Federal Bureau of Land Management officials on Tuesday delayed a push to open 18,316 acres in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve for oil and gas ...

First recognized and protected by President Herbert Hoover in 1932, the Great Sand Dunes contain the largest dunes in North America. Every year, around 320,000 visitors, many of them children and ...

Related Articles. Battle intensifies over drilling next to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve and Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Environmental groups are opposing proposed oil and gas ...

The Great Sand Dunes are a geological wonder. Estimated to be 440,000 years old, they’re continually being shaped by the forces of wind and water between the San Juan Mountains and the Sangre de ...

The concepts also include a new multimodal trail that would follow Highway 150 on the wilderness boundary, connecting the Great Sand Dunes entrance sign to the visitor center and the Dunes.

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And no TV, phones or pools, in keeping with the wilderness atmosphere. ... CO 81330. For Great Sand Dunes, call 1-719-378-2312 or write Great Sand Dunes National Monument, 11999 Hwy. 150 ...

In the resolution, Commissioner Miles Lucero wrote that Pueblo County's proximity to public lands like San Isabel National Forest, Lake Pueblo State Park, Great Sand Dunes National Park, and ...

The sand dunes here are, rather shockingly, the tallest in all of North America. In this 30-square-mile dune field, five tower at more than 700 feet; the tallest, Star Dune, is 750 feet tall.