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OST outlines 2025 Lower Blue land exchange benefits and proposes public process for Green Mountain Camp access
Summary
OST summarized a completed 20-year land exchange that consolidated mixed ownership and secured public benefits—including a new BLM Green Mountain parking/access point, a permanent Spring Creek Road take-out easement (take-out only), habitat restoration funded by Blue Valley Ranch, and improved fishing/boating infrastructure—and recommended a facilitated public process to determine future access and management at Green Mountain Camp.
Summit County Open Space and Trails staff briefed OSAC on a multiyear land exchange completed in 2025 and outlined management options for river access in the Lower Blue corridor.
Katherine King described the exchange—completed after roughly 20 years of negotiation—that consolidated parcels held by Blue Valley Ranch, the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Forest Service and Summit County. The exchange secured public benefits including a new BLM Green Mountain parking and access point, a permanent take-out easement on Spring Creek Road (expressly designated for take-out only), formalized riverbank…
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