After defeating plan to sell public land, coalition of Colorado advocates keeps up the fight

After defeating plan to sell public land, coalition of Colorado advocates keeps up the fight

At first, Sen. John Hickenlooper didn’t think Sen. Mike Lee’s plan to force the Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management to sell as much as 3 million acres was real. But he saw the Republican Utah senator’s proposal. And then came the outcry.  More than 62,000 emails and 5,000 calls in the first couple weeks, all but a few in vehement opposition to Lee’s plan.  “We only have eight people working the phones. I should be giving those guys meda…