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Udall ski-area alternative activity bill clears committee vote

By | 07.26.10 | 3:22 pm

Sen. Mark Udall’s bill to promote year-round recreation at ski areas cleared a critical committee vote late last week and is headed to a vote of the full U.S. Senate.

First introduced in 2008 and then revived last summer,

Udall, Bennet back San Juan wilderness, but will they support two other plans?

By | 11.11.09 | 2:07 pm

Colorado Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet earlier this week introduced the Senate version of U.S. Rep. John Salazar’s San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act, which would protect more than 60,000 acres of public lands in southwestern Colorado as either wilderness…

Can ATV riders, bird watchers, skiers and snowmobilers all just get along?

By | 11.16.08 | 10:14 am

The sprawling 2.5-million-acre White River National Forest in Colorado’s central and northern Rocky Mountains is home to some of the most renowned ski areas in the world, including Vail and Aspen, but other methods of recreating are likely to be the most controversial elements of a revised travel management plan released Thursday.