Outdoors

DENVER — Gov. John Hickenlooper on June 11 outlined significant next steps in the Colorado Beautiful initiative to link outdoor spaces, and to connect more people to those places.

Hickenlooper announced that Colorado will build the most comprehensive outdoor recreation map ever created in the state, to include all trails, open spaces, parks and protected lands, with publication planned in 2016.

The Department of Defense has offered some tips for playing it safe this summer when it comes to water play.

Peak temperatures mean more time spent at the nearest pool or lake, and that can also mean more potential for accidents or water-related illnesses.

COLORADO — Anglers of all ages can cast without a license the first weekend of June as Colorado Parks and Wildlife hosts the state’s annual “Free Fishing Weekend.”

BRIGHTON — Prairie View High School biology students were invited to attend and participate in a local biology learning experience and clean-up project last month.

The students gained first-hand knowledge of their classroom biology themes that they will study in class and also earned community service hours while helping out a local biological area.