Caitlin Rhodes, a kindergarten and first-grade teacher and a search-and-rescue volunteer, urged listeners to buy the Keep Colorado Wilds Pass with vehicle registration to help fund backcountry search-and-rescue and visit Colorado state parks.

“Looking after people is just part of who I am,” Rhodes said, describing her dual role as an educator and one of several search-and-rescue volunteers in her county. She told the meeting audience, “Get your Keep Colorado Wilds Pass with your next vehicle registration to visit all of Colorado state parks and help fund backcountry search and rescue for only $29.”

Rhodes said her county search-and-rescue team receives funding from the state and that the work requires “extensive training and equipment.” The transcript records her appeal and the $29 price for the pass; it does not record any motion, vote, or other formal response on the pass during the provided excerpt.

The remarks highlight a funding mechanism tied to vehicle registration that supporters say links recreation access with support for volunteer rescue operations. The transcript does not include further details on how revenue from the pass is distributed or whether the commission took any follow-up action based on Rhodes’s remarks.