In the country. And the significant opportunities for conservation which is the crown jewel of conservation programs and of course our National Parks. Its not Just National parks, of course. Its our forests, grounds, and efforts we have with the bureau of indian education. I thought i would talk specifically about some colorado projects today and what land and Water Conservation fund has meant for colorado. This is a photo of wilson peak in colorado, rises over telluride in southwest colorado. Its one of the 54 mountains in colorado that top 14,000 feet. Climbers and hikers eager to summit the 14,017 foot wilson peak have been frustrated for years by key access being blocked by land that made it impossible to get to. Wilson peak remained the last in colorado without public access. Through nine years of complex land negotiations and funding, the trust for public land purchased 25 patented mining claims, including the summit and key porptions of the main summit portions of the main summi
Both have a busy three stop tour in colorado today. Bill clinton campaigning for his wife this morning in pueblo, followed by afternoon events in denver and fort collins. For carson, hell make his first stop in Colorado Springs today, and then hes headed to castle rock, ending the day in aurora. Both are zeroing in on colorado hoping to sway young and undecided voters. The rush for the last minute face time comes as the most recent tightening. A university of denver poll released wednesday showed clinton and trump in a dead heat. Also taking part in a last Minute Campaign stop senator bernie sanders. Hell be in colorado saturday, starting his Campaign Tour off with a visit in Colorado Springs, followed by a visit in aurora stumping for Hillary Clinton. Of course, the obvious differences aside, both will be pushing to sway those undecided jamie, thank you so much. A new cbs news poll out yesterday Shows Hillary clinton leading donald trump nationally by just 3 points. The candidates are
We had last week, therefore mainly rain here, break down the timing straight ahead. Right now straight over the joel. Well, ashton the maps colorful this morning as you head to the western slope. So this is all to the west of vail pass. You get to the east of that and its pretty good . . 9wdrive out there. But gypsum glenwood springs, rifle, debeck return to speeds to the west of debeck. But the pink the possibility of ice and britt its just icy along i70. Its right next to the river plus theres nothing underneath it. Its vale ited out there elevated out there and it becomes a skating relationship. After a Denver Elementary School is vandalized with antisemitic graffiti. Cbs4s Shawn Chitnis is reporting on this one and right now police are trying to figure out are trying to figure out whos responsible. Reporter right britt and theyre hoping the security cameras in the area by the school may give them the clue parents are going to bring students back to school for the First Time Since t
State towards greeley, some thunder in parts of weld county and further south is where we currently have those flood warnings. There you see the area shaded in maroon still under that flash flood warning. Its part of the same system spinning over northern new mexico. The upslope flow is bringing storms from the south to the north and from the west to the east. Additional rainfall this evening will be most gens foothills in the metro area and closer to the foothills we could see possibly up to. 1 of an inch of rain additionally through this evening. We wont get rid of the clouds. Its so humid. In some Higher Elevations we could see more snow accumulated. Through tonight our temperatures are expected to drop into the 50s. Theres the rockies forecast as our temperatures will be in the 70s at the start of the game and through the end of the game you might need to use that sweater as we continue with those mostly cloudy skies. Were about 10 degrees cooler than 24 hours ago because of all th
Neighborhood lie a variety of metals. And and each yellow flag marks an item of interest. Most of this is probably gonna be names. Reporter but some may indicate a military explosive. It is possible. And thats what were trying to find out. Reporter the nearby hayden park on Green Mountain was used by the National Guard in the early 1900s for artillery training. Last year an investigation organized by the department of defense found park that had to be destroyed. Now investigators want to determine if there are any hazardous items in this decadesold neighborhood. Why warrant this done wasnt this done before this neighborhood was built . It goes back to how the government turned over property in the past. And the mistakes that were made at that point. Reporter the governmentcontracted crews will spend the next couple weeks marking yards before eventually explosives. Even though the yellow flags are littering these lawns now, it may not be as bad as it looks. I do not believe were going t