Colorado's public lands are concentrated in the mountainous portion of the state. These 8.4 million acres range in elevation from 4,000 to 14,000 feet and include canyons, mesas, and mountain ranges. In addition to spectacular scenery, important cultural sites are located in the state. The ruins of the prehistoric Anasazi culture are being preserved in the Four Corners region. The Anasazi Heritage Center has an extensive educational program focusing on the Anasazi culture, which flourished on the high plateau for thousands of years. More recent cultural heritage is preserved in several ghost towns in the San Juan Mountains, site of gold and silver mines. BLM Coordinators for Colorado: Marion Malinowski Cultural Education: Dan Haas Jump to Another State Link to BLM Colorado Kid's Page COLORADO EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES Anasazi Heritage Center Museum home page Home page for BLM's Anasazi Heritage Center, a museum of the Ancestral Puebloan (Anasazi) culture and other Native cultures in the Four Corners region; located in Dolores, CO. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/index.htm Anasazi Heritage Center Planning a School Group Visit Museum programs Information on planning a school group visit to Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center in Dolores, CO. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm Anasazi Heritage Center Resources for Educators state page Information on a variety of education resources available from Anasazi Heritage Center, including lesson plans, artifact kits, traveling exhibits, and information on planning field trips http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm BLM Colorado Botany State web page Describes diversity of plant life on BLM lands in Colorado. Includes links to "Celebrating Wildflowers" program, coloring books, and poster. http://www.co.blm.gov/botany/botanyhome.htm BLM Colorado's Anasazi Heritage Center 1998 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes "People in the Past," an educational CD ROM introduction to Lowry Pueblo National Historic Site and its 12th-century occupants. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1998/co/feature.html Escalante Pueblo Curriculum lesson plans and activities Ten experience-based lesson plans and activities to help plan educational visits to the Anasazi Heritage Center or Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/epc.htm People in the Past Exhibit and CD-ROM Multimedia exhibit and CD-ROM on the ancient Puebloan (Anasazi) farmers of southwest Colorado; includes online activities. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/pip/index.html Planning a Class Visit to Anasazi Heritage Center Anasazi Heritage Center field trips Short tours and other education programs at Anasazi Heritage Center; includes correlations to state standards. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/visit.htm Project Archaeology Heritage education program Heritage education program to build awareness of cultural resources; includes activity guide and teacher workshops http://www.blm.gov/heritage/project_archaeology.htm Resources for Teachers from Anasazi Heritage Center Museum educators page Educational materials from Anasazi Heritage Center. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/teach.htm Southwestern Colorado's Animas Forks: A Ghost Town Comes to Life 1999 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes living history presentations and education program at historic mining town along Alpine Loop Backcountry Byway in San Juan Mountains, Colorado. For more information, contact San Juan Public Lands Center, Durango, CO. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/1999/co/index.html Take A Family Fishing, June 2004 Web feature Educational program for families. http://www.co.blm.gov/edu/fish2004.htm Teaching Environmental Science Naturally 1997 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes T.E.N., a two-and-a half day program that gives teachers ideas about how to teach environmental science in the classroom. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/feature4.html Traveling Exhibits from Anasazi Heritage Center Traveling exhibits Interpretive exhibits on scientific and historic topics available for loan from Anasazi Heritage Center. http://www.co.blm.gov/ahc/trexbt.htm Welcome to the Third Annual Gunnison Water Festival! 2000 BLM Environmental Education feature Describes Gunnison, Colorado's, annual environmental education field day to celebrate water,  for all 4th graders in the Gunnison River Valley. http://www.blm.gov/education/feature/2000/co/index.html Western Colorado Interpretive Association Association home page Schedule of events and catalog of educational publications from this non-profit group. http://www.co.blm.gov/gra/gra-wcia.htm Wildflowers of Ponderosa Pine Forests Coloring book in PDF--requires reader software Coloring book with descriptions of wildflowers and the Ponderosa pine ecosystem. http://www.co.blm.gov/documents/publications/documents/coloringbook.pdf Wildflowers of the Colorado Mountain Tops Coloring book in PDF--requires reader software Coloring book with descriptions of wildflowers and Colorado's alpine tundra and subalpine forest ecosystems. http://www.co.blm.gov/documents/publications/documents/1999.pdf

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