FLOOD10384 ‎(2)‎

• County: Statewide
• Title: Natural Resources of Colorado
• Date: 1/1/1963
• Prepared By: US Department of the Interior
• Floodplain - Doc Type: Educational/Technical/Reference Information

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Table of Contents

Page
Introduction and History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Physical Characteristics of Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 10
Recreation Resources of Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Fish and Wildlife Resources of Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Water and Power Resources of Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Land Resources of Colorado... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Mineral Resources of Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
India!ls of Colorado and Their Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Geologic Sketch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Programs of Natural Resource Agencies. . ... . . . . : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Fish and Wildlife Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

U.S. Forest Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Geological Survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Bureau of Mines. . . . . . . ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Bureau of Indian Affairs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Bureau of Land Management.................... ................... 64
National Park Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Bureau of Reclamation............. .... .. . ..... .. ..... . .. .. .... .... . 69

Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Credits

The Department of the Interior is indebted to the following for illustrations appearing on pages as
indicated: .
Colorado Department of Public Relations: 10, 41-43, 50 (except tOf right), 67, 71; Col-
orado Springs Chamber of Commerce: 11, 49; Boulder Chamber 0 Commerce: 50 (top
right); Colorado Fuel and Iron Corporation: 38, 39; Colorado Fish and Game Depart-
ment: 23.

Acknowledgments

The Department of the Interior gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the Forest Service, United
States Department of Agriculture, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Department of
Defense, for providing certain textual material and photographs appearing in this publication.

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