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Editorial: This river could be Colorado’s next national monument

Bennet and Hickenlooper have reintroduced the Dolores River Conservation and Special Management Area

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OF MAY 13-14--FILE--The Dolores River is shown north of the McPhee Reservoir Dam toward Slickrock, Colo., part of Colorado's Western Slope, in this Aug. 1997 file photo. President Clinton's plan to ban road building in 43 million acres of roadless forests brought complaints from environmentalists _ something that has become rare in the final year of Clinton's term. The conservation movement has been on a major winning streak with monument designations and land-use plans that would restrict logging, mining and off-road vehicle use throughout the West.
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND OF MAY 13-14–FILE–The Dolores River is shown north of the McPhee Reservoir Dam toward Slickrock, Colo., part of Colorado’s Western Slope, in this Aug. 1997 file photo. President Clinton’s plan to ban road building in 43 million acres of roadless forests brought complaints from environmentalists _ something that has become rare in the final year of Clinton’s term. The conservation movement has been on a major winning streak with monument designations and land-use plans that would restrict logging, mining and off-road vehicle use throughout the West.
By | mschrader@denverpost.com
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This area needs a comprehensive plan and Bennet and Hickenlooper are right to seek something legislatively. But another intriguing conversation is bubbling up like a spring in this Western landscape filled with old mining claims and irreplaceable Native American artifacts and cultural sites.
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