NoCo Places
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023-11 to 2024-02)
Reporting Period: 2023-11 to 2024-02
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Conservation
- Recreation
- Equitable Access
- Climate Change
- Stewardship
Social Achievements
- Facilitated 16 focus groups with 140 participants representing diverse stakeholder groups to understand values, concerns, and priorities for conservation and recreation.
Governance Achievements
- Improved interagency collaboration among eight federal, state, and county land management agencies.
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- Land acquisition
- Managing for climate adaptation and resilience
- Sustain long-term outreach and education efforts
- Continue pursuing co-stewardship opportunities with Tribes and Indigenous communities
- Support partners that further equity work in the outdoors
Medium-term Goals:
- Increase trail connectivity
- Improve public transportation
- Reopen closed trails
- Modern and sustainable trail designs
- More prescribed fire and linked fuels treatments
- Address human and dog waste issues
Short-term Goals:
- Foster stronger network of partners
- Obtain public buy-in for land management decisions
Environmental Challenges
- Limited capacity of land management agencies
- Climate change impacts (wildfire, drought, flooding)
- Increasing public demand for recreation
- Recreational crowding and visitor conflicts
- Lack of stewardship ethic and poor etiquette
- Inequitable access to outdoor recreation
- Complex permitting systems
Mitigation Strategies
- Increased outreach and education
- Infrastructure improvements
- Land acquisition
- Increased dog-related regulations
- Spectrum/zoned management
- Improved interagency collaboration
- Leveraging stakeholders and partnerships
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Physical Risks
- Extreme wildfire
- Drought
- Flooding
- Wind events
Opportunities
- Climate-resilient land, water, and wildlife