The Coloradoan
May 8, 2008, Kevin Duggan

A decades-long effort to formally designate Rocky Mountain National Park as a wilderness area took a major step forward Wednesday. The U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee unanimously approved legislation granting wilderness status to the park and portions of adjacent national forest. The measure will go on for consideration by the full Senate, a move the park's superintendent called significant. ...

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