U.S. legislators propose to save 400,000 acres in Colorado

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Mount Sneffels in the autumn. The CORE Act would preserve this beautiful mountain.

Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Joe Neguse, both Democrats, jointly plan to propose legislation in Congress on Monday, January 28, 2019, to preserve 400,000 acres, including 29,000 in the area around Camp Hale.

In southwest Colorado, the act would protect nearly 61,000 acres of the San Juan range and would designate a number of the area’s highest peaks, including fourteeners Mount Sneffels and Wilson Peak, as wilderness.

Named the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act or CORE, it also designates as wilderness nearly 32,000 acres near Telluride, Norwood, Ouray and Ridgway.

The Denver Post posted the article on its website in the afternoon of Jan. 25.  https://www.denverpost.com/2019/01/25/bill-preserve-colorado-public-lands-michael-bennet-joe-neguse/

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Elk Meadow restoration to cost about $450,000

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As phase two of the project is about to begin, the cost to restore the former Elk Meadow Dog Off Leash Area is projected to be about $450,000 as revealed in the Canyon Courier Oct. 31.

Executive Director Tom Hoby told the county commissioners he is going to ask them for $250,000 for channel stabilization and additional upland vegetation. Jeffco has also asked for a grant from Great Outdoors Colorado to offset costs.

The dog park closed in 2017 after officials deemed the land, vegetation and streams had been dramatically negatively affected by overuse at the area off Stagecoach Boulevard in Elk Meadow Open Space park near Evergreen.