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02/25/2004: "Counties Lobbying Against Forest Service Fee Program"

FRISCO, Colo. -- A number of Colorado counties are lobbying against a government program that charges fees for use of National Forest and other public land.

Jackson and Pitkin counties recently joined nine other counties -- La Plata, Montezuma, San Juan, San Miguel, Gunnison, Saguache, Rio Grande, Hinsdale and Mineral -- in opposing the 1996 program that runs through 2005. Full Story