Word: colorados
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...range back toward the cloud-capped Continental Divide. But these spaces and slopes are more vulnerable than the site seeker might think. Take so-called "view locations"-sites high on the slopes of the Rockies, which real estate men have been selling off by thousands from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs. Unpolluted air. Privacy. Dazzling vistas. House tastefully set amidst thick stands of ponderosa or lodgepole pines. No insults to the visiting...
...uphill faster than on the flat," says Oscar Schmunk, deputy forester. Even now, the slopes are occasionally marked by the lonely stone chimneys of burned-out homes. The fire fighters call them "tombstones." They predict that within five years, if the present rush to live on the slopes continues, Colorado will have disastrous slope fires like California...
...commission surprised them by inviting representatives from all concerned groups-friends and foes alike-to participate in some 30 special workshop sessions in communities across Colorado. At those meetings, the commissioners remained mostly silent. "We were learning," says Claude Peters, the commission's consultant planner. "We needed to be aware of the local problems." Adds Commission Chairman John Crowley: "We ran across old records that showed how much life a certain piece of land could support. Old ranchers with good memories fed us valuable information. AH the pieces came together...
Ultimate Tool. By last month the commission had worked the pieces into an inventory of Colorado's resources (land, water, forests, minerals) and the threats to those resources. More important, the commission had also gained wide support in the counties for its policies and recommendations. And why not? The counties retain power over land use, provided they follow the state's guidelines...
...recommendation, which Governor Love will urge upon the legislature next week, would compel developers to get an official certificate that sufficient water was available and that proper sewage-disposal facilities would be installed. "We've already got various tools-zoning and transportation-to stimulate the economy of Colorado's small towns and to prevent urban sprawl," Love says. "Water would be the ultimate tool...