Seventeen-thousand acres.
I want to express my appreciation for the extensive work of Representative Salazar and his staff in putting this bill together and working w...
This bill would designate over 22,000 acres of National Forest and Bureau of Land Management land in southwestern Colorado as wilderness.
It would also establish over 21,000 acres of National Forest as the Sheep Mountain Special Management Area.
Finally, the bill would withdraw from mineral entry over 6,500 acres in the Naturita Canyon area, a striking canyon west of Telluride, Color...
Just for the record, I'd be happy to work with you and his office on that issue and any others that might come up.
Let's keep the conversation alive in that regard, if we might.
I'm certainly willing and, I think, able to be engaged, as well, in moving those discussions along.
I look forward, as one Senator, to supporting it when it comes to the floor of the Senate.
Wouldn't the fuels treatment perhaps reduce that severity effect?
There are certainly those who would suggest there is a difference between timber harvesting and fuel reduction.