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As of 2023, there were forty-three State Parks open to the public, including the Cameo Shooting and Education Complex.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.
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.
In June 2021, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) reported that the first litter of wolf pups had been born in the state since the 1940s. Voters narrowly approved a November 2020 ballot measure that directed the commission that oversees CPW to develop a plan to begin to reintroduce wolves by the end of 2023, somewhere on the Western Slope .
This is a list of fish hatcheries in the U.S. State of Colorado.. Fish hatcheries are an important tool in the scientific world for native fish species conservation. There is an abundance of environmental impacts which have caused an expansion in the captive breeding programs to prevent the extinction of many population. [1]
Durango National Forest was established in Colorado on July 1, 1911, from a portion of San Juan National Forest with 704,000 acres (2,850 km 2). On November 21, 1920, it was re-combined with San Juan and the name was discontinued.
Durango is served by U.S. Highway 160 (the Old Spanish Trail), running east–west, and U.S. Highway 550, running north–south. Part of U.S. 550 offers high-speed access (primarily a 4-lane, divided highway) to Albuquerque, New Mexico. North of Durango, 550 is nicknamed the Million Dollar Highway, and is part of the scenic San Juan Skyway.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) first detected zebra mussels in Highline Lake in September 2022. Further testing the following month found an established population of the mussels in the lake, leading CPW to classify the lake as infested. This zebra mussel infestation is the first in Colorado. [7] [8]
The Weminuche Wilderness was designated by Congress in 1975, and expanded by the Colorado Wilderness Acts of 1980 and 1993. It is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the town of Silverton, 17 miles (27 km) northeast of Durango, and 8 miles (13 km) west of South Fork.