Featured Fishers Peak
Fishers Peak State Park
Sometimes the best way to protect a place is to open the gates.
This crazy French Ranch used to be privately owned. But today, we can all enjoy it under its new name, Fishers Peak State Park.
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Featured Gen Wild
Generation Wild
of the Pikes Peak Region
Kids grow better outside.
They grow up healthier. More imaginative. More confident. That’s no idle boast. There’s a stack of scientific research to back that up.
Featured Kim Mustang
Kim Mustang Pavilion
In Southern Colorado, rodeo is a verb.
Moms rodeo. Kids rodeo. Almost everyone in Kim rodeos. But for years, people in this southeast Colorado ranching town had to travel to Denver or Colorado Springs to pursue their beloved sport. Not anymore.
Featured Erie Community Park
Erie Community Park
A place to play, connect, and get some air (in more ways than one).
There’s something for just about everyone at this impressive, community-driven park. Here’s how they did it.
Featured Youth Corps
Youth Corps
The kind of job that changes your life.
When you work in the Youth Corps, you learn about conservation, construction, and stewardship. And you make money and might even earn an AmeriCorps scholarship doing it.
Featured Lake San Cristobal Island
Lake San Cristobal Island
Need some island time? Head to Hinsdale County.
The steep shoreline of Lake Cristobal used to be pretty much off limits. So the peninsula would turn into a congested bottleneck. Today, all that has changed.
More than 1,200 miles of trail
your legs can hate us for.
6,074
Projects Funded
1,499,781
Acres Conserved
1,873
Parks Created or Improved
Our History
Who made
GOCO happen? Legends
Learn how visionary leaders and forward-thinking voters created this unique-in-the-nation resource more than 30 years ago.
Land Acknowledgment
The lands now known as Colorado are the traditional and ancestral homelands of many Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples, including Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Kiowa, Pueblo, Shoshone, and Ute peoples. We recognize the past and ongoing injustices Indigenous peoples have faced, including genocide, forced displacement and removal, and stolen land. We honor Indigenous peoples and Elders past, present, and future and recognize their enduring relationships with these lands across generations.
As a steward of Colorado’s outdoors, GOCO has a responsibility to examine this history and pursue meaningful healing and reconciliation with Tribal Nations and Indigenous peoples. We recognize the cultural, spiritual, and community significance of these lands, as well as the knowledge, care, and stewardship Indigenous peoples have brought to them. We commit to honoring Tribal sovereignty and investing in sustained dialogue, partnership, and conservation and recreation priorities identified by Tribal communities. We see this work as essential to achieving GOCO’s mission.
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