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tent camping ant Staunton State Park

Plan your next Colorado adventure!

Camping reservations can be made year-round and a maximum of six months before your arrival date.

Reserve your campsite today!

Tent camping ant Staunton State Park

tent camping ant Staunton State Park

Tent camping ant Staunton State Park

Plan your next Colorado adventure!

Camping reservations can be made year-round and a maximum of six months before your arrival date.

Reserve your campsite today!
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Big Game Hunting License Opportunities

Purchase a Colorado Big Game Hunting License

Over-the-Counter (OTC) and Leftover (remaining)  deer, elk, pronghorn, and bear limited licenses are now available.

View the Leftover (Reissue) License List Learn about available license options

Video: Teaching others to fish - Eeland Stribling

Find Your Volunteer

Meet Eeland Stribling

Eeland genuinely cares about our planet, the environment, and wildlife. He believes that helping people appreciate the value of these elements can rally more individuals to protect them as a community. Learn why Eeland chooses to be a CPW Angler Outreach Volunteer. 

Help pass on YOUR passion for fishing! The feeling of seeing and helping someone catch their very first fish is something you will never forget!

Find YOUR Volunteer
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Colorado Outdoors Podcast

Podcast Episode 2.15: Colorado’s Rare Plants Program

In this episode, we are going to chat with CPW Natural Areas Program Manager Raquel Wertsbaugh about her program’s longstanding work with rare and native plants, while we also talk with Savanna Smith, CPW’s new Rare Plants Program Manager, to learn more about CPW’s work in this field. 

Listen to the latest episode. Subscribe Today

Video: Paddleboarders—Be a Pain in the ANS

You can help!

Protect where you paddle and Be a Pain in the ANS this summer!

Help keep our lakes and rivers clean, healthy and accessible. By practicing clean, drain, dry with your paddleboarding gear you keep everyone afloat, and stop the spread of aquatic invaders. Don’t let aquatic nuisance species sink your summer, Be a Pain in the ANS!

Learn how you can help.
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Colorado Angler Survey Summary Report

Fishing Report

Colorado Angler Survey Summary Report

This study assessed anglers’ fishing behaviors and experiences in Colorado, evaluated their attitudes
towards fish management, and examined fishing pressure throughout the state. This survey was also
intended to identify any changes over time in the preferences of those fishing in Colorado’s waters. The results
of this study will ultimately be used to inform future fish hatchery and fish management plans for the state of
Colorado.

View the Angler Report Report Summary
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Your Voice Matters

Backcountry Search and Rescue Surcharge

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is proposing increasing the Backcountry Search and Rescue (BSAR) surcharge on most licenses and registrations.

The surcharge increase proposal was heard by the Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC) at the August 21-22 PWC Meeting. The PWC is scheduled to consider the proposal for final adoption at the November 13-14 PWC meeting.

Learn what the BSAR surcharge supports. View Commission discussion
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Featured Resource

Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide

The Wolf-Livestock Conflict Minimization Program Guide provides information on a variety of tools and methods available for livestock producers to employ in efforts to reduce the likelihood of wolf-livestock conflicts and establishes a framework for CPW’s response, along with available support from other state, federal and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs).

Download the Guide

Video: Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy

Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy

Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy, one of the first of its kind in the United States, is the state's conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience strategy. It advances coordination, tools, and funding to align, prioritize, and implement strategic actions on the landscape for conservation, outdoor recreation, and climate resilience.   

Colorado’s Outdoors Strategy News Release
Kayaking at Ridgway State Park

Find the Perfect Park and Get Outside

Wherever you go in Colorado, there’s a state park waiting to welcome you. Colorado’s state parks are as diverse as the state itself, and they offer something for everyone. From Eastern Plains parks at 3,800 feet to high-mountain parks at 9,500, the network of state parks offers a wealth of activities for busy people of all ages, or the chance to do nothing at all.

Park Finder

Ridgway State Park

Kayaking at Ridgway State Park

Ridgway State Park

Find the Perfect Park and Get Outside

Wherever you go in Colorado, there’s a state park waiting to welcome you. Colorado’s state parks are as diverse as the state itself, and they offer something for everyone. From Eastern Plains parks at 3,800 feet to high-mountain parks at 9,500, the network of state parks offers a wealth of activities for busy people of all ages, or the chance to do nothing at all.

Park Finder

Plan your next adventure

Camping and Lodging

Colorado's state parks manage more than 4,000 campsites throughout the state. Weekdays offer your pick of prime campsites, cabins, or yurts and allow you to explore and discover Colorado’s diverse landscapes and attractions.

Get started!
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Special Edition

Colorado Outdoors Magazine's Annual Fishing Guide

The Colorado Outdoors Fishing Guide is a special annual edition of Colorado Outdoors magazine. View the contents.

Purchase your copy! Subscribe for $13/year

Something for Everyone

You can play on land or on water. On a high peak or on the prairie. In the country or the city. In spring, summer, winter or fall.​

Plan your next adventure!

Upcoming Events

Families fishing - one of the many events - during Outdoor Heritage Day at Riverbend Park in Palisade, CO

Sep

9

Fishing Basics at Staunton

Tuesday, Sep 9

Staunton State Park

Learn to fish at Staunton State Park with CPW staff and volunteers.  All equipment will be provided if you don't have your own...

View Details
Families fishing - one of the many events - during Outdoor Heritage Day at Riverbend Park in Palisade, CO

Sep

9

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Fishing Basics at Staunton

Tuesday, Sep 9

Staunton State Park

Learn to fish at Staunton State Park with CPW staff and volunteers.  All equipment will be provided if you don't have your own...

View & Register
Park Staff looking at a map.

Sep

10

Intro to Orienteering: Not getting lost well

Wednesday, Sep 10

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Introduction to orienteering is an outdoor class that consists of a lesson and a time set to test out your newfound skills. 

View Details
Park Staff looking at a map.

Sep

10

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Intro to Orienteering: Not getting lost well

Wednesday, Sep 10

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Introduction to orienteering is an outdoor class that consists of a lesson and a time set to test out your newfound skills. 

View & Register
Great Horned Owl, Wambolt/CPW

Sep

11

Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There?

Thursday, Sep 11

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There! This program is designed for preschool age children and...

View Details
Great Horned Owl, Wambolt/CPW

Sep

11

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There?

Thursday, Sep 11

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There! This program is designed for preschool age children and...

View & Register
Families fishing - one of the many events - during Outdoor Heritage Day at Riverbend Park in Palisade, CO

Sep

9

Fishing Basics at Staunton

Tuesday, Sep 9

Staunton State Park

Learn to fish at Staunton State Park with CPW staff and volunteers.  All equipment will be provided if you don't have your own...

View Details
Families fishing - one of the many events - during Outdoor Heritage Day at Riverbend Park in Palisade, CO

Sep

9

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Fishing Basics at Staunton

Tuesday, Sep 9

Staunton State Park

Learn to fish at Staunton State Park with CPW staff and volunteers.  All equipment will be provided if you don't have your own...

View & Register
Park Staff looking at a map.

Sep

10

Intro to Orienteering: Not getting lost well

Wednesday, Sep 10

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Introduction to orienteering is an outdoor class that consists of a lesson and a time set to test out your newfound skills. 

View Details
Park Staff looking at a map.

Sep

10

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Intro to Orienteering: Not getting lost well

Wednesday, Sep 10

Cheyenne Mountain State Park

Introduction to orienteering is an outdoor class that consists of a lesson and a time set to test out your newfound skills. 

View & Register
Great Horned Owl, Wambolt/CPW

Sep

11

Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There?

Thursday, Sep 11

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There! This program is designed for preschool age children and...

View Details
Great Horned Owl, Wambolt/CPW

Sep

11

Registration Required:

Event participants must register

Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There?

Thursday, Sep 11

Lake Pueblo State Park

Join us at Lake Pueblo State Park for Little Naturalists: Whoo’s There! This program is designed for preschool age children and...

View & Register
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Keep Colorado Wild Pass — Opens more than state park gates

Explore every corner of Colorado’s state parks while giving back to search and rescue volunteers when you get a $29 Keep Colorado Wild Pass with your vehicle registration. The pass also helps fund state parks and recreation, the Colorado Avalanche Information Center, wildlife conservation and outdoor education opportunities.

Learn more

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Al obtener un Pase Keep Colorado Wild de $29 con el registro de tu vehículo, tendrás acceso a todos los parques estatales de Colorado durante todo el año. Además, tu compra contribuye a apoyar a los voluntarios de búsqueda y rescate, programas de educación al aire libre, el Centro de Información sobre Avalanchas de Colorado, la conservación de la vida silvestre y mucho más.