pete mckay
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VIDEO: Sen. Michael Bennet has strong local backing for San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act
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With southwest Colorado leaders behind him, Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet will try again to extend protections to about 61,000 acres in the San Juan Mountains, home to some of the state’s highest peaks and most breathtaking landscapes. San Miguel County Commissioner Hilary Cooper was in Washington Thursday and as Bennet, the Democrat from Denver, introduced…