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Colorado State Land Board
1313 Sherman Street, #621
Denver, CO 80203
303-866-3454
Britt Weygandt, Director
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| Of Interest |
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| State Resources |
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| Current Land Holdings |
2.8 million surface acres; 3 million subsurface acres (58 percent of original land grant of 4.8 million acres)
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| Uses |
agriculture, grazing, timber, mining of oil, gas, coal and minerals, commercial leases, and land sales for commercial development
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| Primary Revenue Source |
coal, oil, and gas revenues and royalties
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| Trust Requirements |
Lands are held in trust pursuant to the state enabling act, which does not expressly indicate that these lands are to be held in trust, but does identify a series of restrictions on disposals of these lands and also requires the establishment of a permanent school fund. Lands are managed by the Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Colorado State Land Board, a five-member stakeholder board appointed by the governor with the consent of the Senate, and led by a director who is appointed by the board. |
| Beneficiaries |
- common schools
- public buildings
- penitentiaries or prisons
- a state university
- Saline Lands Trust and the Internal Improvements Trust (to benefit state parks)
- Colorado State University Trust
- Hesperus Trust (to benefit Fort Lewis College)
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