CORE Act Campaign

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GRANT NAME:
CORE Act Campaign
GRANTEE:
Conservation Colorado
LOCATION
Denver, CO
AMOUNT
$50,000
Year
2019

To help pass the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act, which will preserve 400,000 iconic acres of Colorado’s public lands, including: new wilderness and recreation areas for the Continental Divide and Camp Hale in the White River National Forest; lands in the San Juan Mountains that have been long-proposed for wilderness protection; withdrawal of the Thompson Divide from future oil and gas drilling; and the Curecanti National Recreation Area, which will be formally established as part of the National Park system.