A year ago, three of five Sublette County commissioners approved the $1-million purchase of the Doyle family’s ranch acres to expand the gravel pit permit and install a hot-mix asphalt plant, in the middle of many residences on the south end of Pinedale.
The county’s plan to use all 60 acres to excavate, crush and store gravel immediately drew criticism, from neighbors and others who questioned the commissioners’ majority vote by Tom Noble, Sam White and Joel Bousman. Commissioners Doug Vickrey and Dave Stephens – who requested an appraisal that was shot down – voted against the purchase.
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