With its new visitor center, Chimney Rock National Monument will be ready to welcome those visitors and others who seek to learn more about the cultural resources of Southwest Colorado.

Today (Sept. 21) President Barack Obama declared Chimney Rock, in Colorado's San Juan National Forest, a national monument, according to a release from the U.S. Department of the Interior.

The public will have more time to comment on a proposal to lease land for drilling near the Chimney Rock National Monument in southwest Colorado. The comment period on an environmental review of ...

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CHIMNEY ROCK NATIONAL MONUMENT – To archaeo-astronomers ... a professor of astrophysics at the University of Colorado Boulder, hears. She studies, among other things, the relationship ancient ...

Sen. Michael Bennet and Rep. Scott Tipton of Colorado have sponsored bills for Congress to designate Chimney Rock a national monument, but the legislation has stalled. They say the designation ...

(AP) - Dozens of people are telling members of Congress their thoughts on a proposal to designate the Chimney Rock ... as a national monument. The office of Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado says ...

Southwestern Colorado's 4,700-acre Chimney Rock Archaeological Area will on Friday be designated a national monument, according to Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo. The designation, which President ...

WASHINGTON, Sept 21 (Reuters) - Colorado's Chimney Rock, an archeological site spiritual to Native Americans, was named a national monument on Friday by President Barack Obama. The 4,726-acre ...

A dramatic rock formation in southwestern Colorado that was home to ancestors ... Obama signed a proclamation Friday creating Chimney Rock National Monument, preserving nearly 5,000 acres of ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Colorado's Chimney Rock, an archeological site spiritual to Native Americans, was named a national monument on Friday by President Barack Obama. The 4,726-acre (1,912 ...