The Colorado Independent
November 11, 2011, David O. Williams

U.S. Rep. Jared Polis Thursday said he hopes a new report from the Department of Interior highlighting 18 backcountry areas for conservation protection, including several in Colorado, will spark action by Congress “in spite of partisan gridlock elsewhere.” Polis noted that the report, produced by Deputy Interior Secretary David Hayes and U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey, singles out lands included in the Boulder Democrat’s Eagle and Summit Counties Wilderness Preservation Act...

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