Colorado public land advocates say Interior Department review of highly protective wilderness policies ‘is laying the groundwork for an attack’

Colorado public land advocates say Interior Department review of highly protective wilderness policies ‘is laying the groundwork for an attack’

Public land advocates are speaking out after the U.S. Department of Interior launched a broad review of its policies that protect remote and undeveloped places recognized under federal law as “wilderness.” The Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service all began soliciting public feedback on wilderness-related policies earlier this month, according to the federal register. Wilderness areas, which are desi…