Washington, Feb. 9 -- Congresswoman Diana DeGette issued the following press release:
Today, Congresswoman Diana DeGette (CO-01) reintroduced the Colorado Wilderness Act, a landmark bill that would permanently protect more than 720,000 acres of wilderness across 36 distinct areas in Colorado with the highest level of federal protection available.
The legislation comes as the Trump administration has spent the past year selling off public lands (https://iqconnect.house.gov/iqextranet/iqClickTrk.aspx?&cid=CO01DD&crop=0000.0000.0000.0000&report_id=&redirect=https%3a%2f%2fwww.americanprogress.org%2farticle%2fthe-trump-administrations-expansive-push-to-sell-out-public-lands-to-the-highest-bidder%2f&redir_log=264618350097904) to oil and gas com...