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This week on Regional Roundup: Dolores Huerta speaks in Denver, immigrant advocacy in the Mountain West, ICE and mental health, mining on public lands, and more.

Some 45 people turned out at Thursday night’s meeting of the Montezuma County Planning and Zoning Commission to voice opposition to a proposed “glamping” development near Mancos. At the end of the two-and-a-half-hour hearing on the proposal, the commission voted 3 to 2 to recommend denial.

This week on Regional Roundup: the impact of recreation on public lands, immigration law updates, a Moab prom tradition, and a Jackson protest supporting park employees.

The field of study examines human behavior and the natural environment to understand how people interact with wildlands, and how to create experiences that preserve natural resources while promoting the benefits of outdoor recreation. We hear from a scholar that studies recreation ecology.

How to turn outdoor recreation into more money for Montezuma County. That was the focus of a presentation Monday at the county commissioners’ workshop.

The Colorado Outdoor Recreation Economy Act would protect 400,000 acres of public lands across the state, including the Thompson Divide near Carbondale.…

Climate change and overuse are causing one of the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs, Lake Powell, to drop. While water managers worry about scarcity…

Mesa Elementary School is switching to online learning for two weeks after the school was notified of at least one COVID-19 case.Colorado state health…

Shut out of more traditional competition, runners hit the trails in a quest to set Fastest Known Records.

Kayaks and bicycles are now almost impossible to find in stores across the country. People who were able to keep their jobs and those who got expanded unemployment benefits have been driving demand.