Mesa, Montrose counties propose Dolores River nat'l conservation area

Scott Braden, a wilderness advocate with Conservation Colorado, relaxes on a rock in Coyote Wash, a short hike off the Dolores River, during a three-day float trip through Slick Rock Canyon, which is part of the Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area. (Photo by Lindsay Pierce/The Denver Post)

By Elise Schmelzer | eschmelzer@denverpost.com | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: July 27, 2024 at 6:00 AM MDT | UPDATED: July 27, 2024 at 6:03 AM MDT

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Two counties on Colorado's Western Slope published a plan to protect less land around the Dolores River than environmentalists' competing proposal for a national monument.

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New Dolores River protection proposal from counties has smaller scope than environmentalists’ plans

Mesa, Montrose counties’ conservation area would be less than a 10th of size of national monument

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