Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!
State Poet Laureate Dave Mason read at the Capitol this week to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the Wilderness Act -- and the more than 9 million acres it has protected from development since it passed.