Comments on: Fen on Grand Mesa http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/ Grand Junction, Colorado's community Web site, discussions, forums, message boards, wiki and more. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:13:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: e8fea6ab9d62 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-2751 e8fea6ab9d62 Tue, 13 May 2008 00:19:04 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-2751 <strong>e8fea6ab9d62...</strong> e8fea6ab9d6259878ccf... e8fea6ab9d62…

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]]> By: Willis_Leon_Johnson http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-437 Willis_Leon_Johnson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:46:09 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-437 Just guessin', but I will put more credibility in the words of Mr. Thomas Howe on this subject. "The Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company has been attempting to complete the government permit process to expand our 6,200-acre foot reservoir by 970 acre feet. The project is delayed because .06 acres (yes, six 100ths of an acre) of fen might be inundated for up to 10 days a year. There are many times that area of adjoining fen is already inundated every year and has been for many, many years. That fen is flourishing. That fact, by the way, seemed to surprise our EPA fen watchdogs!" Mr Howe is a "local", who, by his own personal experience, not only knows what is best, but whose policy it is. But typical of bruce86, no logical position other than what his betters in the media and the party tell him to think. He fails to direct his attack to the originator of the thread, but a contributor with his very own thoughts on the subject. Just guessin’, but I will put more credibility in the words of Mr. Thomas Howe on this subject.

“The Overland Ditch and Reservoir Company has been attempting to complete the government permit process to expand our 6,200-acre foot reservoir by 970 acre feet. The project is delayed because .06 acres (yes, six 100ths of an acre) of fen might be inundated for up to 10 days a year. There are many times that area of adjoining fen is already inundated every year and has been for many, many years. That fen is flourishing. That fact, by the way, seemed to surprise our EPA fen watchdogs!”

Mr Howe is a “local”, who, by his own personal experience, not only knows what is best, but whose policy it is.

But typical of bruce86, no logical position other than what his betters in the media and the party tell him to think.

He fails to direct his attack to the originator of the thread, but a contributor with his very own thoughts on the subject.

]]> By: Bruce86 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-436 Bruce86 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:32:15 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-436 Hmmm, I thought the "Regional Policy on the Protection of Fens" was a USFWS policy, not EPA. And I thought the policy was based on the "important hydrological and water quality functions" they perform in addition to the fact that they take thousands of years to develop and are thus "essentially irreplaceable" (to quote some of the language from the amended policy). It's interesting that Rexall is positive that "locals know what is best" but yet he doesn't even know what the policy is or whose it is. Hmmm, I thought the “Regional Policy on the Protection of Fens” was a USFWS policy, not EPA. And I thought the policy was based on the “important hydrological and water quality functions” they perform in addition to the fact that they take thousands of years to develop and are thus “essentially irreplaceable” (to quote some of the language from the amended policy).

It’s interesting that Rexall is positive that “locals know what is best” but yet he doesn’t even know what the policy is or whose it is.

]]> By: Willis_Leon_Johnson http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-435 Willis_Leon_Johnson Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:19:27 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-435 Well Mr. Howe, I suppose you could show the EPA officials the 10h Amendment to the United States Constitution, and ask them to point out exactly where in the Founding Documents their job is "specifically enumerated". If the Overland ditch company would be interested in setting up a legal fund to push that issue, I am certain that you would be inundated with donations. I most certainly would be very close to the top of the list of donors. Well Mr. Howe,

I suppose you could show the EPA officials the 10h Amendment to the United States Constitution, and ask them to point out exactly where in the Founding Documents their job is “specifically enumerated”.

If the Overland ditch company would be interested in setting up a legal fund to push that issue, I am certain that you would be inundated with donations.

I most certainly would be very close to the top of the list of donors.

]]> By: Rexall http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-434 Rexall Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:04:44 +0000 http://community.gjsentinel.com/2008/03/26/fen-on-grand-mesa/#comment-434 I would say the EPA needs an attitude and an ineptitude adustment. I am positve the locals know what is best for the area, not some EPA guru buried under piles of paper in some office. I think the EPA and the environmental groups have the same thing in common; when they first got started they actually did some good things, now they are out of control, stop progress and drive up prices to no ones advantage but their own as they create thier own job security. I would say the EPA needs an attitude and an ineptitude adustment.
I am positve the locals know what is best for the area, not some EPA guru buried under piles of paper in some office.
I think the EPA and the environmental groups have the same thing in common; when they first got started they actually did some good things, now they are out of control, stop progress and drive up prices to no ones advantage but their own as they create thier own job security.

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