Colorado Department of Natural Resources

{{Short description|Department of the Colorado state government}} {{primary sources|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox government agency | agency_name = Department of Natural Resources | type = department | nativename = | nativename_a = | nativename_r = | logo = | logo_width = | logo_caption = | seal = | seal_width = | seal_caption = | picture = | picture_width = | picture_caption = | formed =  | preceding1 = | preceding2 =  | dissolved = | superseding = | jurisdiction = [[Colorado]] | headquarters = | coordinates =  | motto = | employees = | budget = | prime_minister_name = | minister1_name = | minister1_pfo = | minister2_name = | minister2_pfo =  | deputyminister1_name = | deputyminister1_pfo = | deputyminister2_name = | deputyminister2_pfo =  | chief1_name = [[Dan Gibbs]] | chief1_position = Executive Director | chief2_name = | chief2_position =  | director_general = | agency_type = | parent_department = | parent_agency = | child1_agency = | child2_agency =  | keydocument1 =  | website = {{URL|https://dnr.colorado.gov/}} | footnotes = | map = | map_width = | map_caption = }} The '''Colorado Department of Natural Resources''' is the principal department of the [[government of Colorado|Colorado state government]]<ref>[[Colorado Revised Statutes|C.R.S.]] § 24-1-110</ref> responsible for the development, protection, and enhancement Colorado natural resources for the use and enjoyment of the state's present and future residents, as well as for visitors to the state.

The Department of Natural Resources comprises the following 8 divisions: *[[Colorado Avalanche Information Center]] *[[Colorado Division of Forestry]] *[[Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety]] *[[Colorado Division of Water Resources]] *[[Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission]] *[[Colorado Parks and Wildlife]] *[[Colorado State Land Board]] *[[Colorado Water Conservation Board]]

It formerly included the [[Colorado Geological Survey]] which was spun off and subsequently incorporated into the [[Colorado School of Mines]] in 2014.

In 2022, the Colorado Department of Natural Resources announced its Colorado Strategic Wildfire Action Program Workforce Development Grant, moving $17.5 million state stimulus dollars to start work on fuels reduction projects and increase Colorado’s capacity to conduct critical forest restoration and wildfire mitigation work.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Birzer |first1=Dani |title=Department of Natural Resources announces new grant to boost wildfire mitigation projects |url=https://www.fox21news.com/news/department-of-natural-resources-announces-new-grant-to-boost-wildfire-mitigation-projects/}}</ref>

==See also== {{portal|North America|United States|Colorado|Environment}} *[[List of Colorado natural areas]] *[[List of Colorado state parks]] *[[List of Colorado state wildlife areas]] *[[List of law enforcement agencies in Colorado]] *[[List of state and territorial fish and wildlife management agencies in the United States]]

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==External links== {{sister project links|Colorado}} *{{Official website|https://dnr.colorado.gov/|name=Colorado Department of Natural Resources}} **[http://csfs.colostate.edu/ Colorado State Forest Service] **[http://mining.state.co.us/Pages/Home.aspx Colorado Division of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115015306/http://mining.state.co.us/Pages/Home.aspx |date=2017-11-15 }} **[http://water.state.co.us/Home/Pages/default.aspx Colorado Division of Water Resources] **[http://cogcc.state.co.us/#/home Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission] **[http://cpw.state.co.us/ Colorado Parks and Wildlife] **[https://web.archive.org/web/20160813020846/https://www.colorado.gov/statelandboard Colorado State Land Board] **[http://cwcb.state.co.us/Pages/CWCBHome.aspx Colorado Water Conservation Board] {{Colorado state agencies}} {{Protected Areas of Colorado}}

[[Category:State agencies of Colorado]] [[Category:State environmental protection agencies of the United States]] [[Category:Natural resources agencies in the United States]]