Feds ask Rainbows to move gathering

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By The Associated Press

Story Published: Jun 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM MDT

Story Updated: Jun 21, 2008 at 12:09 AM MDT

PINEDALE, WYOMING - The federal government has asked the "Rainbow Family of Living Light" to move its annual gathering from a chosen spot near Big Sandy in Sublette County because of concerns that it may conflict with a planned Boy Scout project already scheduled for the area.

But Rainbow Family members say hundreds of members are already in the area, and say it may already be too late to move the gathering. Thousands of members of the loosely organized group converge on a different spot around the country each year around the Fourth of July.

U.S. Undersecretary of Agriculture Mark Rey oversees the U.S. Forest Service. He came to Pinedale on Thursday night to ask members of the loosely organized Rainbow Family to consider moving their gathering.

Boy Scouts are scheduled to start working in the general area next month before the Rainbow Family members would be finished cleaning up their site.

Sunday, Jun 22 at 9:40 PM Jeannie D. wrote ...

It's a sad sad situation that's happened here. I hope the RFLL and FS can learn from it. I hope peace eventually prevails.

Sunday, Jun 22 at 5:47 PM concerned wrote ...

I live in Pinedale, I helped work on the Forest Service hazard report a long time back. now all the money spent down the drain for some people who are not that peaceful at all. My neighbor was harrased going down a forest rd. on their atv's , apparently told they could not go down that rd, like they owned it or something, she told all of us neighbors about it as well. Sure the forest is for everyone, but since when do other forest users get to determine who can or can-not use the forest

Sunday, Jun 22 at 1:00 PM Susan M. wrote ...

It's unfortunate that the FS didn't alert Rainbows to the Boy Scout conflict sooner -- before the camp was over a week into set-up. Many Rainbows thought they could "co-exist" with the Boy Scouts, but the Scouts declined an invitation to come meet the Rainbows and work it out.

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