<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Discover thousands of dinosaur fossils at Dinosaur National Monument in CO, UT"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">President Joe Biden has not created a national monument since taking office. A group of top Colorado Democrats want that to change.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Two senators, a congressman and the governor sent a letter to Biden on Friday, pushing him to declare a ninth national monument in The Centennial State. It would be located in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, a preserve centered on Camp Hale near Vail, where the legendary 10th Mountain Division trained for alpine warfare during World War II.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">If Biden takes action, Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument would become the country's 130th national monument and the first since then-President Donald Trump declared Camp Nelson National Monument in Kentucky in 2018.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">'ABUSIVE FEDERAL OVERREACH':</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/travel/experience/national-parks/2022/08/25/utah-bears-ears-grand-staircase-escalante-national-monuments-biden/7892600001/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:4|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Utah sues Biden administration over restoration of national monuments on lands sacred to Native Americans</a></p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">"The history of this area, including the role that it played in preparing the 10th Mountain Division for some of the most difficult moments of World War II, makes it the ideal candidate for a national monument designation," Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Gov. Jared Polis and Rep. Joe Neguse <a target="_blank" href="https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/17B52176E834B872B2EB9C3385378422.bennet-hickenlooper-neguse-polis-letter-to-president-biden-re-core-august-2022.pdf" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">wrote in their letter to Biden</a>.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The request comes as a massive conservation bill including Camp Hale has stalled in Congress. <a target="_blank" href="https://www.bennet.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/2021/2/bennet-hickenlooper-neguse-introduce-core-act-to-protect-over-400-000-acres-of-public-land-and-strengthen-economy" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|inline click|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">The CORE Act was introduced by Bennet, Hickenlooper and Neguse</a> and Democrats contend the act would grow the state's outdoor recreation economy and protect public lands</p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:417px" data-g-r="lazy" data-gl-src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/08/26/USAT/7eff9fa8-e92a-4b05-b8c2-6fc35aed42d3-AP22238629240733.jpg?width=660&height=417&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" data-gl-srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/08/26/USAT/7eff9fa8-e92a-4b05-b8c2-6fc35aed42d3-AP22238629240733.jpg?width=1320&height=834&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="Camp Hale in Colorado is shown in this Jan. 14, 2021, file photo."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">But Colorado Republicans have called it a federal land...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/08/26/colorado-democrats-new-national-monument-rocky-mountains/7908250001/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
