This report is the first in-depth analysis into the roles and missions of the Department of Defense within Colorado. In the pages of this document, you will find a holistic look at the role of the state in the necessary and vital work of national security. By Quantifying and defining the many ways in which the people who make up these critical missions weave into the complex tapestry in which the people who make up these critical missions weave into...

This report develops a framework for organizing risk-based decisions about design, maintenance, and operation for the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) applying to various types of facilities. It also provides illustrative examples for the use of the proposed framework. CDOT has an opportunity to be a national leader in assessing risks, vulnerabilities, consequences and outcomes through the implementation of a risk-based framework for facility...

Conservation easements are a primary public policy tool to encourage stewardship of public benefits from private lands. The landowner can receive compensation for entering into an easement agreement up to the amount of economic loss suffered due to the restriction, also known as opportunity cost. Conservation programs will be more attractive to landowners if they can capture a greater share of the public good generated through the easement rather...