The Grand Junction Sentinel
July 22, 2010, Dave Buchanan

Two of Colorado’s more-isolated backcountry areas have been named among western America’s “Best Wild Places” by Field & Stream magazine and Trout Unlimited. The Alpine Triangle and the Roan Plateau join four other areas — including the Gila country of southern New Mexico, the Outlaw Triangle country on the Wyoming-Utah border, the Yaak Mountains of northwest Montana, and the Blue Lakes/Pine Forest region of northwest Nevada — on the list. According to Chris Hunt of Trout Unlimited’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Project, these areas face threats from unnecessary development that could impair their hunting and fishing resources. ...

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