By SARAH FLOWER

Sen. John Hickenlooper, seated front in dory, joined a float on the  Animas River in Durango on Friday with local business leaders and conservationists, celebrating public lands day.
CREDIT MEDIA TEAM, SENATOR HICKENLOOPER

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation and Economy Act is one that newly-elected U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper campaigned on in 2020. KSUT’s Sarah Flower discusses the CORE Act with Hickenlooper and how it will preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness throughout the state.