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Citizen Petitions

​​​​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Withdrawn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 
W​ithdrawn
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 Be​llied Marmot Limits
Received by CPW​