{"id":2458316,"date":"2020-05-11T21:29:42","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=325580"},"modified":"2020-05-11T21:29:42","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:29:42","slug":"gov-polis-eases-some-restrictions-on-coloradans-says-people-can-camp-at-state-parks-starting-tuesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/gov-polis-eases-some-restrictions-on-coloradans-says-people-can-camp-at-state-parks-starting-tuesday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Polis eases some restrictions on Coloradans, says people can camp at state parks starting Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis makes a point during a news conference to update reporters on the state’s efforts to stem the rise of the new coronavirus Wednesday, May 6, 2020, in Denver.<\/strong>
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Gov. Jared Polis announced on Monday that he is easing some more restrictions on Coloradans\u2019 movement and that people will be able to go camping at state parks starting on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

He encouraged those who choose to go camping to fill up their car with gas and supplies so they don\u2019t have to go to stores and potentially infect people in towns they are visiting.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t risk infecting areas that have been free from the virus or, perhaps, acquire the virus,\u201d he said. \u201cWe want to limit those interactions. Just enjoy the outdoors for the sake of the outdoors, rather than taking this as a tourism opportunity to visit other communities in the state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The decision to allow Coloradans to travel for camping competes with the governor\u2019s order that people not travel more than 10 miles from their homes<\/a> to recreate. Polis did not say how enforcement would be carried out under the contradictory announcements, but indicated that as long as people are avoiding shops and gas stations in communities other than their own that it would be OK.<\/p>\n

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