Udall and Tipton work toward making Monument into park

DENVER I U.S. Sen. Mark Udall and U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton unveiled a bipartisan proposal last week — stemming from their years-long discussion with Mesa County residents, businesses and leaders — to re-designate Colorado National Monument as a national park.
The community-driven recommendations, developed by a committee the lawmakers assembled in June 2013, reflect local residents’ and stakeholders’ concerns and interests about a possible re-designation.
“From Colorado’s earliest days, when John Otto first proposed making…