CPW Facilities Shapefile Download

These data are used to display the public recreational facilities at all Colorado Parks and Wildlife owned properties. The original intent of these data were to show facilities at a park level scale. Over time, this has evolved to be a more comprehensive collection of all recreation facilities - as GIS technology has advanced to allow improved labelling / display of features. Data is being compiled at CPW Area offices in consultation with local Property Technicians and Field Ops staff using high resolution aerial photography (NAIP05, NAIP09) as a reference and at a scale where structures could be visually identified by Chris Johnson. These data were originally combined from individual park shapefiles in 2010 by Bill Gaertner, under the direction of Matt Schulz, Parks GIS Coordinator. Since then, Eric Drummond, temp Trails GIS Specialist, vastly improved upon the ability to use a unique CPW font and the Maplex label engine to have dynamic labelling of standard recreation facility symbols. Colorado Parks and Wildlife Public GIS Data Update Schedule Administrative Boundary GIS Data 1) First Week in February – to match any changes in Sheep, Goat, or Big Game GMU boundaries published in the Big Game Brochure. 2) First Week in March – to update changes in administrative boundaries Regions, Areas, and Districts. 3) First Week in August – to update Public Access Properties at the beginning of Big Game hunting seasons. 4) First Week in September – to update Walk In Access program property boundaries. 5) First Week in November – to update Walk In Access program property boundaries (late season). Wildlife Species GIS Data 1) Mid December – at the completion of regional species activity mapping updates