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Hunting, especially for elk, is popular in season on both public and private lands. [5] A geologic map of the Raton Basin. The Raton mesas are shown in red. Bartlett Mesa rises above Raton Pass and Interstate Highway 25. No public roads reach the top of the mesas. The only public road which penetrates the area is through Sugarite Canyon State ...
The only publicly accessible lesser prairie chicken lek (display ground) in Colorado. The lek is often closed due to the decline of the prairie chicken population. [22] Primitive camping is allowed on all lands of the Comanche National Grassland except for Picketwire Canyon. Hunting is permitted for mule deer, elk, pronghorn, wild turkey, and ...
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.
Dec. 17—A conservation agreement between one northern New Mexico landowner and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation means that elk and mule deer will be guaranteed 3,537 acres of winter range in ...
The Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge is one of over 560 refuges in the National Wildlife Refuge System – a network of lands set aside and managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service specifically for wildlife. The Refuge is located along the Front Range of Colorado at the intersection of Jefferson, Boulder, and Broomfield counties. The U ...
The Valle Vidal (Spanish, "Valley of Life") is a 101,794 acres (41,195 ha) mountain basin in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains within the Carson National Forest, northwest of Cimarron, New Mexico. Elevations in the basin range from 7,700 to 12,554 feet (2,347 to 3,826 m). [1] Valle Vidal is noted for its pristine scenery and wildlife.
The family was given four other parcels by the US Government as well, another one in New Mexico, one in Colorado, and two in Arizona. This area, 100,000 acres (40,000 ha), was called Baca Location Number One or Baca Float Number One. Since then, the land has been through a string of exchanges between private owners and business enterprises.
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.