RE: Cardiff Fork "The County and/or City having jurisdiction over an area may impose additional restrictions on access through their local zoning ordinances and regulations. However, it is up to the county to enforce those ordinances and regulations."  Doug Muir US Forest Service

“It appears that when a historical access is used for access to a private land inholding, we have to demonstrate a harm to the surrounding public lands before we can take action. The action then is to remedy the harm."  Doug Muir US Forest Service #BackCounty #WeLoveCardiff

RE: Cardiff Access “...arbitrarily placing limitations on who can or cannot use an access road could be considered a taking action, one which reduces land value, and pose a whole suite of problems…” Doug Muir US Forest Service.  #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing

RE: Cardiff Fork Access "...it just seems better to use the county zoning ordinances designed to protect watershed to help achieve what we need."  Doug Muir  US Forest Service #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing #WasatchBackCountry #CardiffCanyon #Snowshoeing

RE: Cardiff Fork Access  "Can the United States limit access to private property inholdings as a preventive measure? In general, we can not unless we have the private landowners permission." Doug Muir  US Forest Service #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing

“Hello again! Just got off the phone with an officer from Unified Police Department regarding Cardiff Fork. They have been told by command not to give out citations to anyone skiing in the canyon, as there is no way to prove if someone was trespassing..."  Jack Stauss

If it prevents the entitled landowners from using their snowmobiles wherever they want, I'm happy with keeping the private road closed and the gate locked. They've been abusing and violating the agreement now that they're being held accountable, they want to cry.  S. Salkhordeh

RE: Cardiff Fork "I personally don't believe there should be any private property in the CC's so they're not getting any sympathy from me."  Shyan Salkhordeh #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing #WasatchBackCountry #CardiffCanyon #Snowshoeing

According to public records,  "Our watershed fund is..for the sole purpose of purchasing watershed land..We budget $1.5 million per year..The cumulative fund balance currently is about $10.8 million." Laura Briefer

“.For the last decadish there was an agreement between the landowners and the forest service that the landowners could utilize the forest service portion of the road to access their private lands for motorized vehicles use, in exchange for allowing the public to cross their land”

Cardiff Access: "The agreement was up for renewal last year. If you ask the landowners, the forest service unjustly put a ton of new stipulations in the new agreement that they refused to agree with. So they wouldn't sign it. Leading to..the forest service locking the..gate.”

RE: Cardiff Fork Access "If you ask the forest service, the landowners had been frequently violating provisions of the previous agreement.” #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry

Cardiff Access "The landowners wouldn't sign it, so the agreement was not renewed and they locked the gate until an agreement is reached. Who is right? I don't know, but that is a quick recap …” #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing #WasatchBackCountry #CardiffCanyon

RE: Cardiff Access - Got it. Thanks for the break down. Sounds like they need to get Gephart - There is a good chance it is to force them to give up their private property rights. - Yeah I'm still going to slide on snow there . #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing

RE: Cardiff Updates "The permit expired, which means that the claim owners cannot legally access their land using snowmobiles or trucks/OHV’s, and it also means that they have the ability to deny access to adjacent public lands.”   Wasatch Backcountry Alliance #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry

RE: Cardiff Fork Access "WBA has been working with the FS, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County on this tricky issue." wasatchbackcountryalliance.org/cardiff-update… Wasatch Backcountry Alliance  USDA Forest Service Salt Lake County Salt Lake City Government #WeLoveCardiff #BackCountry #BackCountrySkiing

Cardiff Fork Access "We have attempted to figure out a way to stay on public lands if coming up Cardiff from the bottom, but the organic nature of the terrain and the existing jagged lines of ownership don’t correspond well, so it’s challenging.” Wasatch Backcountry Alliance  USDA Forest Service

Surveying in Cardiff Canyon has begun! USDA Forest Service #bigcottonwood #CCOA #publicaccess #backcountry drive.google.com/file/d/12_IevK…

Cardiff Canyon surveying. Get it done while the sun is shining! USDA Forest Service #bigcottonwood #CCOA #publicaccess drive.google.com/file/d/1MM5_xl…

Cardiff Canyon surveying. Get it done while the sun is shining! USDA Forest Service #bigcottonwood #CCOA #publicaccess drive.google.com/file/d/1-B32U5…