Colorado U.S. Sen. Michael Bennett is trying to get the support of Congress to block new oil and gas drillilng on 74,000 acres in the western part of his home state.
The Democrat filed the Gunnison Outdoor Resource Protection (GORP) Act, a new legislative proposal that would safeguard more than 700,000 acres of public land in and around Gunnison County, if enacted by Congress reported the Vail Daily.
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