John Hickenlooper: “Coloradans overwhelmingly support protecting our public…”

“I think it's almost, maybe it's more than $17 billion for Colorado's economy and employed. I think it's 130,000 Coloradans. I mean, that's no joke. Those are big numbers for any state. Coloradans overwhelmingly support protecting our public lands... 75, 80, sometimes 85% of voters. who support the protections for our public lands. That doesn't seem to stop or slow down the Trump administration. They're threatening all of that. They fired over 3,400 U.S. forest Service employees.” (17:59–18:09)

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