national parks
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Government shutdown could trigger furloughs in Colorado Springs, close Rocky Mountain National Park
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A looming government shutdown could leave tens of thousands of employees in Colorado Springs without a paycheck and close many government services. A funding bill requires 60 votes to be adopted in the Senate. Senate Republicans only have a three-seat net majority, which means it cannot pass if only the 53 Republicans in the Senate vote for…
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Free day coming up at national parks in Colorado
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A visit to one of America’s highest-regarded natural treasures is one way to celebrate Earth Day. Even better: You can do it while saving money. Earth Day is April 22, which happens to coincide with the start of National Park Week. It’s one of the few days on the year when the National Park Service…
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Record spending reported at Colorado’s national parks in 2021
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Visitors spent more money than ever at Colorado’s national parks in 2021, according to a government report. The annual report determined 7.8 million parkgoers collectively spent an estimated $560 million, with most of that going toward lodging, eating and filling up the gas tank. Those expenses and more supported 7,570 jobs in and around Colorado’s…
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Study links air pollution to drop in national park visitors
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Visitors appear to be steering clear of some U.S. national parks or cutting visits short because of pollution levels that are comparable to what’s found in major cities, according to a study released Wednesday. Researchers at Iowa State and Cornell universities looked at more than two decades of data on ozone pollution at 33 parks…
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Colorado’s Tipton wants to open more federal land for livestock grazing
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton recommended the government enlist help from ranchers and farmers to better protect federal lands during a congressional hearing this week. Congress is considering legislation that would open hundreds of thousands of additional acres of federal land to grazing by livestock. Much of western Colorado is federally administered public…
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Tipton bill would let kids visit national parks free
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – A congressional committee on Wednesday approved a bill that would give fourth graders and supervising adults free entry into national parks. The Every Kid Outdoors Act – co-sponsored by Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Cortez – is intended to help children learn about nature while giving them exercise. The bill was part…
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Insights: Common ground on guns remains slippery and muddy in Colorado
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Maybe if partisans didn’t go too far. I don’t know. It confounds me why we can’t talk constructively about guns in this state, or this nation, without both sides shutting down. Indecision lives in gridlock. If one side didn’t insinuate the other doesn’t care about dead children, would that be so hard to do for…
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Not a done deal yet: Interior extends comment period on park admissions hike
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Those concerned about a 250 percent hike in admission cost to 17 of the nation’s most popular national parks have another month to lodge a comment, after the Department of Interior heeded a request from Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner and others to give people more time. While Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, is asking people…
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Insights: Hiking national park fees picks winners and losers
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Teddy Roosevelt, the Republican father of our national parks, said it in 1906. “The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books,” the old Rough Rider said. That’s why you find Teddy Roosevelt, and not Franklin Delano Roosevelt, creator…
