Tag: Colorado Plateau
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John Otto saw ‘the heart of the world’ in western Colorado — but it’s often missed today
Colorado National Monument occupies the same plateau as Arches and Canyonlands national park — but here, the people are much fewer. And while the 23-mile point-to-point cruise on Rim Rock Drive is the most common way to experience the preserve from above, not to be missed is the spectacular venture below. (Video: Seth Boster/The Gazette)…
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RIVER TOWNS: GRAND JUNCTION | Managing popularity amid climate struggles on the Gunnison and Colorado rivers
Dave Fishell pulled his pickup truck off of the serpentine road ascending the Colorado National Monument, overlooking Grand Junction in Mesa County. He had spied a family visiting from Buffalo attempting to take a selfie and stepped out to offer his services as a photographer — in addition to his role as local historian. “If…
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CHOICE CUTS | How competing redistricting requirements will reshape Colorado’s congressional map
Note: This story has been updated to accommodate developments that happened the week of June 7. Colorado’s congressional redistricting commission has grappled with months-delayed census data, legislators trying to unconstitutionally tweak their procedures, a state Supreme Court case to defend their independence and the takedown of their first chairman over his controversial Facebook posts —…