Grand Junction Free Press
April 3, 2009, Editorial

President Obama signed legislation this week setting aside more than 2 million acres as protected wilderness. About 65,000 of those acres are just south of town in what will from now on be known as the Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Area. Under the Wilderness Act of 1964, wilderness areas were identified for their primitive characteristics and set aside for protection and conservation — no man-made improvements or structures and mechanized or motorized equipment allowed — just wilderness....

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