The GORP Act: “Homegrown Conservation for Gunnison County”

With rolling fields of sage, spectacular alpine wildflowers, and subalpine forests, Gunnison County is quintessential Colorado. The Gunnison Basin boasts some of the state’s most productive big game units, a long heritage of family ranching operations, and world-class outdoor recreation opportunities. Senator Michael Bennet’s Gunnison Outdoor Resources Protection (GORP) Act will protect key portions of this incredible landscape for generations of future Coloradans through a variety of public land management tools, including special designations focused on recreation, wildlife, scientific research, and conservation.

The GORP Act was developed through a decade of collaboration with local governments and public land users. It has bipartisan support from six counties, several local municipalities, the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, a broad array of public land users, and local businesses. The bill is based on a consensus 2019 proposal developed by the Gunnison Public Lands Initiative, a working group formed by Gunnison County that includes summer and winter motorized use, mountain bikers, conservation groups, water users, ranchers, hunters and anglers.

Click here to read the GORP Act.