Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides these State Park passes and family activity backpacks through the Check Out Colorado State Parks Program. This Program seeks to encourage and allow Colorado residents of all ages to visit State Parks, enjoy and explore nature, and engage in healthy, fun activities.

Throughout Colorado, youth are spending more time seated in front of televisions, computers, and video games and less time enjoying the outdoors. This threatens children's education physical, and mental health, and hinders tomorrow's leaders' ability to understand and protect Colorado's resources.

Every five years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) leads development of a comprehensive outdoor recreation plan to maintain eligibility for funding through the Land and Water Conservation Fund, and to inform additional investments from other federal, state, local and private programs. Given the significance of outdoor recreation in the state, this plan is much more than a federal requirement for funding. This plan is the first time a Colorado SCORP...