Colockum Rd. - Proposed Seasonal Closure

[Grumpy]

The Kittitas County Commissioners will meet at 2:00 pm on December 7th at the Commissioner's Auditorium, 205 West 5th, Suite 108, Ellensburg to consider a Memorandum of Agreement between State Parks and Recreation and Kittitas Co. to designate part of Colockum Road a groomed snowmobile trail from December 15 through March 31 of each year.
You are urged to attend the meeting where testimony will be taken. Written comments may be received at 205 West 5th Ave. # Suite 108 at or prior to the meeting.

For additional information you can contact: Kelly Bacon in Public Works (509) 962-7673 ( Public Notice - Kittitas Co, Ellensburg, WA. - Published in Daily Record 11-23 --- 11-30) ###

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One Comment -

The proposal has been met with some opposition since Kittitas Co has limited legal wheeling areas to began with - and the Colockum area is one of the last open areas to winter wheel.

Arlene Brooks, WA State Director ###

[OldGreen]

NO NO NO!!!!

WE need at least a few roads we can wheel on in the winter!!!!

[Phantom 309]

Kfinney originally posted this on our site and I didnt' see a reason to retype it. This is something that DNR is trying to slide by without much oppostion. It's obviously driven by the dollars that the snowmobilers generate. I'm fine with that to an extent but we are running out of places to winter wheel here in Eastern Washington. The more people we can get to call, write, or especially attend would be huge!


So here's the deal. In Kittitas County, like so many others, we are extremely limited in legal wheeling areas. There is a meeting on the 7th of December regarding the closure of one of the last open areas in the valley. One by one they have all been snoparked and this road, which is a county maintained road (Colockum Pass), is on the chopping block. We need anyone and everyone who is an advocate for resposible offroad use to attend this meeting. I called the DNR a few weeks ago and they were very hush about it but tonight it came out in the paper so I'm just trying to get it out there so that we can have a good showing.

Public Notice Kittitas County, Ellensburg WA The Board of Kittitas County Commissioners will meet at 2:00 pm on December 7, 2010 at the Commissioner's Auditorium, 205 W. 5th, Suite 108, Ellensburg, Wa to consider a Memorandum of Agreement between Washington State Parks and Recreation and Kittitas County to designate part of Colockum Road a groomed snowmobile trail from December 15 through March 31 of each year. More information is online at http://www.co.kittitas.wa.us/notices/. /s/Julie A. Kjorsvik Clerk of the Board Publish: Daily Record: 11/23/2010; 11/30/2010



Not trying to pull people away from here but there is more discussion going on about it here and more info http://insanityfab.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=3557


Thanks guys!

[OldGreen]

Dave,
Can you send them something??

[Grumpy]

Jim, they NEED to hear from ALL of us!

[Grumpy]

Went down in flames Seems one commisioner was ticked it even came up...