Pitkin County takes step towards rezoning 85% of county to protect against land sales in response to ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Pitkin County takes step towards rezoning 85% of county to protect against land sales in response to ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

Pitkin County is poised to rezone more than 500,000 acres of public lands in the county to prevent development in the event of land sales. Public lands make up about 85% of the county.  The rezoning was approved on first reading at the July 23 Pitkin County Board of County Commissioners regular session in a 4-0 vote. The BOCC was driven to take action on this in response to efforts earlier this year to include provisions to sell vast swathes of …