Christo Over the River Opponents Plea for State Supreme Court Intervention

A group fighting artist Christo’s plan to drape a nearly six-mile stretch of the Arkansas River with translucent fabric is pleading with the Colorado Supreme Court to intervene.

An appellate court ruled that even though the state parks department may have failed to follow its own procedures, it was a “harmless error.” The opponents want the high court to decide if it was harmless.

After the opposition group Rags Over the Arkansas River lost its argument in the Colorado Court of Appeals in February, the group appealed the decision.

According to the Denver Post, the lower court ruled that 13 years of intensive study and the parks division’s stipulation that Christo follow mitigation requirements were sufficient.