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  2. List of protected areas of Colorado - Wikipedia

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    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. Arapaho National Forest; Grand Mesa National Forest; Gunnison National Forest; Pike National Forest

  3. List of Colorado state forests - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of national forests of the United States - Wikipedia

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    Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]

  5. Buffalo Peaks Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    U.S. Forest Service The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and Pike National Forests in central Colorado . The 43,410-acre (175.7 km 2 ) wilderness was named after two highly eroded volcanic mountains, East Buffalo Peak and West Buffalo Peak, in the Mosquito Range and was established in 1993.

  6. Arapaho National Forest - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Indian Peaks Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    The Indian Peaks Wilderness is a 73,931 acre wilderness area in north central Colorado managed jointly by the United States Forest Service and the National Park Service within the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests and small parts of the southern section of Rocky Mountain National Park. It includes over 50 lakes, 28 trails, and numerous ...

  8. Uncompahgre Plateau - Wikipedia

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    The Uncompahgre Plateau (the highest land in the back) rising above Nucla, Colorado. The plateau is under the management of: [2] United States Forest Service Uncompahgre National Forest land 545,907 acres (2,209.21 km 2) (37%) Bureau of Land Management 545,280 acres (2,206.7 km 2) (37%)

  9. Pawnee National Grassland - Wikipedia

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    Recreational activities on the Pawnee Grasslands have been somewhat curtailed over the last 10 years due to the discovery of extractable oil and natural gas. According to the US Forest Service, there are 63 active vertical oil and natural gas wells, and less than 3,000 acres of the 193,060 acres is protected from drilling. [4]