State Conservation Trust Fund for Local Governments
Training - NEW
Reports and Forms
Questions/Answers and Expenditures
Qualifications for Participation
Population Estimates and Challenge Process
Division of Funds - Counties, Municipalities and Special Districts
PDF | CTF Rules
PDF | Colorado Revised Statute Title 29, Article 21
Program Contacts:
Department of Local Affairs
1313 Sherman Street, Room 521
Denver, CO 80203
Fax: 303.866.4819
Tamra Hooper, Program Manager
303.866.6398
tamra.hooper@state.co.us
Christy Culp
303.866.2369
christy.culp@state.co.us
Overview:
The Colorado Constitution, as amended in 1992, states that the net proceeds of the
Colorado Lottery
are to be used for state and local parks, recreation facilities, open space,
environmental education, and wildlife habitat.
The Conservation Trust Fund (CTF) is one of three funds established to accomplish these goals.
CTF receives 40% of all net lottery proceeds. The Department of Local Affairs distributes CTF dollars from net Lottery proceeds to over 450 eligible local governments: counties,
cities, towns, and Title 32 special districts that provide park and recreation services in
their service plans. CTF funds are distributed quarterly on a per capita basis.
Funding can be used for the acquisition, development, and maintenance of new
conservation sites or for capital improvements or maintenance for recreational purposes on any public
site.* New conservation sites are defined in statute as being interests in land and water, acquired after
establishment of a conservation trust fund, for park or recreation purposes, for all types of open space,
including but not limited to flood plains, green belts, agricultural lands or scenic areas, or for any
scientific, historic, scenic, recreation, aesthetic or similar purpose (CRS 29-21-101).
* A public site is defined by the department as a publicly owned site.
Effective July 1, 2004, Senate Bill 04-176, added a new section to CRS 29-21-101 which gave the Division
of Local Government monitoring and enforcement authority over the use of Conservation Trust Funds.
Reports and Forms:
PDF | DOC Status of CTF and Spending Report for 2007 ~ Due March 31, 2008
PDF | Spending Report Instructions - including project codes
PDF | Certification to Continue to Receive CTF for 2008
All forms must be printed, signed, and returned to the department in original form. Photo copies, faxes, and electronic versions of these forms will not be accepted.
Population Totals and Challenge Process:
PDF | Final 2006 CTF Estimates
Link | Population Totals - State Demography Office
PDF | Estimates Methodology and Challenge Process
Population questions?
Email the State Demography Office