by Staff Reporter, Montrose Daily Press

DELTA — Hikers and campers took to Dominguez Canyon this weekend to explore an area that stands to gain federal protection through a bill before Congress.

The Fourth Annual Wild Uncompahgre Weekend gave residents an opportunity to experience local wilderness; and visit an area included in legislation to establish more federal protection and resources for the Uncompahgre Plateau's canyonlands.

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by Lisa Huynh, Daily Press Writer

MONTROSE — The Gunnison River rangers have enviable summer jobs.

They steward the stretch of waterway that meanders through the Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. It's a landscape of ancient canyons and a river that sustains the myriad wildlife — golden eagles, beavers, mule deer, trout, the list goes on.

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by Katherine Boyle, LandLetter

From the sidewalks of inner-city Milwaukee to Alaska’s rugged White Mountains, thousands of volunteers will pick up litter, clear trails and repair fences to celebrate National Public Lands Day this Saturday.

Last year, nearly 100,000 volunteers across the country came out to help care for the federal, state and local lands that make up more than one-third of the United States’ territory. When the program began in 1994, there were 700 participants.

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