How an 8-foot fence sparked a battle between one of Colorado’s poorest counties and an out-of-state billionaire

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How an 8-foot fence sparked a battle between one of Colorado’s poorest counties and an out-of-state billionaire

SAN LUIS — The fence stands 8 feet tall and slices across miles of the sagebrush sea of the San Luis Valley, dividing hillsides from creeks, creeks from wildlife. Frank Vigil stepped out of his truck to survey one section of fence built in recent years by the billionaire owner of 83,000-acre El Cielo Vista Ranch — one of Colorado’s most pristine and contentious mountain properties, with holdings that include one of the state’s 14ers. The barbed …