-istrations for spring classes. Many classes startJan. 14. Go to coloradomtn.edu/register.

• The Gordon Cooper Library in Carbondale hasStory Time sessions for all ages of children, artclasses, and more. 76. S. Fourth St.,Carbondale. Call 963-2889 for more info.

• The Carbondale Council on Arts andHumanities (CCAH) has a full line-up of classesand workshops for kids. Most classes are at theCCAH Center for the Arts at the Third StreetCenter. For more information or to register for aCCAH fall class, contact carbondalearts.com,963-1680.

• Pilates is held in Redstone on Monday andThursday mornings; 8-9 a.m. is advanced; 9:30-10:30 a.m. is beginner; and Thursdays at 5:30p.m. is for all levels. Everyone welcome, at theRedstone Inn. $10 fee, punch passes available.Dress comfortably and bring a mat. Sue, 704-1843.

• A drop-in, uninstructed figure drawing sessionis held every Monday from 7-9 p.m. at the ThirdStreet Center, 520 S. Third, Suite 9,Carbondale. No cost but there is a model’s feeand attendees need to bring supplies andeasels. 963-1680.

• Total Body Fitness schedule in Redstone isTuesday and Thursday, 8:30-10:30 a.m., at theChurch at Redstone on the Boulevard. Have atwo-hour body experience: Sculpt your figurewith low impact to burn body fat, weight-bear-ing exercises to strengthen and breathing andmindful stretching for flexibility and body/mindawareness. Free to the community. All abilitieswelcome. Since 1995. Personal training avail-able. Instructor: Lisa Wagner, 963-8240.

• Every Tuesday is bilingual storytime at 10:30a.m. at Gordon Cooper Library, 76 S. Fourth St.,Carbondale. Bilingual books, stories and songswith Alejandra for children from one to fiveyears old. Call 963-2889 for more info.

• The second Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. isPaws to Read @ the Library. Kids in grades K-5are invited to the Gordon Cooper BranchLibrary to read to a dog from Heeling Partnersof the Roaring Fork Valley. 963-2889 or

gcpld.org/calendar for info or e-mail Sue [email protected] to register for a 15-minute slot.

• The third Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m. isMusic and Games @ the Library. Kids in gradesK-5 are invited to the Gordon Cooper BranchLibrary to play games and listen to music. Cardgames, Dominoes, checkers, chess, Uno, plusmusic – CDs and rhythm instruments – to jamand dance to.

• On the fourth Tuesday of the month at 4 p.m.is Movie Day @ the Library. Kids in grades K-5are invited to the Gordon Cooper BranchLibrary for popcorn and a movie.

• Zumba Gold, dancing lessons for seniors, withprofessional Latin dance instructor Paula Valentimeets on Tuesdays at 2 p.m. seniorsmatter.orgat the Third Street Center.

• HEARTBEAT – support for survivors after sui-cide – meets the second Tuesday of the monthat 6:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church,824 Cooper St. (the Bethel Chapel entrance),Glenwood. Call Pam Szedelyi, 945-1398, [email protected].

• On Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. on, theGordon Cooper Library in Carbondale has TeenZone where teens can study, surf the net, read,write, draw or hang out. Bring a laptop or borrowone of ours. 76 S. Fourth St., Carbondale. Free.Call 963-2889 or visit gcpld.org for more info.

• Volunteer in the kitchen at the Pitkin CountySenior Center and they’ll feed you a deliciouslunch. Wednesdays and Fridays. Call the SeniorCenter at 920-5432 for details.

• Want to be "In Stitches"? Every first, third andsometimes fifth Wednesday, bring the stitches(knit, crochet, needlepoint etc.) of your choiceto the Redstone Inn Library Room from 4-6p.m. Beginner to advanced. Call Kay Bell, 963-9811, or Mary Dorais, 963-3862.

• Hospice of the Valley grief and support groupsmeet the second and fourth Wednesday of eachmonth from 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the hospice’soffices in Basalt. All who have experienced lossare welcome. Contact Sean Jeung, 927-6650,hchotv.org.

• The Aspen Art Museum is partnering with theGordon Cooper Branch Library, 76 S. Fourth St.in Carbondale, to offer Story Art, a free chil-dren’s program that combines learning to readwith making art. Story Art is held on the firstThursday of every month from 3:45-4:45 p.m.Registration recommended. 963-2889.

• Recycling in Redstone is on the first and thirdThursday of each month from 1-3 p.m. Bringyour cardboard, glass, plastic, newspapers,magazines, aluminum, steel cans and officepaper to the Pitkin County bin parked adjacentto the Church at Redstone, Redstone Boulevard.

• Zingers, a group of seniors who sing all over theRoaring Fork Valley, meet at 2 p.m. every Thursdaywith Betsy Schenck for practice at Seniors Matter,in Room 33 at the Third Street Center, 520 S.Third St., Carbondale; seniorsmatter.org.

• AA in Redstone is every Thursday at 7 p.m.This is a closed step discussion meeting at theChurch at Redstone on the Boulevard. Men andwomen welcome.

• Get assistance with resume writing and devel-oping employment connections on the firstThursday of every month between 10 a.m. and3 p.m from a Colorado Workforce representa-tive at the Pitkin County Library. 429-1900

• One Moment, a local support group forbereaved parents who have experienced preg-nancy loss, stillbirth, or early infant loss meets onthe second Thursday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Marcia Viallarreal and AmandaEmerson-Burger lead the group, and bring theirexperience in pregnancy, pregnancy loss, andmotherhood. Meetings are held at the GlenwoodInsurance Agency, 1605 Grand Ave., Glenwood.Free. 963-7110, 379-5387, one-moment.org.

• Carbondale Recreation offers classes and pro-grams for a range of activities for kids andadults. 704-4190, carbondalerec.com.

• Get help: Crystal Valley residents living inPitkin County (that’s you, Redstonians), areencouraged by the Aspen Counseling Center topick up the phone if you are in an emotional cri-sis and need to talk to a trained professional.Don’t wait. Call 920-5555.

UPCOMING

• Feb. 1: 5:30 p.m. spaghetti dinner, 7 p.m. pres-entation. Join the Marble Charter School for aspecial evening featuring a presentation from theAdaptation Education Organization and guestathletes Marc Romero of the US Adaptive SkiTeam and Ben Mortensen, basketball wheelchairathlete. $20/ticket ($10 dinner, $10 presentation)and may be purchased at the Marble CharterSchool, 412 W. Main St. or at the door. 963-9550

• Feb. 2: 10 a.m. The fourth annual Redstonesnowshoe race/walk starts and finishes in thewest parking lot of the Redstone Inn.Registration is $20 for adults and $10 kids. The5K course follows a snow-packed single laneroad alongside the Crystal River. The race bene-fits the Redstone Community Association andHomeCare & Hospice of the Valley. For moreinfo visit redstonecolorado.com or 704-1843.

• March 5: 7-9 p.m. Thunder River TheatreCompany begins “From Page to Stage” followedby the first Tuesdays in April, May and June todiscuss playwrighting. $100/person. ContactLana Karp, [email protected] or 963-8200.

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The snowflakes have started to fall and the date is approaching for the fourthannual Redstone Snowshoe Race/Walk. Taking place on Feb. 2 at 10 a.m., theevent benefits the Redstone Community Association (RCA) and HomeCare &Hospice of the Valley.

The race and walk starts and finishes in the west parking lot of the RedstoneInn. Participants may register on the day of the race at the Church at Redstoneor may pre-register at Independence Run and Hike at 586 Highway 133 in the LaFontana Plaza in Carbondale.

Registration is $20 for adults and $10 for kids and includes a raffle ticket forone of many donated prizes. Prizes are also awarded to the winning male, femaleand canine competitors.

The 5K course follows a snow-packed single lane road alongside the CrystalRiver, under the maroon sandstone cliffs that give Redstone its name.

The course crosses the wide-open grounds of the historic Redstone Castle,providing a stellar view with many photo opportunities. Competitors then loopinto the forest for two short uphills before circling back around onto the formerRedstone Ski Area.

The event’s beneficiary, the RCA has again chosen the charity, HomeCare &Hospice of the Valley. The RCA organizes community events including theFourth of July Parade, Easter Egg Hunt, Grand Illumination, Summer of MusicSeries and the snowshoe race. A volunteer organization, RCA also maintainsRedstone’s website and promotes tourism, business and a sense of community.

HomeCare & Hospice of the Valley provides hospice services to individualswho are diagnosed with a life-limiting illness. Hospice provides support to pro-


Now that winter has officially arrived with one totwo feet of snow dumping on Redstone and Marble ata time and temperatures plummeting to 17 below zeroin December, it’s time to hunker in by the woodstove,fireplace or big screen TV to watch movies.

One you surely won’t want to miss, if you are intosuspenseful, scary thrillers is “The Frozen,” filmedentirely on location at the Redstone Castle, theRedstone General Store, the Pour House in Carbondaleand the Child Ranch in Old Snowmass last winter.

“The Frozen” is the story of a young couple strandedin the wilderness following a harrowing snowmobileaccident. Events take a turn for the worse as the couplegets separated and a mysterious hunter stalks the youngwoman.

Look for “The Frozen” at your local movie rentalstore or see the trailer on You Tube atyoutube.com/watch?v=C0XPFWPsSvs.

“The Frozen” is released on DVD

Above, the cast and crew of “The Frozen” in front of theRedstone General Store last winter during filming; right,scenes from filming at the Redstone Castle.

Echo file photos

O U T D O O R S

Fourth annual Redstone Snowshoe Race/Walk planned for Feb. 2

mote comfort and dignity to patients and their families and friends. HomeCareoffers private duty nursing by certified nursing aides and personal care assistants.

Leashed dogs are welcome in the walker’s delayed start. A limited number ofsnowshoes are available to borrow for the event. For more information, visit red-stonecolorado.com or call 704-1843.

The starting line at last year’s snowshoe race. Echo file photo

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The month Osgood diedBy Sue McEvoy

Since Redstone founder and industrialist John Cleveland Osgooddied during the month of January 1904, this issue of the Echo seemedlike a good one to reprint excerpts from The Rocky Mountain Newsand The Denver Post eulogizing and acknowledging his passing.

All punctuation is reprinted exactly as it appeared in the 1926 editionsof The Rocky Mountain News and The Denver Post.

Life of Devotion to Colorado Mining Ends at Redstone

The following article is an excerpt from The Rocky Mountain News dated Jan. 5, 1926.

John Cleveland Osgood, founder and former president of the Colorado Fuel and Iron company,founder of the Victor-American Fuel company, and for years a powerful figure in the financial andindustrial life of Colorado, died of cancer at his country estate at Redstone, Colo., early last night.Mr. Osgood had been suffering from the affliction for some time and his condition had been consid-ered critical for several days. His wife was at his side when the end came.

Mr. Osgood was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 6, 1851. He was the son of Samuel WarburtonOsgood and Mary Hill Osgood. He received his early education in the public schools of Davenport,Iowa and Brooklyn, and later attended the Friends Boarding School at Providence, R.I.

When he finished the boarding school course in 1864 he entered the office of a Providence cot-ton manufacturer’s as an office boy. From 1874 to 1877 he was cashier of the First National bank ofBurlington, and in 1877 he became interested in the coal mining industry.

In 1877 he organized the Colorado Fuel company, which he later consolidated with the ColoradoCoal and Iron company. He formed the Colorado Fuel and Iron company in 1892 and became pres-ident and chairman of its board of directors.

On June 24, 1903, Mr. Osgood tendered his resignation as chairman of the board of directors ofC.F. & I. The resignation meant the gaining of control of the company by the Rockefeller-Gould fac-tion and the end of a long fight by Osgood to retain his office. The company’s property at that timewas estimated to be worth between $40,000,000 and $50,000,000.

He at once organized the Victor-American Fuel company, which he headed as president and chair-man of the board of directors…

With his marriage in 1920 in New York, he spent a greater part of his time in that city, and withthe building of his home at Redstone he frequently visited here.

He was a member of the Players and Automobile club of America of New York city and was apatron of the American Museum of Natural history.

The body will be sent here from Glenwood Springs, and will arrive here Wednesday morning.Funeral services probably will be held at 3:30 o’clock tomorrow afternoon at the Olinger mortuary,according to arrangements now being made.

Friends and Employes Gather atFuneral of John C. OsgoodGrieving Throng Listens While Pastor Tells of the ImmortalQualities of Dead Captain of Industry in Glowing Eulogy

This article is taken from The Denver Post dated Jan. 7, 1926.

In respect and loyalty to John C. Osgood, founder of theColorado Fuel & Iron company, hundreds of the dead statebuilder’s friends and employes gathered to hear him eulogized,Wednesday afternoon.

At the funeral services in Olinger’s funeral parlors, a grievingthrong listened while the Rev. B. D. Dagwell spoke of the immor-tal qualities of the sleeping captain of industry – his vision, gen-erosity, courage, ethics.

Vision was the first characteristic the speaker pointed out. Itwas this vision that had brought him from errand boy to therealm of high finance during his seventy-five years of life.

To him the deadly sins were hunger, poverty, sickness, dirt and sordidness which underminedsociety. His idealism, amounting to a religion, forbade the existence of poverty and ugliness wherethey could be replaced by him with a fair wage, provision for the widow of a deceased employe, agarden spot with a vine-covered cottage. That, to him, was virtue.

“Benefactor to the underling,” summed up his character. Among the mourners were students hehad aided thru college, a former Negro janitor for whom he provided in his old age, his housekeep-er, who tended his castle home, and many others who alone knew of his kindnesses.

Six of Osgood’s closest friends and associates were pallbearers. In a bank of flowers the body wasconveyed to Fairmount cemetery for cremation.

John Cleveland Osgood. Photos courtesy of Denver Public Library

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H I S T O R Y

History Night at the RedstoneInn: Coal Days 2012

Local residents and history buffs celebrated the third annual Redstone Coal Days atthe Redstone Inn on Dec. 20. Becky Trembley organized and hosted the event attend-ed by more than 20 participants.

This year, in addition to a team trivia contest, most of the attendees shared a per-sonal story relating to Redstone’s past. Lots of interesting historical accounts datingback into the 1950s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s were shared.

On display were items recently donated to the Redstone Museum by members ofthe Osgood family. While John Osgood never had any children, there are many grand-nieces and grandnephews still alive and living in Colorado.

The Redstone Historical Society is fundraising and looking forward to displayingthese items that include clothing belonging to Mrs. Osgood, engraved crystal glass-ware, silver from the Bighorn Lodge and J.C. Osgood’s personal toiletry suitcase madeby the Tiffany Company.

– Sue McEvoy, Echo staff writer

Left top, longtime Redstone resident Jeff Bier tells a story about the 1950's Redstone develop-er and castle owner Frank Kistler at Coal Days 2012 celebrated at the Redstone Inn on Dec.20. Bottom left, from left, Deb Strom and Monica Miller enjoy a painting by former Redstoneresident artist Ben Turner at Coal Days 2012. Monica's husband, Gary Miller, is the son ofanother famous Redstone artist named Jack Roberts. Photos by Sue McEvoy

Last September, Charlotte Blackmer and PeterOsgood, descendants of John ClevelandOsgood, donated many items to the RedstoneHistorical Society. Included were severalmonogrammed pieces of crystal, pictured,that belonged to Osgood’s wife Alma ReginaOsgood. Most of the items were on display atCoal Days on Dec. 20 at the Redstone Inn.

Photo courtesy of Monica Miller


Avalanche Ranch’s Hot Springs, Part II

By Sue McEvoy

All I needed for this GO outdoor adventure was abathing suit, a towel and a reservation. On the chillymorning of Nov. 9, I arrived at Avalanche Ranch HotSprings just after 9 a.m. and was soon soaking in oneof their three geothermal pools.

The two upper pools average between 100 and 104degrees and the larger pool connected by a waterfallranges between 96 and 98 degrees. All three are aboutfour feet deep, are surrounded by red sandstone andflagstone and have pebble bottoms.

There’s something special about the feel of thewater in these hot springs. No chemicals or chlorina-tion are needed as the pools are designed to completely replenish within the state mandated two-hour turnover time with only raw geothermal water. And the pools are closed every Wednesdaymorning for a complete draining and cleaning.

In 2010, the Ogilby family of Avalanche Ranch extended a super insulated pipeline 3,020 feetfrom the well to Avalanche Ranch and began construction of the pools and the mechanical infrastruc-ture to heat all the buildings. The pools opened to the public in May 2011.

“We’re completely heating the barn, the changing rooms, bathroom, yoga studio and the mechan-ical room with geothermal,” said Chuck Ogilby. “We heat all the deck around the pools and wedon’t bump that up. It’s just the ambient geothermal water.”

Plans are underway to heat the ranch house and several cabins with geothermal by next summer.There are state guidelines for the testing of the water in the pools and federal Environmental

Protection Agency guidelines for the return of 85 gallons a minute into the Crystal River, includingevaporation loss. There are specific tests three times a week, monthly and quarterly for everythingfrom dissolved solids, minerals to pH and bacteria. All the results have been “beautifully in compli-ance,” said Chuck.

“It’s a big science project dealing with the geothermal water, all the minerals, the mineral buildupsand what that does to your pipes and the pumps, systems and filters,” said Chuck. “We neverdreamed that it would be so extensive and I don’t think our experts did either. We have certainly

come to realizethat we’re onthe cutting edgeof somethingnew here andwe’re going toin the end, prob-ably know morethan the expertsdo now...in theend that is.”

After a yearand a half ofoperation, theOgilbys havefound the poolsa successfuladdition to thefamily business.Day use visitorsare required tomake reserva-tions in order tocontrol thenumber of peo-ple in the pools.

Cabin guests are able to use the pools 24 hours a day and cabin reservations have soared.“We definitely projected a certain occupancy that the pools would bring and it has exceeded that,”

said Molly Jacober, the Ogilbys’ daughter. “I think there’s a huge draw we didn’t anticipate. Wethought it would help but it’s been pretty exciting to see how much people really love hot springsand really love cabins.”

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Day use reservations for the hotsprings can be made by callingAvalanche Ranch at 963-2846. Thepools’ hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. forthe public, though cabin guests haveaccess to pools 24 hours a day. Thepools are closed on Wednesdays forcleaning until 3 p.m. For more infor-mation about Avalanche Ranch, go toavalancheranch.com.

The largest of Avalanche Ranch’s three hot pools includes a waterfall. Photo courtesy of Sue McEvoy

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November 2012 annual meeting tobe continued at January meetingBy John Emerick, Crystal River Caucus

In spite of meeting quorum at the November annual Crystal River Caucus meeting, no nomina-tions were brought forth to fill board positions for members whose terms are ending.

Therefore, to prevent a situation where the caucus is without officers (including Chair, ViceChair, Secretary and Treasurer), the meeting was recessed until January.

Besides board elections, the January continuation agenda will also include a discussion of theCrystal River recreational trail planning process. The Pitkin County Open Space and Trails depart-ment has agreed to begin a community-based trail planning process in 2014 similar to the recentone used for the Redstone parks. For the discussion in January, the caucus board felt it appropriateto consider the role of the caucus in the planning process.

Caucus responds to the White River National Forest Oil and Gas Leasing DraftEnvironmental Impact Statement

As a result of a lengthy discussion during the November meeting, the caucus voted to submit com-ments regarding the White River National Forest Oil and Gas Leasing Draft Environmental ImpactStatement (DEIS). Many caucus members were concerned that the Forest Service identified theThompson Divide area as well as Coal Basin and Placita as “Land Administratively Eligible for Leasing.”

In 2010, the caucus overwhelmingly voted to support the Thompson Divide Coalition in theireffort to seek permanent federal withdrawal of oil and gas leasing in the Thompson Divide area.The caucus continues to oppose energy development, including gas exploration and fracking, in theThompson Divide because of the associated degradation of the natural values that define ourwatershed. The caucus response on the DEIS to the Forest Service includes the following points:

1) Exclude the Thompson Divide area from oil and gas leasing. Opening this area to oil and gasproduction would degrade the agricultural, wildlife and recreational resources and have a majoradverse impact on the tourism industries of neighboring communities.

2) Maintain and protect roadless areas. Energy-related infrastructure development will result inecosystem fragmentation. Maintenance of large, intact, unfragmented landscapes is essential toconserving and maintaining water quality and sustainable wildlife habitat.

3) Protect air and water quality from energy development-related contamination and conservewater quantity from depletion. The Forest Service’s preferred alternative does not include any pro-visions for emission controls to prevent air pollution nor does it include provisions to protect waterquality or quantity.

4) No leasing in Placita. Placita is an important riverine wetland in the Crystal River Valley. Thiswetland provides critical winter and calving habitat for elk, and important breeding habitat for alarge diversity of migratory bird species.

5) Prohibit leasing near residential areas. Several areas in the Forest Service’s preferred alterna-tive are adjacent to existing subdivisions, personal residences and residential properties. The cau-cus recommends a buffer area of at least a half mile between personal residences, subdivisions andcities, and any Forest Service lands that are eligible for leasing.

6) Prohibit leasing in Coal Creek drainage. Historic coal mining-related activity destabilizedslopes and resulted in severe water contamination related to excessive sedimentation that pollutesthe Crystal River. Opening this basin to oil and gas exploration will exacerbate current watersheddegradation and undermine extensive restoration efforts

7) Reclaim damaged and disturbed lands. The DEIS does not address the issue of reclaiminglands that have been disturbed by oil and gas development and production. It must be the respon-sibility of the lease holder to reclaim all disturbed lands such as roads, well heads, buried pipe lines,power lines, and equipment storage areas.

8) Reduce the allowed leasing area. In addition to currently leased Forest Service lands, theForest Service preferred alternative designates 260,308 acres as eligible for oil and gas exploration.To limit loss or degradation of wildlife habitat integrity, the caucus asks that the total acreage eli-gible for oil and gas exploration in the final EIS be reduced to less than 100,000 acres.

9) Limit leasing to previously energy industry-disturbed areas. Oil and gas exploration and leas-ing should only be allowed in areas which have already disturbed by energy development and forwhich access is already available. Additionally, any drilling operations should occur only in areasthat would have minimal and remediable impacts on plant and animal life, water quality and sce-nic resources.

The next meeting of the Crystal River Caucus is being held on Jan. 10 from 7-9 p.m. at theChurch at Redstone on the Boulevard. For more information, call 963-2143.

Regularly scheduled caucus meetings are held on the second Thursday of every odd-numbered month.

Marble Board of Trustees

Thanks to Colorado Stone Quarryfor Mill Site restroom project help

By Bettie Lou Gilbert, Echo contributor

At the Marble Board of Trustees meeting on Dec.6:• The Marble Board of Trustees met in the Marble

Firehouse in executive session followed by its regularmeeting. This was also a public hearing to approve abudget for 2013.

• There was a presentation made about the Wild andScenic River designation for the Crystal River. Moreinformation will be provided as the process continues.

• The trustees adopted a 2013 budget and certifiedthe mill levy to be the same as last year. There will be aspecial meeting on Jan. 17 at the Marble CommunityChurch’s Fellowship Hall to approve a supplementalbudget. By then, the status of the town’s finances shouldbe more clear. The trustees thanked Alpine Bank for itshelp in recognizing irregularities in its bank account andhelping to resolve financial issues. The town is making aclaim against the estate of Karen Mulhall for the moneylost to the town. The Marble Water Company’s financialrecords are also in dispute as to money collected andpaid to the Marble Water Board.

• A snowplowing contract should be approved at thenext meeting. Until then, the town will hire snowplow-ing as needed.

• The Mill Site Committee reported that the bathroomin the Mill Site Park is coming along rapidly. Tremendousthanks should go to Colorado Stone Quarry for their par-ticipation and financial support of this project.

The next regular meeting will be held on Jan. 3 at 7pm in the Marble Community Church’s Fellowship Hall.


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THE 4TH ANNUAL 5K SNOWSHOE RACE/WALKFeb. 2, 2013 at 10:00 am

The RedstoneCommunityAssociation isproud to supportHospice of theValley once againthis year with pro-ceeds from our4th AnnualRedstoneSnowshoe Race /Fun Walk. This 5Krun / walk

(approximately 3 miles) is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013 at10:00 am. It will start at the lower parking lot of the Redstone Inn.It takes most people 1 1/2 hours to complete the loop (walking)which goes along the Crystal River and then circles the HistoricRedstone Castle.

The registration is $20 adults, $10 kids under 18 and leashed dogsare permitted. Last year there were raffle prizes for all participants.

Registration takes place on the day of the race at the Church ofRedstone at 9:00 am or prior to the event at Independence Run &Hike in Carbondale on Hwy. 133.

For more information contact: Sue McEvoy at 970-704-1843. Orlook for the link at www.redstonecolorado.com.

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Pitkin County’s year 2012 in reviewBy Pitkin County District 5 Commissioner George Newman

This past year has been a very busy and productive one for Pitkin County and the Pitkin Board of CountyCommissioners (BOCC). We are making headway in addressing the stated goals from our board retreat last win-ter, which include affordable housing, our health care initiative, expanding broadband service, enhancing commu-nity outreach and devoting resources to be proactive against outside interests on issues affecting our community.

To these goals, we recently purchased two properties in Basalt as affordable workforce housing. We tooka lead role in forming the Aspen Valley Healthcare Alliance. Working with providers and consumers, thisgroup will develop strategies for lowering healthcare costs and addressing accessibility for our employees andcreating a model for other businesses to follow.

We engaged the Aspen Strategy Center and created a valleywide broadband alliance with the SkiCo, USForest Service (USFS) and the Town of Snowmass Village to help spread far-reaching cell and broadband cov-erage to all areas of the county.

We provided comments to the USFS on their draft oil and gas environmental impact statement (EIS) and I wasdirectly involved with the Bueau of Land Management’s (BLM) draft resource management plan.

I traveled twice to Washington, DC on behalf of Thompson Divide, lobbying for its protectionfrom oil and gas exploration, allowing current leases to expire per contracts and in support of Sen. Mike

Bennet’s draft legislation. Our community outreach programs included daily reporting, e-mail and newspaperpostings, public meetings and special programs on CGTV12.

Other department highlights include:• Our Open Space and Trails program saw the successful completion of the Redstone Coke Oven restora-

tion and adoption of a final design plan for the Elk Park Master Plan along with new acquisitions and habitatimprovement projects in both the Smuggler and Redstone areas. Our management plan for Skyline Park wasrecognized with the prestigious Land Stewardship Award by the Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society.

• Our Healthy River and Streams program partnered with Roaring Fork Conservancy and the USFS for therestoration project of Coal Creek, and with Friends of Rivers and Renewables to help fund a gauging station onthe Roaring Fork River. We worked with American Rivers to designate the Crystal River as one of the 10 mostendangered rivers in the country and we formally opposed the Western Divide and Colorado River Districts’ pro-posed dams and diversion projects in the Crystal River Valley.

• Our community development department has been active in longrange initiatives such as updating our climate change ordinance and pro-viding input to the BLM resource management plan, to the USFS on thealabaster mine up the Crystal, and to both federal agencies in regards tooil and gas exploration in Thompson Divide. We passed code amend-ments to encourage and enhance agricultural buildings, and amended thesolar code to encourage energy efficiency while addressing neighbor con-cerns. We cooperated with Eagle and Gunnison counties to establish arevolving loan fund as part of the Energy Smart Program.

• Our health and human service department established a series ofintergovernmental agreements with neighboring counties, including onewith Eagle County to address child and adult protection issues and onewith Garfield County for child support enforcement. Other initiativesincluded the Senior Mobile Dental program, the Senior Health Fair, emer-gency food supplies and our Medicare assistance program.

• Our public works department paved and upgraded more than 20 milesof county roads as well as replacing the Coal Creek Culvert. We continuedto support free RFTA bus service between Aspen and Snowmass Village.Following more than two years of public meetings, airport tours and presen-tations, we approved the airpor’s master plan. This plan reserves space forfuture terminal expansion and parking needs but any potential future proj-ects will require additional approvals and be based on need, and will needto address financial capacity, environmental concerns and design. All futureprojects will include continued public input and participation.

These are just some highlights of the work we accomplished this pastyear. I hope this column has kept you well informed of county business.Your comments are always welcome.

Wishing you a healthy and prosperous New Year!

The Pitkin County Commissioners hold weekly work sessions on Tuesdaysand bi-monthly public hearings on Wednesdays in the Plaza One building(next to the Pitkin County Courthouse) in Aspen. Both meetings are televisedlive and repeated on locater CG12 TV. They are also streamed live and avail-able on the county website. Agendas are posted in the Aspen/Glenwood news-papers and online at aspenpitkin.com. In this column, your District 5Commissioner, George Newman offers his take on current matters. You canreach him at [email protected].

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Marble Charter School hosts a special evening featuring theAdaptation Education Organization

The Marble Charter School hosts a spaghetti din-ner on Feb. 1 at 5:30 p.m., followed by a special pres-entation from the Adaptation EducationOrganization. Special guests include Marc Romero ofthe US Adaptive Ski Team and Ben Mortensen, a bas-ketball wheelchair athlete.

Tickets are $20 and may be purchased at theMarble Charter School, or at the door, with all pro-ceeds going to the Adaptation EducationOrganization and the seventh and eighth grade stu-dent fund. Call 963-9550 for more information.Seating is limited.

– Marble Charter School

Nurturing Parenting Programbeing offered in Garfield County

Promoting Safe and Stable Families, a federally-funded grant program, brings the nationally recog-nized Nurturing Parenting Program (NPP) to familiesin Garfield County. NPP enhances empathy, selfworth, empowerment, and discipline, while parentsand children have fun and grow closer as a family.The NPP integrates parents with their children insome of the class sessions in the curriculum.

Parents are invited to register their families for the15-week class, which begins in January. Space is lim-ited. The program is offered at no cost to partici-pants. Registration will occur during the first session,and dates and times for the class will be based onresponses from local interested families.

“This curriculum is funded to support families,”said Joyce Christensen, manager of Child WelfareSpecial Projects for Garfield County and head of thework group implementing the NPP class. “We wel-come families to join us. This curriculum is evidence-based and has been a proven success in the UnitedStates and other countries.”

Evidence-based behavioral practice promoteshealthful behaviors by integrating evidence withpractitioner expertise, along with the characteristics,needs, values and preferences of those who will beaffected.

For more information or to join the class, pleasecontact Joyce Christensen at 625-5282, ext. 3261 [email protected].

– Renelle Lott, Garfield County

Elected officials oath of office ceremonies Jan. 8

Garfield County Commissioners John Martin andMike Samson will take oaths of office as county com-missioners Jan. 8 at 10 a.m. The ceremony will beheld in the Garfield County Administration Building,108 Eighth St., Glenwood Springs. A NInth JudicialDistrict court judge will administer the oaths of office.The public is invited to attend the ceremony and areception immediately afterward. This ceremony willbe recorded and streamed live through the GarfieldCounty website at garfield-county.com.

Ninth Judicial District Attorney-elect Sherry Caloiawill take the oath of office Jan. 8 at 11:30 a.m., inCourtroom A on the fourth floor of the GarfieldCounty Courthouse. A Ninth Judicial District courtjudge will administer this ceremony. A reception willfollow, across the hall, in Suite 402 of the courthouse.The public is welcome.

– Renelle Lott, Garfield County

New Jiu Jitsu training center teaches self defense techniques

Owner/instructor Adam Nickamin has openedGracie Carbondale, a Jiu Jitsu self defense trainingcenter for women, children and those interested inphysical defense.

“It is my goal to offer these programs so peoplehere feel safe in the least amount of time possible,”said Adam. “Without exaggeration, Gracie Jiu Jitsusaves lives. This uniquely effective style of martial artswas developed to be practical and effective for liter-ally everyone, with any skill level, body type andphysical ability.“

Designed with the assumption that a would-beattacker is stronger and more athletic, Gracie Jiu-Jitsuis equally effective for men, women and children.Most programs take six to 12 months to completeand instruction starts at $120 a month.

For more information, contact Adam Nickamin atGracie Carbondale, 500 Buggy Circle, Carbondale bycalling 319-1766, e-mailing [email protected] or visiting graciecarbondale.com.

– Gracie Carbondale

Artists’ work selected forCarbondale’s new library

Garfield County Libraries has selected four artiststhrough a call for artists process to complete artisan

pieces in the new Carbondale Branch Library.Travis Fulton will create a sculptural light form for

the service desk. Mark Cesark will craft collage panelsfor the service desk cladding. John Hoffman will buildan after-hours gate and bike racks. Finally, ShannonMuse is leading a community art project, "Pillars ofLight/Pillares de Luz," that will culminate in sevenfront porch mosaic columns. Contact Shannon [email protected] for information on howto participate in glass lessons or internship opportu-nities, or to learn how to contribute input into themosaic itself.

The Carbondale Branch Library project is current-ly under construction and is slated for completion inthe summer of 2013. Contact Executive DirectorAmelia Shelley if you have questions about this proj-ect or about the available donor opportunities.

– Kelsey Been, Garfield County Libraries

Crystal River Valley watershedleads the way in most snowpackregionally

As of Dec. 4, the current snowpack for the CrystalRiver watershed was storing the most snow for theRoaring Fork watershed as a whole, even though eachstation was 32 to 65 percent less than the snowpacklast year on the same date. The Crystal River sub-water-shed contains 25 percent of the land area of theRoaring Fork watershed yet it is the largest naturalwater bank in the watershed representing 45 percent ofthe average flow and about 50 percent of the peak flowof the Roaring Fork River.

As of Dec. 13, the snowpack for the entire RoaringFork watershed was 48 percent of average.Snowstorms during the weekend of Dec. 8-9 broughtan average of 10 percent more snowpack than Dec.6’s 38 percent. All seven SNOTEL sites within theentire watershed were reporting less snow on Dec. 13than the same day in 2001, which was the last yearfor a significant drought.

As of Dec. 20, the snowpack for the entire RoaringFork watershed was 56 percent of average. Recentsnows moved the average up, with the Crystal sub-watershed seeing the largest gains with increasesfrom 41 to 71 percent on McClure Pass, and 51 to 69percent on Schofield Pass. However, throughout theentire Roaring Fork watershed, six of seven SNOTELsites reported less snow on Dec. 20 than the sameday in 2001.

– Roaring Fork Conservancy

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Students from YouthEntity’s YouthChefs baking and pastry arts programpresented a 1,000-piece pastry and chocolate buffet for 100 guests astheir graduation presentation to friends, family, volunteers and donors ofYouthEntity. Pictured from left, Delaney Passmore of Glenwood SpringsHigh School, Jonathan Aranda and Omar Gonzalez both of Roaring ForkHigh School, chef instructor Christine Bergstrom, Flora Fischbacher ofGlenwood Springs High School, Stephanie Fernandez of Basalt HighSchool and Jocelyn Cortez of Roaring Fork High School.

Photo courtesy of Cindy Marks

YouthEntity YouthChefscelebrate graduation

YouthEntity, a nonprofit organization in Carbondale that helps prepareyouth for future success, held a graduation ceremony in December for itsYouthChefs program. The three-month program, offered to local highschool students, provides hands-on immersive courses in baking and pas-try arts, taught by master pastry chef Christine Bergstrom. The graduatesconcluded their training by preparing a delectable buffet of French pastriesand chocolates for their families and guests of the event.

The YouthChefs program takes place in the teaching kitchen atYouthEntity, located in the Bridges Center. This fall, YouthEntity addedthe ProStart program to its offerings. This nationwide, two-year highschool program of the National Restaurant Association unites the class-room and industry to develop the best and brightest talent into tomorrow’srestaurant and foodservice leaders.

YouthEntity provides real-world learning experiences for youth thatcultivate business experience, develop financial knowledge and build tech-nological skills. For more information call YouthEntity at 963-4055, [email protected] or visit the website at youthentity.org. YouthEntity,WebEntity and the YouthEntity logo are registered trademarks ofComputers for Kids Foundation d.b.a. YouthEntity.

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Making our traveling safer. Rock scaling on Highway 133, south ofRedstone. Photo courtesy of Jackie Dearborn

After 17 years together, Doug Whitney and Charlotte Graham Whitney decided tomake it legal with an outdoor wedding ceremony in San Antonio, Texas on Nov. 24 withall Charlotte's family in attendance.

Colorado being a self-affirming state, they made their Colorado marriage license legalon 12/12/12 at 12:12 p.m. Their dearest friend in the world, Shirley Thomson ofRedstone, signed the license as their witness with a celebration lunch afterwards byShirley at Juicy Lucy's Restaurant in Glenwood Springs.

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designating rivers as Wild and Scenic, made presenta-tions and took questions from the crowd.

The meetings were dominated by questions aboutwhat the Wild and Scenic Act does, and maybe moreimportantly, what it doesn’t do.

Intent of the actThe act does not require, although it does allow,

the Forest Service to buy land or water rights. It doesnot necessarily change water rights, but it couldpotentially lead to the government acquiring a newinstream-flow water right. It does not change theunderlying zoning on private land nor does it grantpublic access across private land.

Mike Moody of the Native Fish Society in Oregon,said at the meetings that his experience pursuing Wildand Scenic designation on the Molalla River showedhim that the biggest hurdle is people’s misunderstand-ing of what the law means for private land interests.

The federal government is not going to come inand rezone or take private property under Wild andScenic Act, Moody said in an interview.

He said landowners should be more concernedabout changes in local zoning and land-use regula-tions than restrictions coming from the Wild andScenic Rivers Act.

Still, the law does give the federal government theright to buy or condemn property in the river corridor,and it recommends that local zoning along the rivershould comply with the intent of the act.

What the Wild and Scenic Act does do is let theriver run — by preventing federal agencies from per-mitting or funding “any dam, water conduit, reser-

voir, powerhouse, transmission line or other project,”according to its language.

It would prevent, for example, the Federal EnergyRegulatory Commission from issuing a permit for ahydropower project on the river or along its banks.

“Some rivers need to be left alone,” said DavidMoryc, senior director of river protection at AmericanRivers, describing the underlying intent of the law,according to a summary of the meeting prepared bythe Roaring Fork Conservancy.

However, the act does allow for projects on a non-designated stretch of a river otherwise protected.

That could mean, perhaps, that a dam could beallowed on the lower Crystal, a stretch the ForestService did not find to be eligible under the Wild andScenic Act (but still could). No such dam has everbeen seriously proposed.

The law also protects the “outstanding values” in ariver corridor, such as scenery, historical structuresand recreational opportunities.

Designation under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Actcan also bring federal funding for river restorationprojects and attract more visitors to an area.

“The intent of the act is to get people to come togeth-er to recognize the values of, and to preserve, our lastfree-flowing rivers,” said Kay Hopkins, a planner withthe Forest Service in Glenwood Springs who offered ahandout regarding the suitability process at the meet-ings. “And sometimes designation is the answer, andsometimes there is another tool that emerges.”

When a federal agency such as the Forest Servicescreens a river for “suitability” under the

Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, it brings together local

and regional stakeholders in an extensive reviewprocess that requires an environmental impact state-ment be prepared under the National EnvironmentalPolicy Act.

This means there is typically a range of manage-ment alternatives developed.

That’s happening today as the BLM finalizes a suit-ability study for the Colorado River from GoreCanyon to No Name, on the western end ofGlenwood Canyon. One of the alternatives in thatstudy is to manage the river as if it was protected byWild and Scenic, but not seek formal designation.

“The end result is to protect the river,” Hopkins said.However it ends, the “suitability” process takes

lots of time and money.

One Wild and Scenic river in ColoradoChuck Wanner, a former Fort Collins city council

member, said at the meetings that it took 10 years toget sections of the Cache La Poudre River on theEastern Slope designated under Wild and Scenic.

Today, that’s the only river in the state that carriesthe designation and no river in the vast ColoradoRiver basin is officially Wild and Scenic.

When asked about that via e-mail, Ely of PitkinCounty said he thought Colorado had only one des-ignated river because of the “lack of information as tothe benefits and restrictions of the designation, andthe time and dedication it takes to get it throughCongress.”

Another reason may be that once a river is desig-nated Wild and Scenic, the federal governmentbecomes a stakeholder on the river and has a chanceto review potential changes to it, such as any newwater rights. Some may feel that Colorado water law

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is complicated enough already.And then there is the fact that designation elimi-

nates the possibility of federal funding for futurewater projects, which can dampen the enthusiasmof most cities, counties and water districts.

Whatever the reasons for scarcity in Colorado,Pitkin County is ready to lead a Wild and Scenicprocess for the Crystal River.

“I think the Crystal has the potential to be a niceclean straightforward effort because there are noout-of-basin uses yet,” Ely wrote. “If there is inter-est in going forward, we’re happy to be the labor-ing oar and do that work.”

The county has a property tax in place that gen-erates about $1 million per year for river protectionand restoration and is managed by the county’sHealthy Rivers and Streams Board.

Without such encouragement and support fromthe county, the Forest Service is not slated toreview the Crystal River for suitability until itupdates the forest plan for the White RiverNational Forest, which is at least five years away.

There is also a more direct route, which is to gostraight to Congress. But it is nearly impossible topass a designating bill there if there is local organ-ized opposition to Wild and Scenic.

So gauging local public sentiment is important,and so far, so good, at least from the point of viewof Sharon Clarke, a conservation specialist at theRoaring Fork Conservancy.

“I thought they were great meetings,” Clarke said,noting that the comments made at the Redstonemeeting were “almost 100 percent positive.”

Matt Rice, the director of conservation inColorado for American Rivers, was also upbeat aboutthe meeting in Redstone.

“We had a good dialogue,” Rice said. “But certain-ly there is work to be done by the groups that areexploring the possibility.”

Clarke did note, however, that there were a fewquestions in Carbondale about the potential value ofa dam and reservoir at Placita, as it could put morelate-season water into the lower Crystal which suf-fers today from low flows due to large irrigationdiversions that start below Avalanche Creek.

Martha Moore, a public affairs specialist with theColorado River District, attended the Wild andScenic meeting in Redstone on Nov. 14, but she didnot comment.

Jim Pokrandt, a spokesman for River District,acknowledged that the district would typically be anactive stakeholder in a Wild and Scenic process with-in its jurisdiction.

But he said the ongoing lawsuit over the condition-al water rights for the potential Placita dam currentlyprevents that.

Classification, then valuesThe Forest Service studied the Crystal River for eli-

gibility as part of the 2002 forest plan for the WhiteRiver National Forest.

A river needs to be “free-flowing” to be eligible,“without impoundment, diversion, straightening, rip-rapping, or other modifications” of the waterway,according to the act. But the existence of low dams ordiversion structures does not automatically disqualifya river from designation.

The Crystal is one of the last rivers in Coloradowithout a dam across it, so it qualified in that regard.

Another task for the Forest Service was to classifysections of the river based on how much land use and

development has occurred within a quarter mile of itsbanks.

Since most of the North Fork of the Crystal runs

through the pristine Maroon Bells-SnowmassWilderness, beginning in the lush Fravert Basin, thatseven-mile section was appropriate to be classified as“wild.”

According to the law, such a river is “free ofimpoundments,” “generally inaccessible except bytrail,” and “represents vestiges of primitive America.”

One benefit a Wild and Scenic designation couldbring to this stretch is a greater level of protection ofthe water in the river than the current wildernessrules, Hopkins said.

“When it comes to water, it could benefit,” shesaid.

The land along the South Fork of the Crystal,which begins near Schofield Pass and joins the NorthFork at the old town of Crystal, is largely undevel-oped with only a few dirt roads.

That 10 miles of river was classified as “scenic,”although the classification is not about the area’smind-blowing scenery, but about a higher level ofdevelopment than a “wild” section. Such a river has awatershed that is still “largely primitive” but “accessi-ble in places by roads.”

And finally, the 20-mile stretch of the river fromabove Marble to about 5 miles below Redstone, wasclassified as “recreational.”

Again, the classification is not because there arequality recreational opportunities along that stretch —although there are — but to signify that the river corri-dor is more highly developed than a “scenic” area.

Rivers classified as “recreational” can be “readilyaccessible by road or railroad,” and “may have somedevelopment along their shorelines.”

Highway 133 runs right along the Crystal Riverthroughout most of this section, which also includesa number of riverside homes.

After classifying the various sections of the

Crystal, the Forest Service then identified the “out-standing resource values” in the overall river basin,with an emphasis on the values also recognized byother entities.

For example, the Redstone Castle is on theNational Register of Historic Places and the marble

quarries in Marble are of historical importance, so itwas determined there are outstanding historical val-ues in the area.

Highway 133 is a state Scenic Byway, and the sce-nic values in most of the beautiful area are obvious.

And there is a long list of recreational optionsalong the river, including some of the most intensewhitewater boating in Colorado.

Today, the Forest Service is required to manageits land along the Crystal in a manner that does notdetract from any of these “resource values.”

But without formal designation under the Wildand Scenic Act, at some point that administrativeposture could change.

That’s why Pitkin County and the three othergroups are exploring designation today.

Clarke, of the Roaring Fork Conservancy, said aconference call with other organizers would be heldsoon to determine the next steps in the local process.

“We will keep beating the bushes to find outwhat people’s concerns may be, but until there issome reason not to go forward, we will keep going,”she said.

Not first try at Wild and Scenic for the CrystalThis is not the first time an effort has been made

to obtain Wild and Scenic status for the Crystal River.The Bureau of Land Management prepared a fea-

sibility study in 1982 and in 1986 members of theCrystal Valley Environmental Protection Association(CVEPA) held meetings to advance the idea.

However, there was fierce opposition from localranchers in the Crystal River Valley.

Gregory Durrett of Redstone, a member ofCVEPA, remembers some “brutal” meetings on thetopic at the Carbondale library where local ranchersspoke out in fierce opposition to the idea, saying itwould amount to a taking of private land.

“The effort collapsed under that barrage,” Durrettsaid.

He said that the late rancher Bill Perry was perhapsthe most opposed, but that there was also oppositionfrom ranchers in Gunnison County, where Marble islocated.

Bill Jochems, another member of CVEPA, said thatif you take the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act at facevalue, it “authorizes all sorts of federal controls overland use, and so it looked pretty darn scary” to somepeople.

“But we never had anyone come here and tell usabout the various ways it can be enacted or applied,”Jochems said.

Today, he said people have a better understandingthat the designation can be tailored to meet thedesires of local communities.

“They were just worn out by determined opposi-tion, but this was without the benefit of what weknow today,” Jochems said about the earlier effort.

Durrett said today people in the Crystal might welllook differently at the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

“Most people in the Crystal River took for grantedtourism in the past, and now they are scratching forsomething that will help,” he said.

Is Colorado getting more Wild and Scenic?While today only the Cache la Poudre River has

stretches that are designated under the Wild and


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• Abrams Creek• Battlement Creek• Colorado River — State Bridge to Dotsero• Colorado River — Glenwood Canyon to approximate-

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boundary to the Deep Creek ditch diversion• Deep Creek — From the Deep Creek ditch diversion to

the BLM/private land boundary• Eagle River• Egeria Creek• Hack Creek• Mitchell Creek• No Name Creek

• Rock Creek• Thompson Creek• East Middle Fork Parachute Creek Complex• East Fork Parachute Creek ComplexThere is more information regarding Wild and Scenic

suitability on these rivers in the “Colorado River ValleyDraft Resource Management Plan” from the BLM.

The BLM is also reviewing a number of stretches onmajor rivers in Colorado, either for eligibility or suitability,including:

• Animas River• Dolores River• San Miguel River• Gunnison River• Colorado River• Blue RiverIn all, according to Deanna Masteron, a public affairs

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