COLORADO GAINS ANOTHER NATIONAL PARK.

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The Black Canyon of the Gunnison will soon be a national park, the first new one in Colorado in almost 85 years. The 2,000-foot-deep canyon, made by the roaring Gunnison River, slices through dark rocks that give it its name. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared the area a national monument in 1933. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously approved legislation in September...