Wildlife, environmental groups applaud proposal
The Mountain Mail Joe Stone, News Editor February 28, 2012 Joe Stone, News Editor The Wilderness Society, Colorado Wildlife Federation and Friends of Browns Canyon applauded U.S. Sen. Mark Udall’s proposal to engage in public dialogue about the future of Browns Canyon. Udall’s announcement Sunday would initiate what he called a “bottom-up” process to engage
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Udall proposes two ideas for Browns Canyon
The Mountain Mail Cailey McDermott, Mail Staff Writer Tuesday, February 28, 2012 U.S. Sen. Mark Udall (D-Denver) initiated a process Sunday which could lead to the establishment of Arkansas River Canyon National Monument and Browns Canyon Wilderness Area during a press conference in Frisco. In addition, he proposed the Central Mountains Outdoor Heritage Act. The
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BLM Mulling More Than a Dozen ‘Crown Jewels’ for Wilderness Designation
New York Times By PHIL TAYLOR of Greenwire Published: September 7, 2011 The Interior Department is considering more than a dozen areas for Congress to designate as wilderness, the highest level of protection for public lands, according to interviews with several state Bureau of Land Management offices. But the total number and size of those
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