Ouray County commissioners unanimously appointed Danika Gilbert to the county Planning Commission on Tuesday.

Gilbert will take the seat of Jennifer Cram, who resigned from the seven-person board after serving for less than a year.

Gilbert has lived in the region for more than two decades. In a letter of interest to commissioners, she said multiple aspects of her background would benefit her in the role, including her career as a mountain guide and leadership as the executive director of a nonprof...