{"id":33612,"date":"2019-10-23T11:30:46","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373376"},"modified":"2019-10-23T11:30:46","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T17:30:46","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-vail-resorts-has-a-history-of-wildlife-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-vail-resorts-has-a-history-of-wildlife-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Vail Resorts has a history of wildlife destruction"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/LettersWebCard-SDN1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Vail Resorts has established itself as an example of greed,<br \/>\nmisused power and an uncanny ability have its way regardless of wildlife<br \/>\nconsequences. This is nothing new. The late outdoors and ski columnist for The<br \/>\nDenver Post, Charlie Meyers, was a very courageous editorialist. He dared to<br \/>\ntake on Vail Resorts decades ago as it continued to build, develop and reduce<br \/>\nwildlife numbers at an alarming rate. Recalling one of Charlie\u2019s columns, \u201cIf<br \/>\nyou believe as I do that the mountains are sacred \u2026\u201d He would call out Vail.<br \/>\nThe spins and propaganda regarding Vail\u2019s environmental stewardship are<br \/>\nlaughable. Their claims insult our intelligence. And now comes the likely end<br \/>\nof wild sheep in the Vail Valley at the hands of this company.<\/p>\n<p>With a history of wildlife destruction covering decades,<br \/>\nthis is too much. Whether for workforce housing or for profit development, why<br \/>\nnot do the right thing for once, Vail? Build elsewhere. Bighorns are native to<br \/>\nColorado and to be treasured by all. They can withstand many forces of nature,<br \/>\nbut range destruction is their death knell.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One votes with one\u2019s wallet. I am in a position to vote. On<br \/>\nmy desk is a list of convention centers considered for future events. I consult<br \/>\non this. These conventions can see attendance of 500-1,000 people. One venue<br \/>\ncandidate on my list is Keystone which is owned by Vail Resorts. Consider<br \/>\nKeystone stricken as it now has a selection chance similar to that of a wild<br \/>\nsheep in the Vail Valley. The million bucks or so in revenue per event that<br \/>\nVail will not see is probably a drop in the bucket to them, but it\u2019s a start.<\/p>\n<p>No one has the right to wipe out the last herd of bighorns<br \/>\nin this valley. It is unconscionable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-vail-resorts-has-a-history-of-wildlife-destruction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vail Resorts has established itself as an example of greed, misused power and an uncanny ability have its way regardless of wildlife consequences. This is nothing new. The late outdoors and ski columnist for The Denver Post, Charlie Meyers, was a very courageous editorialist. He dared to take on Vail Resorts decades ago as it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-03 21:05:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KIFT - The LIFT FM","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}