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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.
2024 Colorado Proposition 127 was a proposed ballot measure that appeared before voters in Colorado during the 2024 general election. If the citizen initiated proposition had passed, it would have make it illegal to hunt and kill bobcats , mountain lions , and lynx in Colorado.
Comanche National Grassland consists of 463,373 acres (187,520 ha) in two units: (1) Timpas, south of La Junta, and (2) Carrizo, south of Springfield. [1] Both units have privately owned tracts of ranchland mixed in with the government-owned land. Most of the Carrizo Unit is in the watershed of Carrizo Creek, a tributary of the Cimarron River.
Uncompahgre National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 955,229 acres (1,492.55 sq mi, or 3,865.68 km 2) [1] in (in descending order of land area) parts of Montrose, Mesa, San Miguel, Ouray, Gunnison, Hinsdale, San Juan, and Delta Counties in western Colorado.
The Roosevelt National Forest began on May 22, 1902 as part of the Medicine Bow Forest Reserve. It was renamed the Colorado National Forest in 1910, and was renamed to honor President Theodore Roosevelt in 1932. [1] The forest has a total area of 813,799 acres (1,271.56 sq mi, or 3,293.33 km 2). [2]
The forest highlighted in red in a map of Colorado. White River National Forest is a National Forest in northwest Colorado. It is named after the White River that passes through its northern section. It is the most visited National Forest in the United States, primarily from users of the twelve ski areas within its boundaries.
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The numbered state highway system covers approximately 3,135 miles of road in Colorado, subtracting the total miles of Interstate and US Highways from 9,100 miles of the state highway system. [1] These are maintained using state funds which are collected by state and federal gas tax and a portion of vehicle registration fees. [2]