Colorado NewsConservationists in Colorado are dreaming big. In a time of political turmoil and legislative impotence, a consortium of Colorado conservation groups are floating an audacious plan to conserve 30% of the land in the state — roughly 20 million acres — by 2030. Since statehood, the state has protected only 6 million acres. The state is losing open land more quickly than it is protecting it. Since 2001, about a half-million acres in Colorado has been lost to development. [...]
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