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<br />CNN ~ COlorad1 canyon country p... wilwess - February 22, 1999 <br /> <br />http://cmenlNATURE/9902J22/COlorado.canYOn.enn/ <br /> <br />,1111;:::,,11 <br /> <br />conlenli <br />""" <br /> <br />"""'" <br />""'" <br /> <br />GET <br />3.9% APR <br />un.ODU(IO.. <br />IAn <br /> <br /> <br />2 of 3 <br /> <br />respondents supporting wilderness protection. <br /> <br />"Coloradans want to make sure there are places where they <br />can take the kids, get out on the land, and maybe see a <br />bobcat drinking from a stream or a golden eagle sailing in the <br />sky," said Susan Tixier, executive director of the Colorado <br />Environmental Coalition. <br /> <br />Despite the growing support from outfitters, sportsmen and <br />cItizens groups, the "usual suspects that tend to be <br />anti.wilderness" are bound to oppose the bill, said Suzanne <br />Jones, assistant regional director of The Wilderness Society <br /> <br />Those usual suspects include the oil and gas industry, <br />off-road vehicle users and the livestock. industry. <br /> <br />"This is the first step in what will be a long process," said <br />Jones as she pointed out that the last Colorado wilderness <br />legislation took 10 years to pass. <br /> <br />The 1.4 million.acre bill affects two percent of the entire <br />Colorado land base, It leaves 85 percent of the lands <br />managed by the Bureau of land Management open to oil <br />and gas drilling, mining, off-road vehicle use and other <br />development activities. <br /> <br />Protected in the legislation will be 49 areas, including Castle <br />Peak, home to black bear, elk and beaver; the Delores River <br />Canyon, where hundreds of rafters and canoeists come to <br />have fun each year; and the Vermillion Basin, containing <br />ancient petroglyphs and stunning rock formations. <br /> <br />Copyright 1999, EnVironmental News Network, All RighlS Reserved <br /> <br />RELATeO STORtES: <br /> <br />Government to buy Cumberland Island tract <br />February 19, 1999 <br />Clnton to DrODose $450 million DurCtlaseof vulneraDle land <br />Jilnuaryll,I999 <br /> <br />RELATED ENN STORIES: <br /> <br />BLM finds more UtilI'! w,lderness to declare <br />8 5 million acres or UUn wilds unorotected <br />ProtettJonufQe~4mofl!roadless,,~-> <br /> <br />RELATED SITES: <br /> <br />ColoradO ca'WOI'1 Countrt <br /> <br />Note: Pages will open 11'1 .. new browser window <br />E"r~miJl s,res are not endorsed tl.,. CN'" Inreract/Ye. <br /> <br />2/221992:22 PM <br />