VIRGINIA DALE, Colo. — Many live or travel to Colorado to be surrounded by the mountains and the wilderness. While Mother Nature shows off in this elevation, some public lands can be challenging when private lands surround them and limit access to the area.
Infinite Outdoors is hoping to change this through a newly launched initiative called Access Granted, a free program aimed at bringing people back to public grounds to experience the thrill that comes with being outdoors.
“It’s super important because, at least in my opinion, public land belongs to the public. So, if there’s no way to get to it, it might as well be private land,” said Sam Seeton, CEO of Infinite Outdoors. “Colorado’s growing every year. Since COVID, more and more people want to go outside, and we’re running out of areas. This provides a new way to access the land that you rightfully own, but in a legal manner, and still allows us to compensate those hard-working land owners.”…