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	<title>Heli-Free Wasatch</title>
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	<description>Documenting the Destruction of the Wasatch Moutains by the Wasatch Powderbird Guides</description>
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		<title>2008-09 WPG Usage Stats</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Wasatch Powderbird Guides supposedly keep records of many things (wildlife, explosive duds, etc.) but one of the only documents they are required to actually submit to the Forest Service each year is their Usage Statistics.  This probably has more to do with the Forest Service wanting to make sure they aren&#8217;t getting cheated on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=117</link>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; 2014 WPG Operating Plan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Brought to you via a formal request under the &#8220;Freedom of Information Act.&#8221; This is the document that the Wasatch Powderbird Guides gives to the Forest Service every year to outline how they will (or more likely, won&#8217;t) be behaving.  In turn, the Forest Service often defaults to this whenever there is a complaint.  For [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=114</link>
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		<title>WPG &#8211; Fly Neighborly Guide&#8230;?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the Wasatch Powderbird Guides typical disinformation package, they claim to follow the Helicopter Association International &#8220;Fly Neighborly Guide.&#8221;  Since I&#8217;d never heard of this (and WPG obviously doesn&#8217;t know much about it either), I found a copy on the internet. Fly Neighborly Guide It only takes reading a page or two to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=111</link>
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		<title>WPG&#8217;s application for a heli-port at The Canyons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This was a typical Wasatch Powderbird Guides maneuver&#8230; Since it looks like they are losing their helibase at Snowbird, WPG quietly applied for a business license in Summit County and made plans to relocate their operation to The Canyons ski resort in Park City.  They were basing the move on the premise that their permit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=107</link>
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		<title>Rusty Dassing Comedy Hour</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A classic bit of Wasatch Powderbird Guides propaganda from WPG owner Rusty Dassing who was trying to weasel his way into heliport in the middle of The Canyons ski resort. Some selected humor: In WPG&#8217;s 37 years we have seen how the sizzle of a heli-ski operation draws many visitors to the area who hope [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=103</link>
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		<title>Summit County Staff Report on proposed WPG helipad at The Canyons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Link to the Summit County staff report on the Wasatch Powderbird Guides application for a heliport in The Canyons Ski Resort There are some classic lines in here! &#8220;The many visiting skiers who are excited by the sounds of the ski patrol using explosives to minimize avalanche risk will likely find the presence and sounds [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=97</link>
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		<title>WPG Heli Base at the Canyon &#8211; PUBLIC MEETING</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A public meeting will be held on December 8th at 6:00pm at the Sheldon Richins Building (the Summit County Library just off of the freeway at the Kimball Junction exit #224) to discuss WPG setting up a new heli base at the canyons.  This meeting will allow for public comment, so if you have something [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=90</link>
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		<title>Helicopter midair collision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happened in NYC, but could easily be in the Wasatch as well. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=86</link>
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		<title>WPG gets a 10 Year Renewal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No big surprise here as the Forest Service didn&#8217;t even need to go through the public hearing process (not that that even matters when it comes to the WPG).  This little travesty was brought to you by the Bush administration&#8217;s decision that renewing permits every few years was too demanding on private profiteers like the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=83</link>
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		<title>What does the Wasatch have in common with NYC?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes &#8211; they both have anti helicopter websites!  You might expect this in a highly populated area like New York City, but the snowcapped mountains of Utah..?! It is interesting to see that New York City has the same issues and concerns &#8211; noise and safety.  I wonder if the NYC helis get to drop [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helifreewasatch.com/?p=80</link>
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