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6/29/2010
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Larimer County applies to Forest Service for special use permit to drill bore holes on Middle Bald Mountain summit.
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11/17/2009
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Larimer County Commissioners vote to reactivate the county's application to the forest service to build a radio facility on Middle Bald Mountain.
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9/30/2009
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Second radio tower documented and contractor personnel contacted by Mummy Range Institute on summit of South Bald Mountain, within the Green Ridge - East designated roadless area.
After second press release, county IT personnel acknowledge testing is taking place.
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9/29/2009
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Temporary radio tower documented by Mummy Range Institute on summit of Middle Bald Mountain. Mummy Range Institute issues press release.
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9/25/2009
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Citizens informed by National Forest Service of special use permit issued to Larimer County for testing on the summits of Middle and South Bald.
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9/3/2009
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Citizens celebrate three seasons spared from development.
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6/29/2009
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Larimer County Commissioners, now minus Randy Eubanks, vote to approve new funding for radio coverage testing on Middle and South Bald.
County informs citizens that the testing process will be announced publicly.
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8/22/2008
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Community potluck to celebrate two seasons spared from development on Middle Bald and South Bald Mountain.
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7/29/2008
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Larimer County Commissioners vote to kill funding for Middle Bald tower project.
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4/17/2008
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New Larimer County tower spotted on private land in the Crystal Lakes Subdivision near Black Mountain, 10 miles north of Middle Bald Mountain.
Citizen research reveals "Bear Gulch" tower as operating on same the frequencies as the proposed Middle Bald tower. No notice was given to citizens nor to the Forest Service on the changed coverage needs due to the new tower.
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4/14/2008
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National Forest Service openly declines to answer questions about its NEPA process.
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3/17/2008
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Following an investigative article by the North Forty News, county personnel acknowledge that the planned 15-mile underground power line to the Middle Bald tower site would cost over $3 million, bringing total project cost over $5 million. Original project estimate by county: $1.1 million.
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1/17/2008
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Newest Larimer County Commissioner, Randy Eubanks, meets with local citizens and listens to tower project concerns. Commissioner Eubanks would be the first elected official to ask serious questions about the tower proposal, eventually leading to the project's de-funding.
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11/8/2007
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Public meeting at Magic Sky Ranch near Red Feather, attended by nearly 100 citizens overwhelmingly opposed to tower project.
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7/8/2007
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Community hike to Middle Bald Mountain and celebration of one season spared from development.
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4/25/2007
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National Forest Service responds to citizen research by delaying project and requiring more data from Larimer County. Public meeting scheduled for fall '07. Decision postponed until spring '08.
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4/10/2007
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Larimer County IT personnel meet with local citizens, describe strategy of fabricating proposed tower locations on private Glacier View land as a way of demonstrating due diligence to National Forest Service.
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3/26/2007
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After three months of dispute, Larimer County agrees that CTA Report and other documents are public information under state law and grants public access.
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1/12/2007
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Public comment period ends.
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12/23/2006
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Larimer County hosts 1 hour Red Feather Lakes public meeting, displaying in support the 260 page CTA Report and other documents, without allowing public review.
Red Feather Lakes citizens begin three month dispute to gain access to documents.
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12/1/2006
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First public notice as National Forest Service announces Middle Bald proposal. Citizens are given 42 days over the winter holidays to comment on a project a decade in the making.
Forest Service calls on radio, television, and cellular companies to propose additional towers on Middle Bald.
Decision set for summer '07, with construction start predicted for fall '07.
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2/17/2006
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County receives CTA report, recommending Middle Bald summit tower be supplemented by towers at Kinnikinnik and in the Comanche Peaks Wilderness.
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2003
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Larimer County applies to National Forest Service for South Bald Mountain tower. Application denied due to roadless designation.
Larimer County switches objectives to Middle Bald Mountain. The decade of silent planning continues.
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2003
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Larimer County applies to National Forest Service for South Bald Mountain tower. Application denied due to roadless designation.
Larimer County switches objectives to Middle Bald Mountain. The decade of silent planning continues.
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circa 1996
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South Bald Mountain radio tower project conceived. The decade of silent planning before first public notice begins.
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