** Colorado wilderness bill reintroduced in Congress
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Wednesday, February 3, 2021
Camp Hale in Colorado, which would be protected in proposed CORE Act | Brent Flanders, Flickr ([link removed])
Yesterday, Colorado lawmakers reintroduced ([link removed]) the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, a sweeping public land package that would protect 400,000 acres of new wilderness and recreation areas within the state. The bill would also create the first ([link removed]) National Historic Landscape at Camp Hale, a training site for the 10th Mountain Division ski troops during WWII.
The CORE Act passed in the House last year, but was stalled in the Senate, largely due to a lack of support from former Senator Cory Gardner. This year, both of Colorado's senators are championing the bill, including Gardner's successor Senator John Hickenlooper, who campaigned on his support for public lands and the CORE Act in particular. "Communities across our state have worked for ten years to craft this historic effort to protect public lands," said ([link removed]) Senator Hickenlooper. "I look forward to it crossing the finish line this Congress."
The CORE Act was created over the past decade through collaboration ([link removed]) with local stakeholders, including ranchers, conservationists, and county commissioners from every county impacted by the bill. Rep. Joe Neguse, who is leading the bill in the House, said ([link removed]) , “Countless Coloradans have contributed their voices to the creation of this bill, and it’s time for Washington to take notice, and enact this measure into law... I’m excited to get this done for the people of Colorado, for our public lands, our climate and our state’s economy.”
Quick hits
** Oil drilling on sensitive New Mexico public lands puts drinking water, rare caves at risk
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National Geographic ([link removed])
** Congressional mandates unfulfilled by Trump’s Interior Department
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Roll Call ([link removed])
** Listen: Confronting 'chicken little' rhetoric from oil and gas industry
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KVNF ([link removed])
** Colorado wilderness bill reintroduced in Congress
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Colorado Public Radio ([link removed]) | Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ([link removed]) | Aspen Times ([link removed]) | RealVail ([link removed]) | E&E News ([link removed])
** Big Oil reports billions in losses, faces regulatory pushback
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New York Times ([link removed]) | The Guardian ([link removed]) | Bloomberg ([link removed])
** Masks now required at U.S. national parks
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CNN ([link removed])
** New Mexico county commissioner charged in Capitol riots met ex-President ‘several times’
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Daily Beast ([link removed])
** Opinion: A bold, achievable path to protecting Colorado’s land and water
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Vail Daily ([link removed])
Quote of the day
Protecting 30 percent of our lands and waters by 2030 is an ambitious goal, but it is one that nearly three-quarters of Coloradans support. Achieving it will mitigate the worst impacts of climate change, conserve nature and wildlife, connect people, protect our economy, increase our food and water security, and safeguard Coloradans’ quality of life for generations to come. In short, it is one of our most effective tools for protecting this state that we love.”
—Kelly Nordini, Conservation Colorado, Vail Daily ([link removed])
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