All trail advocates are urged to attend tonight’s Planning Commission meeting on the Rights of Nature:
Wednesday, May 21 7pm
Boulder County Courthouse, 3rd Floor
A small group of so-called “rights of nature” extremists are trying to take over Boulder County by inserting a phrase or two in the Boulder County Comprehensive Plan (BCCP) ascribing “rights” to ecosystems and everything in them. BATCO has studied this matter in depth and the Board has come out firmly AGAINST this concept as we believe it would cripple all present and future use of trails and Open Space, among other problems.
Please come to the meeting and join us in the fight against this concept. The meeting will start at 7pm and will run until everyone has had their say (3 minutes each; if anyone would be willing to pool their time with us that would be terrific, but you have to stay even if you have given up your time). If you absolutely can’t come to the meeting, please write the Planning Commission c/o Pete Fogg at pfogg@bouldercounty.org and ask that your message be delivered to the Planning Commission before the meeting.
You can refer to our letter, below, and/or the Guest Commentary that ran in today’s Camera, for more information. http://www.dailycamera.com/opinion
Thanks. Hope to see you there.