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Residents urge stronger wildfire prevention and question regional water framing during Pitkin County plan review
Summary
During public comment at the Nov. 18 Planning & Zoning Commission meeting, residents urged more prevention work on wildfire risk after reports of unattended campfires and questioned whether municipal development approvals shift burdens to county residents; commissioners discussed watershed framing and the Shoshone-related water debate.
Two members of the public addressed the Planning & Zoning Commission Nov. 18 during the Vision 2050 chapter review, urging clearer prevention measures for wildfire risk and stronger county engagement on regional development and water issues.
Alan Jones told the commission he had heard residents report multiple campfires on BLM land this summer and recommended steps to reduce wildfire risk, including signage and public education. Jones said those campfires “could have been…
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