Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Citizen Petition Process

Are you interested in creating a new Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) regulation or modifying or removing an existing rule? Colorado State Statute 24-4-103(7) gives any interested person the right to petition for the issuance, amendment, or repeal of any state rule. A written citizen petition is required to initiate such a process.

Please note, the CPW Commission updated its policy on citizen petitions, and accompanying regulations, in April 2020.

For more information regarding citizen petitions please see the Citizen Petition Packet.

Citizen Petitions Currently Under Consideration
Topic	Status
Off-Highway Vehicle Weapon Restrictions during Big Game Seasons	Denied
Off-Highway Vehicle Weapon Restrictions during Big Game Seasons	Denied
Watercraft Exempt from Aquatic Nuisance Species Regulations	Approved
State Wildlife Area License Requirement	Denied
Adding Echinops telfairi (the lesser hedgehog tenrec) to the list of unregulated wildlife	Denied
Restoration of Preference Points	Withdrawn
Prohibiting all avocational trapping, including the use of live traps	Denied
Qualifying License Requirement for Big Game Draw	Denied
Paragliding at Radium State Wildlife Area	Received by CPW
Restoration of Preference Points	Denied
Moose, Bighorn Sheep, and Mountain Goat Draw Nonresident Allocation	Denied
Weighted Preference Points for Moose, Bighorn Sheep, and Mountain Goat	Denied
Release of Privately Owned Game Birds for Falconry Training	Approved
Capture of Peregrine Falcons by Falconers	Approved
Nonresident Falconry Regulations	Withdrawn
Handheld Bow Let-Off Percentage	Denied
Age Eligibility for Preference Point Purchase	Denied
Reclassifying Bison as Big Game	Denied
Harvesting Cow Moose with Calf	Denied
Alaska Gun Guard	Denied
Seaplanes	Denied
Airgun Hunting of Turkey	Approved
Yellow Bellied Marmot Limits	Received by CPW

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Colorado Parks and Wildlife's Citizen Petition Process