EAGLE — Wilderness advocates don’t often find themselves following every move of the annual Congressional effort to authorize defense spending in the U.S., but this year, the two issues are closely ...

On Tuesday, Colorado’s U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper urged the leaders of Congress’ Armed Services Committees to include the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy Act in the final ...

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act gets closer to becoming law with each pass, Colorado lawmakers announced Wednesday that they are again introducing the bill in Congress. The CORE Act ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Colorado Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse announced this week they are reintroducing the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act to Congress.

But Colorado U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, a new Senate ally for the CORE Act following his 2020 victory over Republican U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner, reportedly argued that oil-and-gas development in the ...

For almost two decades stakeholders, conservationists and lawmakers have spoken about landscape protections in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. Truly the heart of Southwest Colorado, the San Juans ...

As a United States veteran, I have been a longtime supporter of the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act (CORE Act) and was excited to see the bill included in the National Defense ...

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act — better known as the CORE Act — has been more than a decade in the making. It might, just might, pass a crucial milestone this week. The bill, which ...

Public lands bill would protect tens of thousands of acres in Colorado Courtesy of Mason Cummings/The Wilderness Society The Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy Act was passed for the second time by ...

Legendary baseball player and coach Yogi Berra once famously said “it ain’t over till it’s over.” That phrase aptly applies to the CORE Act. Just when I think I’ve written my final words about the ...

Gunnison County Commissioner Jonathan Houck wishes he could have a cup of coffee with Alaska U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski to discuss the Colorado Outdoor and Recreation Economy Act. At a Senate Committee ...

Wilderness advocates don’t often find themselves following every move of the annual Congressional effort to authorize defense spending in the U.S., but this year, the two issues are closely linked.