Watch here for future opportunities to submit public comment to La Plata County, the Forest Service, the Colorado Department of Water Resources and the Colorado Department of Reclamation Mining and Safety:

Write your county commissioner!

https://www.lpcgov.org/departments/board_of_county_commissioners/contact_us_bocc.php

Write a letter to the Forest Service 

Colorado Department of Reclamation Mining and Safety:

https://drms.colorado.gov/

USFS permit details available in a downloadable PDF: 

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/sanjuan/projects/archive/61638

USFS SOPA page to monitor for new permits:

https://www.fs.usda.gov/sopa/forest-level.php?110213

or

https://www.fs.usda.gov/r02/sanjuan/projects