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Biden makes Colorado’s Camp Hale first national monument of his presidency
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Joined by two surviving members of a division that specialized in fighting in mountainous conditions during World War II, President Joe Biden designated Camp Hale as an official national monument – the first new monument of his presidency. Located near Leadville, Camp Hale is where the 10th Mountain Division trained for mountain and winter warfare during…
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Biden travels to Colorado to designate Camp Hale as national monument
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President Biden arrives in Colorado ahead of Camp Hale visit9News President Joe Biden will travel to Colorado on Wednesday to establish Colorado’s Camp Hale as a national monument, acquiescing to a years-long request from the state’s political leaders. The Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument is the first entirely new monument designation since Biden took office. The…
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Biden to designate Colorado’s Camp Hale as national monument, report says
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President Joe Biden is set to make Camp Hale an official national monument next week during a trip to Colorado. The Los Angeles Times reported the development on Thursday, saying Biden and Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet will host an event on Wednesday for the official designation. Camp Hale will be the first entirely new monument…
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Dozens of state leaders urge Biden to preserve Colorado’s public lands
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Dozens of state politicians and local leaders wrote to President Joe Biden, urging him to use his executive powers to protect Colorado’s public lands by designating Camp Hale and a surrounding mountain range as a national historic monument. Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range are where the 10th Mountain Division trained for mountain and winter…
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Bennet, Polis roll out wilderness bill to tout public lands ahead of Outdoor Retailer show
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Not since December of 2014, when Republicans controlled both chambers but not the White House, has a federal wilderness bill in Colorado been approved by Congress. The climate would seem even more unfavorable these days, with the GOP now firmly in charge of Congress and the executive branch and President Donald Trump using his power…
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Veterans group backs wilderness bill after Bennet adds Camp Hale
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When Garett Reppenhagen, an honorably discharged cavalry scout and a sniper with the U.S. Army First Infantry Division, returned to his home state of Colorado in 2005 after serving in Kosovo and Iraq, the wilderness advocate recovered by spending time on public lands. “When I came home I looked to the outdoors kind of instinctively…
