Colorado Springs is second, and Aurora ranks first, with 6.5 percent, or 18,691 DIC residents more than a half-mile walk from parks, trails or water access locations.

Hikers study the new map for the Red Hill Recreation Area north of Carbondale on Sept. 1, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic drove an explosion in outdoor recreation in Colorado.

Recreation.gov offers permits for people who want to cut down Christmas trees 00:29. People who are interested in cutting down their own Christmas trees in the wild this year in Colorado can do so ...

Colorado Springs has officially opened select urban and regional trails to Class 1 electric bicycles (e-bikes). This marks a ...

The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) was worried that adding recreation into the already contentious arena of water ownership would upset the status quo. “They really saw this as a ...

Join this two-day, one-night backpacking excursion in the Colorado backcountry! Meet new people and hone your backpacking skills. No experience is necessary. You will learn how to properly pack, set ...

Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) wants community feedback to "understand public access needs for existing" recreation areas, while also protecting the watershed at the North Slope Recreation Area ...

This information was shared with the Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office (OREC) and Natalie Ooi, a teaching associate professor in the Masters of the Environment Graduate Program (MENV), who ...

Outdoor recreation remains a billion-dollar industry . Last year, outdoor recreation generated $65.8 billion in economic output for the state economy, and recreationists in Colorado spent over $52.1 ...