CNAP History

Since the Natural Areas Act of 1977, Colorado's Natural Areas Program has:

• Designated 89 natural area sites
• Designated >140,000 acres as natural areas
• Written statewide manuals about native plant revegetation, weed management, and wetland management
• Recruited volunteer stewards
• Completed ecological inventories with the State Land Board
• Recorded >150 designated rare, threatened, or endangered species and communities