Colorado’s Curecanti recreation area is latest to win dark sky status

It’s the first federally managed national recreation area to receive designation

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Courtesy of Troy Hunt, National Park Service
Milky Way Galaxy as viewed from the Elk Creek Campground in the Curecanti National Recreation Area near Gunnison, Colorado.
By Bruce Finley | bfinley@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
PUBLISHED: August 5, 2021 at 4:04 p.m. | UPDATED: August 5, 2021 at 4:04 p.m.

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Bruce Finley | Environment Reporter

Bruce Finley covers environment issues, the land air and water struggles shaping Colorado and the West. Finley grew up in Colorado, graduated from Stanford, then earned masters degrees in international relations as a Fulbright scholar in Britain and in journalism at Northwestern. He is also a lawyer and previously handled international news with on-site reporting in 40 countries.