Montrose Commissioner Pond: Why I’m Drawing the Line and Standing Against Federal Land Grabs
By Sean Pond | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice
The views expressed here are my own and do not represent an official action or position of the Montrose Board of County Commissioners.
I was appointed to represent the people of District 3 in Montrose County, and I took an oath to uphold the Constitution. That includes defending our land, our rights, and our way of life here in Western Colorado.
In recent months, there’s been a coordinated push to place more of Colorado under federal control. We already fought back against the proposed Dolores National Monument, a 500,000-acre land grab, and we won.
Then came a 68,000 acre National Conservation Area proposal in Mesa and Montrose Counties. We stood our ground again and stopped it.
But now we’re facing two more ...