Ute Indian Tribe says it was not adequately consulted ahead of creation of a Camp Hale national monument near Leadville
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Colorado’s new Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument promises to protect outdoor recreation
Skiers, resort operators, mountain bikers and motorized users hope national monument status for historical landscape at Camp Hale continues to support outdoor recreation.
Posted inPolitics and Government
5 things to know about Colorado’s Camp Hale, the newest national monument
The newly created Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument helped spark the ski industry and was used as a high-elevation military training site.
Posted inPolitics and Government
Biden makes Camp Hale a national monument, moves to block mining and drilling on 225,000 acres of Colorado’s Thompson Divide
Biden traveled to Camp Hale and was joined by veterans of the 10th Mountain Division as well as members of the Ute Tribe during the proclamation signing
Posted inPolitics and Government
Joe Biden has made Colorado’s Camp Hale a national monument. Could a future president unravel it?
National Monuments have been political footballs since the Antiquities Act came to be in 1906. But so far court cases haven’t changed the president’s authority to shrink or grow them.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Littwin: If Biden is coming to Colorado, Dems must think Bennet’s Senate seat is safe
In the latest Marist poll, Bennet is leading Joe O’Dea by 7 points. But in the same poll, Biden’s approval ratings in Colorado are stuck at 40%.
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Joe Biden to designate Camp Hale a national monument during trip to Colorado next week
Camp Hale, near Leadville, is where 10th Mountain Division soldiers trained before heading to battle in World War II. It was meant to be protected under the long-stalled CORE Act.
Posted inOpinion Columns
Opinion: Camp Hale deserves national monument designation
It’s more than history. For veterans, it’s a place of solace and rejuvenation
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With the CORE Act stalled, its supporters want Biden to protect Colorado’s public lands right now through executive action
CAMP HALE —Supporters of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy Act, after watching the bill fail to advance past the U.S. Senate for several years, are asking President Joe Biden to take executive action to protect the tens of thousands of acres of federal land in Colorado the measure aims to shield. And they appear to […]
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SunLit Interview: Author Bill Sonn found a “starter drug” in library archives
Bill Sonn is an author and long-time writer whose work has appeared in Outside/Mariah and Chicago magazines, The Progressive, Columbia Journalism Review, The Boston Globe, Bild, Westword and more. A former news and communications executive and editor of several health care and general periodicals, he co-founded a news company and served as a consultant to […]