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Board approves special-use permit with U.S. Forest Service to allow county fire mitigation on national forest right-of-way
Summary
Commissioners authorized execution of a Forest Service special-use permit that allows limited fire-mitigation work along county roadways that intersect National Forest Service lands; the permit is time-limited and intended to streamline mitigation work.
The Gilpin County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-0 on Aug. 12 to execute a U.S. Forest Service special-use permit allowing targeted fire-mitigation work along county roadways that intersect National Forest System lands.
County manager Ray Rears explained the permit uses authorities under the Organic Administration Act of June 4, 1897, to grant limited, time-bound permission for mitigation activities where county…
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