Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Colorado's Outdoors Strategy is a comprehensive plan designed to ensure the long-term endurance of Colorado's natural resources, communities, and ways of life. Its core purpose is to advance coordination, tools, and funding for strategic actions across the landscape, focusing on conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience. The strategy is guided by three North Star Goals: achieving Climate Resilient Conservation and Restoration, providing Exceptional and Sustainable Outdoor Recreation, and fostering Coordinated Planning and Funding. It emphasizes values such as collaboration, community, and equity & inclusion.

This document outlines the Colorado Lottery's public impact strategy, focusing on its commitment to supporting Colorado's natural heritage and communities. The strategy is built upon three operational pillars: Revenue, Responsibility, and Conservation. It aims to sustain revenue generation, lead in player health and safety, and connect its conservation efforts with the public. Key objectives include expanding access to outdoor experiences, strengthening communities, and ensuring the protection of Colorado's cherished places for future generations by fostering lifelong experiential connections.

This document outlines the Herd Management Plans for two moose populations in Colorado's Southwest Region for the period of 2027-2036. It establishes management objectives for population size and metrics, including desired sex ratios and average age of harvested animals. The plan focuses on adapting management based on environmental conditions and public input, addressing threats such as habitat loss, climate change, and disease, to ensure healthy moose populations and sustainable recreational opportunities through collaborative conservation efforts.

This document outlines Colorado's Outdoors Strategy, presenting a collaborative vision for conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience. The strategy focuses on three interconnected goals: achieving climate-resilient conservation and restoration, ensuring exceptional and sustainable outdoor recreation, and facilitating coordinated planning and funding. Its purpose is to advance coordination, tools, and funding to align and implement strategic actions across the landscape, ultimately ensuring the endurance of Colorado's outdoors, people, and community character for future generations.

This document, 'A Year of Building Momentum,' details the progress of Colorado's Outdoors Strategy, a comprehensive framework for conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience launched in 2025. The strategy is built on three 'North Star' goals: climate-resilient conservation and restoration, exceptional and sustainable outdoor recreation, and coordinated planning and funding. It envisions a future where Colorado's natural landscapes, communities, and ways of life are preserved for generations.