white river national forest
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Fees announced for overnights in popular wilderness of Colorado
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Starting next year, you’ll have to pay to stay the night in some of Colorado’s most iconic, backcountry destinations. The U.S. Forest Service recently announced a permit program that will require a $10 fee per night per person staying in certain parts of the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. That goes for hikers along the Four Pass…
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Christmas Tree from Colorado lights up the U.S. Capitol
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After traveling over 1,800 miles cross-country, a Englemann spruce from Colorado brightened the sky outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, as many gathered around it to take in the red, green, yellow and blue lights. Members of the Colorado delegation, including U.S. Reps Diana DeGette, Joseph Neguse and Senators Michael Bennet and Cory Gardner, stood…
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Congressional committee approves bill to return some rental fees to ski areas
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WASHINGTON – A congressional bill moved forward Wednesday that would return at least half the rent paid by ski resorts to the national parks where they operate. Three members of Colorado’s delegation are primary sponsors of the proposed legislation. In Colorado, the White River National Forest near Aspen would be a big beneficiary of the Ski…
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Sens. Cory Gardner, Michael Bennet want to keep federal ski fees closer to the slopes
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Colorado Sens. Cory Gardner and Michael Bennet introduced a bill Tuesday that could help keep some of the money generated by fees for ski areas that use national forests closer to the slopes. Gardner, a Republican from Yuma, and Bennet, a Denver Democrat, along with Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, think a portion of…
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CO land bills reintroduced in Congress
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Three members of Colorado’s Congressional delegation reintroduced four bills related to public lands and land use issues across the state on Tuesday, Jan. 24. Democratic Rep. Jared Polis and Republican Reps. Scott Tipton and Doug Lamborn managed to get all four bills approved in the House of Representatives in the last session, but they did…
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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…
