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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is a group of eleven members who are appointed by the Governor of Colorado with legislative approval. The Board is charged with representing various geographic regions of the state while providing oversight and setting agency policy in a democratic way to assure ...
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.
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.
The four National Parks within Colorado are: Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park near Montrose. Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve near Mosca. Mesa Verde National Park and UNESCO World Heritage Site near Cortez. Rocky Mountain National Park near Estes Park and Grand Lake.
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 ...
Lake Pueblo and the dam. / 38.2547; -104.7323 ( Lake Pueblo State Park) Lake Pueblo State Park is a state park located in Pueblo County, Colorado. It includes 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline and 10,000 acres (40 km 2) of land. Activities it offers include two full-service marinas, recreational fishing, hiking, camping and swimming at a ...
Castlewood Canyon State Park. / 39.32972°N 104.73861°W / 39.32972; -104.73861. Castlewood Canyon State Park is a Colorado state park near Franktown, Colorado. The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood Canyon Dam. Visitors can still see the remnants and damage from that dam which burst in 1933.
1,584,203 (in 2021) [1] Governing body. Colorado Parks and Wildlife. Golden Gate Canyon State Park is a Colorado State Park located in Gilpin and Jefferson counties northwest of Golden, Colorado. The 12,119-acre (49.04 km 2) Front Range park established in 1960 has 42 miles (68 km) of hiking trails. [2] Horse and bicycle travel is allowed on 27 ...