When an unprecedented collaboration of northern Colorado public lands agencies set out last winter to gauge the depth of public concern over increasingly crowded parks and forests along the Front Range, one thing stood tall, like Longs Peak lit in gold at sunrise. Surging visitation fueled by Front Range population growth, and its impact on sensitive public lands, is alarming to those who adore Colorado’s outdoors. Related: “We literally get run over”: Golden Gate Canyon State Park braces for another busy season “Nobody wants the status quo,” said Steve Coffin, executive director of NoCo Places, a group comprised of representatives from federal, state and county land managers who first came together seven years ago to tackle those challenges.