Minutes from UVA Meetings
March 2010 |
Uncompahgre Valley Association is WCC's local community group in Montrose County.
Current Activities
Piñon Ridge Uranium Mill: Safeguarding public health in the permitting of Energy Fuels' proposed uranium mill in West Montrose County. For more information, contact Marv Ballantyne.
Local Foods: Supporting a strong, vibrant local foods system that fuels healthy people and a healthy local economy. For more information, contact Stu Krebs.
Community Outreach: Focusing on public education and working to achieve common goals with other groups including:
Connections
UVA sponsors a half-page in each edition of the Whole Life Network's Connections newsletter. The articles below are from recent editions. If you have an idea for a story or would like to submit one for publication, contact Outreach Chair Beth Gibson.
You can read and download all of the following items as Adobe Acrobat PDF files (If you don't have it already, click here to download Adobe Acrobat Reader).
- A Plan for Montrose County's Future, by Dennis Murphy, July 2010. Now that the master plan has been adopted, the Planning Commission is going through the grueling task of prioritizing the many action items for implementation.
- State of Bee-ing, by Jim Womeldorf, June 2010. Explores the joys of bee-keeping!
- Get off the bottle! by Pam Benson, May 2010. Three reasons why drinking bottled water is NOT a healthy choice.
- Uranium a risky option by Marv Ballantyne, April 2010. Examines the Pinon Ridge uranium mill proposed for the West End of Montrose County.
- Thought for Food, by Stu Krebs, March 2010. Asks whether "productivity" is the best measure of modern agriculture.
- Is 40 feet enough?, by Marv Ballantyne and Wayne Quade, January 2010. Argues for maintaining a 100 foot buffer along Uncompahgre River corridor.
Background Information
- UVA formed in 1983 and over the years has been involved in some of WCC's toughest campaigns - from forcing the clean-up of Louisiana Pacific's waferboard plant in Olathe to stopping plans for a low-level radioactive waste dump in the West End of Montrose County. UVA members were also a driving force behind WCC's annual Sustainable Living Fairs held in the mid-1990s.
- UVA members started to tackle growth issues in 1994 when they successfully amended the County Zoning Resolution to improve the commissioners' ability to regulate land use. Since then, members have worked on the proliferation of gravel pits and attempted to limit the size of "big box" retailers within the city limits.
- UVA members are also responsible for keeping Montrose Recycling Center open and for helping to push the idea of curbside recycling into reality.
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