Cooper Basin Drainage Closed to Motorized Vehicles

Pursuant to 36 CFR Sec, 261.SO(a} and (b), to continue historic modes of travel within the Cooper Basin Drainage, operation of motorized vehicles is prohibited on Forest Development Road #121 from its junction with Castle Creek Road to private land in Section 17. Forest Development Road [FDR] #121 (Pitkin Iron Road, aka Cooper Basin Road} is located in Sections 7, 8, 17, & 18, T.12S., R.84W., 6th P.M., Castle Creek Valley, Pitkin County, Colorado. The portion of road closed to motorized use is illustrated on the below map.

Pursuant to 36 CFR 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from the prohibition contained in this order: 

1) Persons with a permit specifically authorizing the otherwise prohibited act or omission; 
2) Any federal, state, or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
 

Done at Glenwood Springs, Colorado this 15th day of May, 1996

Veto J. LaSalle
Forest Supervisor
White River National Forest

Violations of these prohibitions are punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than six (6) months or both (16 use 551)