Outdoor Retailer, the multimillion-dollar outdoor industry trade show, is officially ditching Utah in protest over anti-public lands sentimentfrom the state’s politicians, and industry leaders will be looking for a new home.

Nothing against the Beehive State, but Colorado is a natural fit for the Outdoor Retailer show, and our comparatively placid elected officials are waiting with open arms and a playground of 13.8 million acres of national forest.

Let’s start the pitch with the crux of the problem: Our politicians are simply less extreme.

Perhaps it’s the legal pot and microbreweries, but our elected officials seem slightly less unhinged.

Sure, we’ve got our fair share of public lands debate: conservatives who advocate for more drilling and mining and liberals who’d like activity limited to bird watching.

Read more at The Denver Post