Celebrate National Get Outdoors Day by visiting your public lands or national forests
Release Date: Jun 13, 2014
Contact(s): Chris Strebig, U.S. Forest Service, 303-275-5346, Deanna Masterson, Bureau of Land Management, 303-239-3671
LAKEWOOD, Colo. - With National Get Outdoors Day coming up on June 14, the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service encourage visitors to “know before you go.” Know the weather forecast, road conditions, fire restrictions and what to expect before arriving at a destination.
A great resource for recreation information in the Denver Metro area is the Public Lands Information Center located at 2850 Youngfield Street, Lakewood, CO 80215. You can stop in to get maps of BLM or National Forest System lands, purchase a federal lands interagency pass or pick up brochures on different activities throughout the state.
For comprehensive recreation information, you can also visit the Outdoor Recreation Information Center at the Denver Flagship REI or check out their website at www.oriconline.org.
The BLM manages 8.3 million acres of public lands in Colorado – ranging from 4,000 to over 14,000 feet in elevation – along with 27 million acres of subsurface mineral estate. BLM public lands include alpine tundra, colorful canyons and majestic mesas. The agency manages these lands for a multitude of uses, including recreation, mining, wildlife habitat, wilderness, energy development and livestock grazing. For information on recreation on BLM lands, visit http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Programs/recreation.html.
The U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region manages natural and cultural resources and activities across more than 22 million acres of forests and grasslands in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming. In Colorado, there are seven national forests and two national grasslands supporting a wide variety of recreational opportunities from skiing, biking and off-highway vehicle riding to a quiet walk in the woods or in wide open spaces for all visitors to enjoy. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which created the National Wilderness Preservation System and the 70th birthday of Smokey Bear, who is still going strong as the icon for the prevention of human-caused wildfires. For more information on the U.S. Forest Service Rocky Mountain Region or the Wilderness 50th, please visit: www.fs.fed.us/r2 and www.wilderness50th.org.
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