Letter: Wilderness Act would cut off access to land

Diana DeGette, representing the First District of Colorado, is once again proposing a large swath of land or 890,000 acres be set aside as part of the Colorado Wilderness Act of 2009. You may recall that U.S. Rep. DeGette proposed the same 1.65 million acres in 2007 that the Hidden Gems Wilderness proposal continues to solicit today. The 890,000 acres is just a subset of the original 1.65 million acres.
Last week, the Rangely Town…