Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, led U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), and U.S. Representatives Joe Neguse (D-Colo.), Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo.), and Diana DeGette (D-Colo.) in a letter urging the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to share information about its plan to implement the $10 billion in funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) to address a backlog of forest management needs.

ICYMI: Bennet, Neguse Pen Op-Ed Celebrating Designation of Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument

Bennet and Neguse: “This designation — which we’ve spent years fighting to secure — will immortalize Camp Hale’s singular legacy and protect this treasured landscape for generations to come.”

In case you missed it, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet and U.S. Representative Joe Neguse penned an op-ed today in the Vail Daily celebrating this week’s designation of the Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument.
U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, and Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) sent a letter to U.S. Forest Service Chief Randy Moore highlighting the significance of?Tribal stewardship over lands and waters that make up the National Forest System, and the need to continue collaborative participation from Tribal leadership and governments and the federal government.

VIDEO: 10th Mountain Division Veterans Discuss Importance of Camp Hale, Advocate for National Monument Designation

WWII Veteran Francis Lovett and Afghanistan Veteran Brad Noone Reflect on Their Time Spent at Camp Hale In and Out of Service

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet released a video of Francis Lovett, a 100 year-old WWII veteran, who trained at Camp Hale in the original 10th Mountain Division, and Brad Noone, a U.S. Army veteran who deployed to Afghanistan with the 10th Mountain Division, in which they reflect on their personal relationship to Camp Hale, discuss the importance of the site to veterans, Coloradans, and U.S. history, and advocate for national monument designation for the camp and its surrounding area.

Bennet Delivers More Than A Dozen New Letters from Coloradans to President Biden Urging Executive Action to Protect Landscapes in the CORE Act

Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes, Ranchers, Business Owners, Veterans’ Advocates, Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Advocates Voice Support for Executive Action to Protect Landscapes In the CORE Act

Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet delivered more than a dozen new letters from the Ute Mountain Ute and Southern Ute Tribes, ranchers, business owners, veterans’ advocates, and conservation and outdoor recreation champions urging President Joe Biden to use his Presidential authorities, including the Antiquities Act, to protect key landscapes included in the Colorado Outdoor Recreation & Economy (CORE) Act and make Camp Hale and the Tenmile Range a national monument.

Bennet, Neguse, Colleagues Urge Administration to Increase Investments in the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Bicameral, Bipartisan Letter Requests $450 Million to Bennet-championed Land and Water Conservation Fund

Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture’s Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, joined Colorado U.S. Representative Joe Neguse and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a letter to U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and other Biden Administration cabinet officials requesting increased investments to the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in Fiscal Year 2024 (FY24).
View and Download Photos and B-Roll of Fly Over HERE Denver — Today, Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Chairman of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources, Deputy Secretary of the Interior Tommy Beaudreau and Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) Commissi...