Tipton Defends "Westerman" Bill

KDNK | By Raleigh Burleigh

Published July 7, 2017 at 12:10 PM MDT

KDNK had its monthly conversation with Congressman Scott Tipton. This time, News Director Raleigh Burleigh focused on House Bill 2936, the Resilient Federal Forests Act, co-sponsored by Tipton. This bill has met resistance by environmentalists, claiming that it would privatize public lands and undercut environmental laws. Scott Tipton defends the bill as necessary for the health of forests and communities.

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Raleigh Burleigh was raised in the historic floodplanes of Satank. The Carbondale Rotary Club sponsored him as a youth ambassador to Chile the year before his graduation from Roaring Fork High School. He studied International Affairs and Journalism at the University of Colorado, Boulder then applied those studies traveling throughout South America the following year. Returning to Carbondale thereafter, Raleigh acquired an internship with KDNK News which led to the opportunity to serve as News Director from 2017 to 2019. After another trip to South America in early 2019, Raleigh Burleigh drew deeper into the confluence as Program Director at KDNK. Raleigh now serves on KDNK's board of directors and as editor of Carbondale's weekly newspaper, The Sopris Sun.

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