Author: DAVID O. WILLIAMS Special to The Gazette. avid O’Williams
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Departing forest chief says crowding is overwhelming Colorado backcountry
After 34 years in the U.S. Forest Service — nearly half of them managing the busiest national forest in Colorado — White River National Forest Supervisor Scott Fitzwilliams was busy packing up his office on his final Friday of work when a reporter called to ask him about the health of the forest, as the federal government…