Some hope language ‘deficiency’ from 2015 resolution would be game changer
The discovery of what’s being described as a language error in a 2015 Gunnison County resolution allowing off-highway vehicles on a portion of a county road approaching the Lead King Loop was seen as an opportunity by some Marble residents to immediately block the use of the machines that have been accessing the public lands in the area in greater numbers.
But despite what some of those residents were hoping would be a game-changer in the debate over what to do about the increasing presence of all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and off-highway vehicles (OHVs) creating environmental and quality-of-life concerns, Gunnison County commissioners Tuesday were not inclined to ban the vehicles on the portion of the road the county manages, arguing that it would be counterproductive to a long-term solution that will need to involve the town of Marble and the White River National Forest. However, the board decided to w