[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 84 (Monday, June 7, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4615-S4616]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING CHARLIE MEYERS

 Mr. BENNET. Madam President, today I wish to honor the memory 
of Charlie Meyers.
  For decades, Charlie Meyers spoke up for Colorado's rivers and 
wildlife on the pages of the Denver Post. An award-winning outdoors 
writer and dedicated conservationist, Meyers shined a light on the 
threats to our State's treasured mountains and fishing holes as only a 
true outdoorsman could.
  In his final column, Meyers told his readers about ``Fairplay Beach'' 
in Park County, a ``minor marvel,'' as he called it, ``filled with 
angling delights 
. . . threatened by a variety of perils that demand attention, and 
soon.''
  Meyers was a native of Sicily Island, LA, and a graduate of Louisiana 
State University. He first joined the Post

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staff in 1966, and after a brief departure, he returned to stay in 
1971. Meyers was inducted into the Colorado Ski Hall of Fame in 1993 
and won the International Ski Federation's FIS Journalist Award in 
1999. He was the fourth American to win it.
  A gifted wordsmith, Meyers was able to illustrate the beauty of 
Colorado and express just how much that beauty meant to him and to all 
who cherish the outdoors. And yet it would be difficult to put in words 
just how much he meant to Colorado's outside spaces and to their 
protection. Few of us will be able to match his energy and passion, but 
in his honor, all of us should try.

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