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Colorado Parks and Wildlife

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Phone
  
+1 303-866-3437

Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Headquarters
  
1313 Sherman Street Denver, Colorado

Agency executive
  
Robert Broscheid, Director

Parent agency
  
Colorado Department of Natural Resources

Website
  
http://cpw.state.co.us/

Address
  
1313 Sherman St, Denver, CO 80203, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 8AM–5PMWednesday8AM–5PMThursday8AM–5PMFriday8AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–5PMTuesday8AM–5PM

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife manages the state parks system and the wildlife of the U.S. State of Colorado. The division currently manages the 42 state parks and 307 wildlife areas of Colorado.

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The Colorado Natural Areas Program has 93 designated sites that in total protect more than 250 endangered, rare, or threatened species.

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History

  • 1937 – The state legislature appointed a land board to create the first State Parks Board.
  • 1951 – The State Parks Board leased Cherry Creek recreation area from the Army Corps of Engineers.
  • 1963 – State Parks was merged with the Division of Wildlife.
  • 1971 – The State Recreational Trails Program was created.
  • 1972 – State Parks and the Division of Wildlife were separated.
  • 1977 – State Parks was requested to manage the snowmobile program for the state.
  • 1984 – State Parks became responsible for licensing river outfitters.
  • 1990 – State parks began managing the off-highway vehicle program.
  • 1992 - Voters approved the Great Outdoors Colorado constitutional amendment directing Colorado Lottery revenues to the outdoors, including 10 percent directly to state Parks and Wildlife division. About half goes to Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Trust Fund, which in turns grants money to the agency.
  • 2011 - Colorado State Parks and the Colorado Division of Wildlife are merged into Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

    • Currently there are forty-two State Parks open to the public. The most recent, Staunton, opened in 2013. Lone Mesa will open in the coming years.

    The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is a layman's group of eleven members who are appointed by the Governor 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 the agency is responsive to the citizens of Colorado. This board meets every other month to review and set policy.

    References

    Colorado Parks and Wildlife Wikipedia
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