Tag Archives: boggy draw

Summer camp: Boggy Draw has become a haven for those seeking recreation and escape. Is it growing too popular?

The Four Corners area remains a popular destination for out-of-state travelers, even as COVID-19 continues to infect more and more people. At the end of June the daily number of new cases was on the rise in 29 states, many … Continue reading

Published in July 2020 Tagged

Sheriff distances himself from radio show (web only)

Montezuma County Sheriff Dennis Spruell is dissociating himself from the avowed principles of a nationally syndicated radio show on which he recently spoke. On Feb. 5, Spruell was a guest on “The Political Cesspool,” a program based in Memphis, Tenn., … Continue reading

Published in March 2011 Tagged , ,

Citizen unrest: Locals push the county to get tough with forest officials

It’s beginning to seem like the meeting of the irresistible force and the immovable object. Urged on by some local citizens who believe counties need to assert more authority over federal public lands, the Montezuma and Dolores County commissioners are … Continue reading

Published in March 2011 Tagged , , ,

Boggy, Rico travel plans remain in limbo

The Boggy Draw-Glade travel-management plan, which was overturned on appeal last year, has yet to be formally adopted and implemented. “We haven’t re-signed the decision at all,” Steve Beverlin, manager of the Dolores Public Lands Office, told the Free Press. The DPLO manages … Continue reading

Published in March 2011 Tagged ,

Still bogged down over roads and travel in Boggy Draw

Related: Chappell says county is concerned about locals It was a cautiously cordial meeting Dec. 20 in Dove Creek between two sets of local county commissioners and several San Juan National Forest officials, but at the end the parties appeared … Continue reading

Published in January 2011 Tagged

Chappell says county is concerned about locals

Related: Still bogged down over roads and travel in Boggy Draw Now that representatives of Montezuma and Dolores counties are meeting regularly with San Juan National Forest officials, Montezuma County Commissioner Steve Chappell is hopeful that the counties will be … Continue reading

Published in January 2011 Tagged