Political Quotes

“In Colorado, I think I mentioned before, we have an area the size of Rocky Mountain National Park that is held by the public across the State of Colorado, but it is inaccessible. You can't get to it. The Land and Water Conservation Fund provides this opportunity to get to that, to access land. I heard my colleague Senator Daines talk about how a significant portion of the fishing access in Montana--he just talked about it--is through the Land and Water Conservation Fund. We have projects in the Rio Grande National Forest through portions of Colorado and into Texas, where the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge has benefited. I think it was Will Rogers who once said that the Rio Grande was the only river he ever saw that was in need of irrigation. I think if you look at the Land and Water Conservation Fund, that is something we can all benefit from. Of course, while we don't directly border Montana, we do border New Mexico. There was an article recently featured, I think, by the Nature Conservancy, about Colorado's newest State park. It is in southern Colorado, right outside a little town called Trinidad, and it will encompass a local landmark known as Fisher's Peak. Trinidad has a great and amazing history in the West, from mining to agriculture and the challenges that mining and agriculture have posed over the years, and forestry and other things.…”