Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act letter to SEnator Gardner
In October 2020, 111 local elected officials from mountain communities across Colorado sent a letter to Senator Cory Gardner imploring him to actively support the Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy (CORE) Act this year.
The CORE Act will protect 400,000 acres of Colorado public land and designate nearly 80,000 acres as new recreation and conservation management areas that preserve existing outdoor uses such as hiking and mountain biking. It is the most significant and broadly-supported effort to protect Colorado’s most cherished lands, waters, and forests in a generation.
The majority of Colorado’s congressional delegation supports the CORE Act, which has passed the House of Representatives with bipartisan support twice. The CORE Act’s inclusion in the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) offers this Congress an opportunity to pass significant protections for Colorado public lands.