Ouray County commissioners want the U.S. Forest Service to station more rangers to patrol the high country and prevent damage caused by visitors, among other requests made in a letter to the agency for feedback on the agency’s working draft of a new management plan for the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forest.

In a letter approved this week by the commissioners, they also addressed affordable housing – asking the federal government to consider partnering with the county ...