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Capital Development Committee

Wednesday, April 29, 2026·▶ Watch / Listen

The Capital Development Committee's lone agenda item — a Colorado Parks and Wildlife bid to acquire 231 acres from the State Land Board for camping at the North Sandhills Recreation Area — drew a split recommendation, clearing the panel over two dissenting votes.

Key Actions

·CPW land acquisition — North Sandhills Recreation AreaAction

Notable Quotes

The main objective of this agreement is to provide dedicated resources and active management to the area that has seen numerous issues with enforcement, public safety, medical emergencies and resource damage.

Sarah Hamming (Acting Director of Legislative Affairs, Department of Natural Resources) · witnessThe department's core rationale for buying the land: bringing active management to a heavily used OHV area troubled by safety and enforcement problems.

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TranscriptPreview
Capital Development Committee will come to order. Ms. Forbes, please call the roll. Senators and Representatives. Henriksen. Here. Johnson. Here. Lindsay. Excuse. She's up there. Representative Lindsay. Excused. Pelton. Present. Madam Vice Chair here and Mr. Chair here. Members, we have one item on the agenda. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Land acquisition. If you want to come on up. Thank you and good morning. Mr. Chair, members of the committee, for the record, my name is Sarah Hamming, the Acting Director of Legislative affairs for the Department of Natural Resources. I have a team of folks online that I would like to quickly introduce this morning. From cpw, we have Kim Rogers, Real Estate Section Manager, Jacob Bray, Northwest Region Deputy Regional Manager, and Ryan Crabb, Park Manager at State Forest State Park. We are also joined online by Matt LaFontaine, Real Estate Program Manager with the State Land Board, and Abe Medina, Recreation Program Manager, also with the State Land Board. We're here today to present a property transaction proposal for Colorado Parks and Wildlife. This proposal is for CPW to acquire approximately 231 acres of state Land Board owned land in Jackson county to provide camping for the
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