After the splash Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz made when he proposed then pulled a bill to sell off 3.3 million acres of public lands in 10 Western states this week, five bills by Colorado’s senators, Democrat Michael Bennet of Denver and Republican Cory Gardner of Yuma, seem awfully local.

Bennet and Gardner announced the bills they’re working on together Thursday afternoon, less than 24 hours after Chaffetz said he had had a change of heart on the bill that could have sold off 94,000 acres in 29 Colorado counties.

The package addresses individual projects related to water, wildlife, wildfires, adding land to Rocky Mountain National Park and adding more recreational area near Pikes Peak.

Gardner’s office described the bills this way:

“Colorado’s public lands are national treasures and I’m proud to work across the aisle to protect our state’s natural beauty,” Gardner said in an afternoon statement. “Each of these measures proposes a legislative fix that will have a lasting impact on Colorado and ensure future generations are able to enjoy Colorado’s great outdoors. I look forward to working with my colleagues to advance these bills through the legislative process.”

Bennet added. “Our public lands define Colorado and help drive our outdoor recreation economy. These bipartisan, commonsense measures will help to preserve our pristine lands, protect wildlife habitats and expand outdoor access for years to come.”

Scott Braden. the chief public lands advocate for Conservation, Colorado, characterized the bills as a good start during tough times for public lands because of partisan views.

“We appreciate that our Colorado senators are engaged on public lands issues and that both have committed to keeping public lands in public hands,” he said. “But sponsorship of these small, uncontroversial bills does not offset the other bad public lands policies that Sen. Gardner is currently pursuing. If Sen. Gardner wants to truly show his support of our public lands, then he needs to stand up against the radical agenda coming out of Washington D.C. This means voting against repealing the BLM methane rule, revoking his sponsorship for repealing the BLM’s new planning rule and rejecting any of the avalanche of other bad policy ideas for public lands that would hurt the Colorado way of life.”