{"id":2441788,"date":"2019-03-15T22:40:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T04:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/in-snowmass-hickenlooper-heralds-ecoflight-calls-on-other-nonprofits\/"},"modified":"2019-03-15T22:40:00","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T04:40:00","slug":"in-snowmass-hickenlooper-heralds-ecoflight-calls-on-other-nonprofits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/in-snowmass-hickenlooper-heralds-ecoflight-calls-on-other-nonprofits\/","title":{"rendered":"In Snowmass, Hickenlooper heralds EcoFlight, calls on other nonprofits"},"content":{"rendered":"
Democratic presidential hopeful and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, right, and Aspen resident Ray Peritz at the EcoFlight inaugural gala Friday at the home of David and Laurie Bonderman.<\/strong>
Jason Auslander\/The Aspen Times<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Presidential hopeful and former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper wants such outdoor companies as REI and Patagonia to take the next step and band together to protect the outdoors.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want the outdoor industry to engage in nonpartisan political action,\u201d Hickenlooper said. \u201cThe (National Rifle Association) \u2026 has 5 million members. REI has 15 million members.\u201d<\/p>\n

But just as important to the idea are conservation nonprofits like EcoFlight, one of the Roaring Fork Valley\u2019s more unique environmental groups, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201c(The idea) fits perfectly with EcoFlight,\u201d Hickenlooper said Friday evening during the nonprofit\u2019s inaugural gala. \u201cWhat EcoFlight is dedicated to \u2026 is this whole notion of public lands.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we have in the United States is so different from almost any place in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 17-year-old organization\u2019s mission is to take scientists, journalists, politicians of every stripe, high school students, filmmakers, ranchers and just about anyone else concerned with the environment up in a small airplane so they can see the big picture. The aerial view they get provides a perspective on the environment like no other, said Bruce Gordon, EcoFlight\u2019s founder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe give the land a voice,\u201d Gordon told the Times in January 2018, noting that EcoFlight was a sort of environmental air force.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Hickenlooper said he\u2019d known Gordon a long time and was an immediate supporter of EcoFlight because \u201cit was able to change people\u2019s perspectives.\u201d He praised Gordon and his partner, Jane Pargiter, for their willingness to improve everyone\u2019s knowledge of the environment.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ll take anyone up,\u201d Hickenlooper said.<\/p>\n

Before Hickenlooper\u2019s remarks to the gala crowd at Laurie and David Bonderman\u2019s home in the Snowmass Village area, he talked about his first two weeks on the campaign trail. So far, his trips to Iowa have revealed an agitated electorate, he said, that might significantly drive turn out for the 2020 presidential race.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey might have 50 percent more presidential caucuses (this election season),\u201d Hickenlooper said.<\/p>\n

He said he thinks he\u2019s got a good chance to come out on top of the field of Democrats seeking the nomination because he\u2019s a pragmatist who knows how to put together a group of people that can get things done.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a doer,\u201d Hickenlooper said. \u201cIf you\u2019re trying to rebuild the country after the damage of Trump \u2014 someone\u2019s got to be a doer.<\/p>\n

\u201cDefeating Donald Trump is absolutely essential, but it\u2019s not sufficient. Sufficient is how you bring people together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hickenlooper is one of 13 Democrats running so far for the right to challenge Trump for president next year.<\/p>\n

jauslander@aspentimes.com<\/p>\n

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