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This application will be heard before the Alamosa Planning Commission on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at 4:00 PM and again before the Alamosa Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at 8:30 AM.  Both meetings will be held in the Alamosa County Services Center, 8900 Independence Way, Alamosa, Colorado. You are welcome to join the meeting in person or via Zoom Meeting ID #270-314-6874 or call in 253-215-8782 or 669-900-6833 and use Meeting ID# 270-314-6874 Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/2703146874

The Friends of the SLV Refuges has submitted a comment letter to the Alamosa County Land Use and Building Department in response to a Special Use Permit request filed by Justin Davis for a campground/concert venue.  You can read copy of comment letter here and you can also submit comments directly to Alamosa County if you want to add individual comments.

Amid much national news about Avian flu, sandhill cranes in Florida have recently been found to be affected. You can read more in this Tampa Bay Times article.

https://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/pressrel/2021/03092021-USFWS-Seeks-Input-San-Luis-Valley-Habitat-Management-Plan.php

The Habitat Management Plan is a stepdown plan tiered from the Complex’s 2015 Comprehensive Conservation Plan. It recommends changes to existing management infrastructure to improve efficiency in how, where and when water is used to enhance and restore habitat diversity and meet wildlife population objectives. By focusing water usage on priority natural wetland areas, this management plan will support healthy fish and wildlife populations by improving nesting, foraging and migration habitat for a wide array of riparian and wetland dependent species including waterfowl, marshbirds, shorebirds and songbirds. These management actions will also improve hunting and wildlife viewing opportunities for the public.