Courtesy of Colorado Parks and Recreation
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is exploring opportunities to open new state parks and is inviting public comment on what people want to see and experience at future parks.
In 2018, Colorado lawmakers passed the Future Generations Act, calling on Parks and Wildlife to plan for development of new state parks.
The draft criteria, listed below, offer broad characteristics to evaluate properties in order to ensure they achieve this vision.
• Outstanding nature-based recreation
• Natural resource value and conservation
• Meets Colorado’s needs
• Relevance and community value
• Financial sustainability
For a more detailed description of each of these proposed criteria and an opportunity to provide comments, go to CPW.state.co.us/futurestateparks. The public comment period is open until Aug. 15.
Following public review, Parks and Wildlife will consider comments, revise criteria and present a final version to the Parks and Wildlife Commission in September.