Save the Colorado (our partner in fighting the dam) has shared a press release stating that the Town Board of Trustees of Nederland, Colorado
-- home of the internationally famous "Frozen Dead Guy Days" -- voted unanimously last night to oppose Denver Water's proposed expansion
of the nearby Gross Dam, and to ask the
Boulder County Commissioners to deny Denver Water's permit to
expand the dam.
As outlined in the letter sent to Boulder County (see below), Nederland is a community that would feel much of the negative impacts of the dam expansion to their roads, environment, and quality of life. The letter from the Nederland Town Board accentuates that Denver Water could simply focus more resources on water conservation rather than river destruction, thus making the project completely unnecessary.
The Boulder County Commissioners and staff are currently taking public comment on the massive proposed dam expansion (see the County's website here).
Frozen Dead Guy Days is a "world renowned spectacle"
(read: "MASSIVE MOUNTAIN PARTY") celebrating the cryogenic
freezing of a local man whose family wants to bring him back to
life as medical technology advances.
"Tens-of-thousands of Boulder County residents want
this crazy dam project stopped," said Gary Wockner, Director
of Save The Colorado. "Medical science might be able to bring
the Frozen Dead Guy back to life, but once Denver Water kills
the Upper Colorado River, it will be dead forever."
Dear Boulder County Commissioners,
We support and appreciate your application of the 1041
regulations to Denver Water’s proposed expansion of Gross
Reservoir. We agree that it is critical that the project be
thoroughly and carefully reviewed under Boulder County’s land
use and environmental regulations.
We have concluded because of data provided that the proposed
expansion is unnecessary and that the installation of water
conservation low flow devices and more efficient toilets, as
well as xeriscaping in homes within Denver Water’s service area
would achieve the same conservation goals, while providing more
jobs and no negative environmental impacts.