Meet Colorado’s members of congress

D-Statewide

In February, Senator Bennet was joined by Senator Hickenlooper to reintroduce the CORE Act, which would protect some 420,000 acres of public land in Colorado, from the Continental Divide to the San Juan Mountains.

D-Statewide

In April, Senator Hickenlooper introduced an amendment to the Senate’s budget resolution to prevent the sell-off of public lands. It was voted down by a slim margin.

D-District 1 (Denver)

Notable Public Lands: District 1 may not contain public lands, but it depends on them for clean air, water, and recreation. Representative DeGette has sponsored the Colorado Wilderness Act in every Congress since 1999.

D-District 2 (North Central Colorado)

Notable Public Lands: District 2 is home to both Colorado’s first national park, the iconic Rocky Mountain National Park, and newest national monument, Camp Hale-Continental Divide National Monument.

R-District 3 (Western Slope, San Luis Valley, and Pueblo)

Notable Public Lands: District 3 contains a large portion of the state’s Bureau of Land Management lands, including the high desert canyon country of McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area.

R-District 4 (Eastern Plains)

Notable Public Lands: Hike through Colorado’s wide open short-grass prairie or come for the world-class bird watching in District 4’s Pawnee National Grasslands.

R-District 5 (Colorado Springs)

Notable Public Lands: District 5’s Pike National Forest is home to the iconic Pikes Peak. Know as “America’s Mountain,” Pikes Peak is one of our nation’s most accessible and widely-visited mountains.

D-District 6 (Aurora)

Notable Public Lands: Two Ponds National Wildlife Refuge is in the heart of Aurora, providing public access to native prairies ecosystems and important habitat for migrating birds.

D-District 7 (Central Colorado)

Notable Public Lands: District 7 is home to the most popular whitewater in North America and over 100 miles of Gold Medal trout waters in Browns Canyon National Monument.

R-District 8 (Adams and Weld Counties)

Notable Public Lands: District 8 includes the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, which provides an opportunity to step into nature right on Denver’s doorstep.