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<br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />Cool <br />High 46. Low 28 <br /> <br />Complete wPilthEof.l0B <br /> <br />September 2U. 1999 <br />11''' ..- <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />- - <br /> <br />... <br /> <br />... <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br />-- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />ON THE WEB <br />The Denver Post Online <br /> <br />- <br /> <br /> <br />.....~ <br />"J <br />,~ <br /> <br />ww"..aenwerpost.com <br /> <br />~ <br />- <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />Black Canyon park <br />step closer to reality <br /> <br />By Bill McAllister <br />Oenverf'~IW~st'i"Cl~'" B".."l.j("""r <br /> <br />WASlIINtiTON t\,lorild" so"m will <br />get ilsfirslrlt'w r,{ilmal park in almost <br />85)'('3r5. <br />The US Ij.,u....' ,'f Itl'!n'sentativcson <br />MOlldilY lInfHlimmdy ;'p~H'uv<<l It.gisla- <br />lion hy s,'ll. Ik-I~ N,g~Ul<Jrse Catnpbt>ll, R. <br />Colo., ft'fle!\ilo{n81ing t1w %,OOO-fool-deep <br />llIack ('3nyOl, .,f th'. l;unnison Nalional <br />Monument un 0.., Western Slupl-" as the <br />!\tatc'!> n..w"s! ff'<il'ral pl,lrk. <br />The LiII <II Ids a"vl11 !II,{f\Ii}acN'S tu tilt' <br />21,000 accf'S (,Urrl'lllly withill the mOllu- <br />ment's bord.'f"$, hIt l!l.wk t'.~IJYOD Supl'r- <br />inlf'lltknl SI,aiftlIl S1I'\'II' pmli('{t't1 that <br /> <br />Voice of the Rocky MOl/ntain Empire <br /> <br />tbf' most immedilltt' change most of the <br />canyon's 2.00.000 annual visitors will no- <br />ti<'E' will he its new name: lhe Black Can- <br />yon of thl'Gunnison National Park. <br />"Once I.he bill is siglWd inlo law (by <br />Prt'sident Clinton), the biggt'st change <br />will be fiE'W signs:' SWelt' said in an inter- <br />view shortly afiRe the House- votE'. Na- <br />tional parks and national monuml"nls ('5. <br />sentially arp managed under the same <br />rul~.hesaid. <br />Colorado lawmaken; dearly wert' (OX- <br />ci\.ft1 as tilt;> rnt'3sure, which has bet-n de- <br />bat...d ""jlhin lht' state for decades, <br />dl'aretl what many said was its last ma. <br />jor hurdle. <br />"Today is a big day for the state of C.ol- <br /> <br />arado:' said Hep_ S<'Ott Mcinnis. R-Grand <br />JUfl('lion, as the hill de-art'd tht' lIouf;(' <br />without opposition. <br />Not since Rocky Mountain National <br />Park was cn>att'd in 1915 has Colorado <br />had a new fetJeral park. McInnis told lhl' <br />lIouse. <br />"This is a victory for tM citin'n,~ of thl' <br />United States," Mcinnis said. <br />Campbell also expreSSf'tl dt'light with <br />Ult' lIouM' action, <br />"After working on this bill for nc>arly <br />14 )"t!ars, I am happy to say we'[1' almo..;,t <br />tht're:'lheSf'natorsaidina statement. <br />"Anyone 11I00 has visited UN> Black Can- <br /> <br />Please see PARK on 18A <br /> <br />^ <br /> <br />.J: <br /> <br />-\ <br /> <br />*254: - May vary outside metro Denver <br />-- -- <br />,-- - <br /> <br />- <br />- <br /> <br />Protecting the canyon <br />CoIofado's 2,l)()O..looHleep Black Canyon wovld be redesignated a national pari< under a bill thaI <br />cleared the House of Repi6sentallves Monday. The measure would add aboul1 0,000 acres to <br />lhe national monument created by President Franklrn D. Roosevelt in 1933, <br /> <br /> <br />"92r---- <br />, <br />--- ..',r-! \ <br />Gunmson River' <br /> <br />sii: <br /> <br />( <br /> <br />Ker <br />Bureau of Land Management lands <br />Gunnison Gorge Wilderness Area <br />Area released from <br />Federal Lands Policy and Managemern Act <br />GunniSon Gorge National Conservation Area <br />. Bureau of Land Management Withdrawal <br />National Park Service lands <br />Black Canyon National Park <br />(Formerly National Monument) <br />.. Black Canyon of tile Gunnison <br />Wilderness Expansion <br />transler!romBLM <br />Black Canyon National Park <br />~ tral'1sfar from BLM <br />..... -. Black Canyon N3tional ParX <br />~ p ~ If acqUired lrom wilhng sellers <br />~ Cureeanll National <br />347 Recreation Alea <br />f <br />~ <br /> <br />.'" <br /> <br />", <br /> <br /> <br />I.." <br /> <br />)" <br /> <br />COlOAAOCi~"'" <br />'-J\U"'" ('C-J <br />(.J Area <br />detailed <br /> <br />I <br />I' <br /> <br />\ Mont,"" <br /> <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />, . <br />" <br /> <br />Soo'","B<Jr~lIUollanclMan.~Uncompahq<"F,..ldCY.1!C;<! <br /> <br />The Oefr.-", Post,Pt1", PIlUIey <br /> <br />-~ <br /> <br />Tripp hits <br />back at foes <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />