Rocky Mountain National Park

Colorado hiking trails #4: Glacier Gorge

Jul 20, 2011

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Colorado hiking trail #4. Glacier Gorge [Difficult]:

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Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness and Indian Peaks Wilderness Expansion Act - Colorado (S. 1380/H.R. 2334)

Oct 31, 2008

Rocky Mountain National Park provides world-class hiking and climbing, and breathtaking views of the Rocky Mountains, while also supporting the economies of several gateway communities. This legislation would protect nearly 250,000 acres of Wilderness within the park, finally implementing a recommendation by the National Park Service made in the early 1970s.

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RMNP now a wilderness; Salazar celebrates with dignitaries

Pamela Dickman, Loveland Reporter-Herald
Apr 10, 2009

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Americans turn to the things that matter in times of crisis, so it’s only fitting that during a deep recession, lawmakers ended 35 years of effort with a wilderness designation on 250,000 acres of Rocky Mountain National Park.

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Victory Celebration for Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

Anonymous
Apr 8, 2009

ESTES PARK — Local elected officials and businesses, members of Colorado’s congressional delegation, diverse interests, conservationists, and Coloradans who appreciate the rugged beauty of Rocky Mountain National Park are gathering on Thursday to celebrate the designation of 250,000 acres of the park as wilderness.

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Victory for Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area and Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness

Anonymous
Mar 25, 2009

DENVER – Colorado conservationists, local elected officials, and civic organizations lauded the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage today of the Omnibus Public Lands Bill. With this vote, Congress has signed-off on the creation of the Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area (NCA), including the popular Dominguez Canyon Wilderness, in western Colorado and protection of Rocky Mountain National Park’s pristine backcountry as wilderness.

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