A new report from state officials paints the clearest picture yet of the scale of Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy. Earlier this month, Colorado Parks and Wildlife unveiled the latest iteration ...

As Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy continues to grow, so does the need for conservation of the natural resources that provide these opportunities. To drive a coordinated effort toward balancing ...

Bureau of Economic Analysis counted 132,594 outdoor recreation workers in Colorado in 2023 The country’s surging outdoor recreation economy is sustaining a mighty bounce after the pandemic, reaching ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The outdoor recreation industry accounted for 2.2% of the nation’s GDP at $563.7 billion in 2022 and made up 2.8% of Colorado’s GDP at nearly $14 billion.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is looking for feedback from the public on a five-year plan to improve and sustain its outdoor recreation programs. Goals in the plan include mostly general concepts, ...

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 ...

Colorado’s river recreation community is asking for more recognition in the update to the state’s Water Plan. In a Sept. 30 comment letter addressed to the Colorado Water Conservation Board Director ...

A bipartisan group of Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday, March 5, held the first meeting of its newly formed outdoor recreation caucus, setting the foundation for what they hope will be an opportunity ...

David Hajoglou sat on the rocks next to a rushing stretch of river in Golden, Colorado. As he scouted a kayak route through the riffles and waves, he thought back to the first time he visited this ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The value of Colorado’s outdoor recreation economy has grown to $62.5 billion, almost double what it was just five years ago, and now supports about 511,000 ...

The t-word is back for another year of heavy rotation in the outdoor recreation industry. The country’s surging outdoor recreation economy is sustaining a mighty bounce after the pandemic, reaching $1 ...