[T]he assault on federal lands is ramping up and Colorado can be a bulwark against it.

Coloradans must fight back. Gratefully, our representatives appear to be staging to do so. And a fight it will be.

America’s greatest asset — aside from our freedom — is our public lands.

We must not only preserve the lands we have but grow them in the face of our ever-increasing population, growth and development.

Jeff Hurd needs to take a clear stance on the potential sell-off of public lands.

The issue is buried under the Trump administration’s flurry of provocative moves aimed at trimming the size and scope of the federal government.