Template talk:Protected areas of Colorado

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Protected areas

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Federal cross agency management

Of Colorado's six National Monuments, five are managed by the National Park Service and one is managed by the Bureau of Land Management.

Of Colorado's two National Recreation Areas, one is managed by the National Park Service and one is managed by the National Forest Service.

Of Colorado's 41 National Wilderness Areas, 39 are manged by the National Forest Service and two are managed by the National Park Service. --Buaidh 13:46, 24 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

State Forests

State Forest State park is what was formerly known as the Colorado State Forest. The state forest part of template has been removed. --Footwarrior (talk) 22:40, 19 January 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sand Creek National Natural Landmark

The National Natural Landmark is in Larimer County where Sand Creek flows across the border into Wyoming. Colorado has several creeks called Sand Creek and it's easy to get them confused.

Thanks for catching this. Yours aye, Buaidh 15:31, 31 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Local and regional trails are protected areas?

At the bottom of the Protected areas of Colorado template there is a category Other > Trails and listed are a small selection of the many trails managed on protected lands. A trail may be built, maintain, or closed at the direction of a protected lands manager, typically with consideration of reducing impacts and increasing sustainability, but to me that doesn’t make the trail itself a protected area. Roads and parking lots are also built by land managers after similar considerations, and I wouldn’t consider them protected areas either.

Please note that I agree that federally designated national scenic and historic trails should be included in the template, as they are. Federal legislation establishing these trails can include conservation and preservation dictates or recommendations on protecting sites, trail corridors, and viewsheds.

I took a look at the protected areas templates for a few other states (AZ, CA, NM, NV, UT, WY) and didn’t find inclusion of local and regional trails.

Should the Other>Trails category be removed or is there an explanation for its existence? I’d appreciate insights. Thanks.--Zapus (talk) 21:58, 13 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]

National Recreation Trails are federally designated and locally maintained and protected. Regional Trails are designated and maintained by non-profit organizations (such as the American Discovery Trail Society, the Colorado Trail Foundation, the Adventure Cycling Association, and the Colorado Plateau Mountain Bike Trail Association), and are locally protected, often with the assistance of the National Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management. So I think we should include these trails as protected areas. Yours aye, Buaidh talk e-mail 16:12, 6 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]