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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.
Pine Valley is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in and governed by Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States. The population was 363 at the 2020 census. [3] The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The Evergreen post office (Zip Code 80439) serves the area. [4]
The origins of Trinchera Ranch date back to the early 19th century when it was part of a large Spanish land grant known as the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant. [3] The grant was issued in 1843 by the Mexican government to Narciso Beaubien, whose father was Charles Beaubien, and Stephen Luis Lee, [4] and it was intended to encourage settlement and development in the sparsely populated region of ...
The Gore Range was named in honor of Sir George Gore arising from a hunting expedition led by Jim Bridger (1804–1881), an early trapper and explorer of the Rocky Mountains. Bridger documented the Great Salt Lake in 1824 and guided westward settlers through Bridger Pass in 1850, shortening the Oregon Trail by 61 miles (98 km).
The only publicly accessible lesser prairie chicken lek (display ground) in Colorado. The lek is often closed due to the decline of the prairie chicken population. [22] Primitive camping is allowed on all lands of the Comanche National Grassland except for Picketwire Canyon. Hunting is permitted for mule deer, elk, pronghorn, wild turkey, and ...
Vermejo Park Ranch, [1] Vermejo Ranch, or Vermejo, is a 550,000-acre (220,000 ha) nature reserve and guest ranch in northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado. Ted Turner Reserves, the luxury hospitality company founded by Ted Turner , includes conservation research and ecosystem restoration along with guest operations. [ 1 ]
The Chico Basin is owned by the Colorado State Land Board [1] The cattle raised on the ranch are grass fed. [2] Working cowboys tend to the cattle primarily using quarter horse . [ 1 ] The establishment has a horse sanctuary for old or injured horses, [ 3 ] and also functions as a wildlife preserve .
Pawnee National Grassland is a United States National Grassland located in northeastern Colorado on the Colorado Eastern Plains.The grassland is located in the South Platte River basin in remote northern and extreme northeastern Weld County between Greeley and Sterling.