Kunc's Colorado Edition

In the months ahead, leaders across the West will wrestle with a proposal to use federal land as a remedy for housing shortages.  You may remember that a few weeks ago, Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah wanted to sell off thousands of government-owned acres in Western states, including some parts of Colorado. That plan died when some key Republican senators refused to support it.  But a similar, and more focused, proposal may still move forward under the Trump administration. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has offered a plan to sell or lease federal land to Western communities that are facing housing shortages.? Interior Department officials will meet with local leaders about it in the months ahead.  So how will this idea be received in places like Summit County — which face severe housing shortages, but are also defined by the picturesque public lands that surround them?  Rachel Cohen is a reporter for the Mountain West News Bureau, which KUNC is part of. Rachel's been reporting on this issue. She spoke with