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The Colorado Natural Areas Program was established in 1977 to preserve and protect special areas of the state with distinctive flora, fauna, ecological, geological, and paleontologic features. It is a program of Colorado Parks and Wildlife that identifies and protects public, and in some cases private, areas with at least one unique or high ...
The Colorado state wildlife areas are managed for hunting, fishing, observation, management, and preservation of wildlife. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife division of the U.S. State of Colorado manages more than 300 state wildlife areas with a total area of more than 860 square miles (2,230 km 2 ) in the state.
This is a list of the state parks in the U.S. State of Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state park system to accommodate both outdoor recreation and tourism. There are currently forty-two parks open to the public, and there are others in development. [1] Colorado State Parks host over eleven million visitors each year.
An enlargeable map of Colorado showing the 11 National Forests in red and the 2 National Grasslands in light green Mount Elbert in the San Isabel National Forest. The United States Forest Service manages the 11 National Forests within Colorado.
The U.S. State of Colorado has only one state forest, the Colorado State Forest in Jackson County. The Colorado State Forest is managed by the Colorado State Forest Service and is coextensive with the State Forest State Park which is managed by Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Map of Colorado. The area of the Arapaho National Forest area in red. Arapaho National Forest is a National Forest located in north-central Colorado, United States.The region is managed jointly with the Roosevelt National Forest and the Pawnee National Grassland from the United States Forest Service office in Fort Collins, Colorado.
The 2023 edition of Your guide to Colorado's state parks describes two state parks not included in the total and still in development with limited public access: Lone Mesa and Sweetwater Lake. [10] As of 2017, the division managed the 42 state parks [11] and 307 wildlife areas of Colorado.
Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area is a tract of protected land located in central Colorado, near the town of Penrose. It covers 2,228 acres, encompassing habitats ranging from desert to conifer forests and meadows., [2] [1] [3], [4] [5] [6]