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Wednesday, June 19th, 2013

Posts Tagged Browns Canyon

ProgressNow, others ask Obama to protect Colorado lands

By | 05.31.12 | 3:37 pm

DENVER – ProgressNow Colorado and allies in the Monumental West campaign today presented President Barack Obama’s campaign field office in Denver with hundreds of Colorado signatures to a letter requesting he support the protection of Browns Canyon and Chimney Rock.

Sen. Udall wants to create more Colorado wilderness, establish new national monument

By | 02.27.12 | 6:31 am

Saying the economy is intrinsically intertwined with the environment, U.S. Sen. Mark Udall rolled out a proposal Sunday to designate 236,000 acres of new wilderness in central Colorado and establish a 20,000-acre national monument along the Browns Canyon stretch of the Arkansas River.

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