Property Rights and Property Wrongs

Fracking traffic is a big risk in a small town:


If you grew up in the 1950s the landscape was more empty and free. Though the population is stable or diminishing in rural areas, population distribution has changed significantly.  Land owners find they can subdivide property for people seeking a home in the countryside.  It is a win/win situation.  But now some of us find ourselves stuck in the 1950s. I once bought a wood lot in Maine and encountered all sorts of regulatory restrictions. The last straw was when I was told by a forester that timber harvesting is restricted because the land has a deer wintering area.
Fast forward to La Veta and Huerfano County. The land is no longer empty and free to do anything we like.  Our property rights may become property wrongs if our neighbor's health is threatened by the spill-over from activities on private land.  Take for instance the traffic situation in a small town like La Veta.  If the gas and oil frackfields in the shale underlying our fair valley were to be developed to their full potential, it could require tens of thousands of truckloads passing through the streets of La Veta.  We would all suffer from inconvenience and worst, the danger of 18 wheelers at all hours congesting Highway of Legends, Oak, and Main Streets. Those of my mindset or age have to consider the new circumstances. Fracking equals heavy trucking activity, but pray it not be on the streets of La Veta where residents, visitors, children, and many retired people enjoy the clean peaceful country setting on trips to and in town. In short, we can't have it both ways.  Welcome to 21st century reality.