Vermillion Basin is the heart of the wide open basins and sagebrush country that make up the greater Little Snake Resource Management Area in Northwest Colorado.  From sweeping sagebrush basins to rainbow-colored badlands, the greater Little Snake Resource Area’s public lands boast some of Colorado's most rugged and wild landscapes; world-class elk, mule deer, and pronghorn hunting; ancient petroglyph-filled canyons; and excellent hiking and whitewater rafting.



Vermillion Basin is a section of the Little Snake Resource area that provides outstanding scenery and cultural resources like nowhere else. Vermillion Basin showcases one of the most spectacular collections of petroglyphs found in Colorado. It is an area that has seen little impact from man over the years, providing us a look into what the past may have been like two hundred years ago. Right here, in the northwest of Colorado, and right now we have the opportunity to protect a western ecosystem still vibrant and living, of which there are too few left.

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