Advocates get signatures to change monument to park

Elevating Colorado National Monument to a national park could reverse the economic slide of the Grand Valley, the chairman of the Junior College Baseball World Series said. “With what I consider the slow death of western Colorado, it’s time to shake things up,” said Jamie Hamilton, who also chairs Home Loan State Bank. “We have to do something to shake up this economy. It’s something to drive additional tourism. It just makes sense.” Backers of the upgrade of Colorado National Monument to a national park need to pipe up, U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton said. He and Sen. Mark Udall, D-Colo., are waiting to hear back from a committee drafted to write a bill promoting Colorado National Monument to a national park. “Grand Junction, Fruita, Mesa County, we’ve got to see public support for it,” Tipton said Friday...more

A nice reminder about National Monuments.  They can eventually become a National Park which means no hunting, no grazing and entry fees.