Blm Report Takes Christo River Project Closer to Final Decision

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Artist Christo's $50 million project to drape the Arkansas River with fabric took a major step toward resolution Friday when the Bureau of Land Management released its draft environmental impact statement.

Formulated with his late wife, Jeanne-Claude, Christo's plan is to build a system of anchors, frames and cables that will suspend 5.9miles of silver, luminous fabric across eight spots along a 42- mile stretch of the Arkansas between Salida and Canon City. Exhibition of the work is proposed for two weeks in August 2013.

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Blm Report Takes Christo River Project Closer to Final Decision

But before any anchors are set and cables strung, Christo must first obtain a BLM land-use permit. That's because "Over the River" requires use of federal, private and state lands - about 80 percent of which in an area id...

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