Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to meet May 3 - 4
Joey Livingston
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. – At a hybrid meeting in Glenwood Springs, the Commission will conduct a Final Wolf Restoration and Management Plan Overview and consider final regulations regarding payment of compensation for gray wolf depredation.. The Commission will consider final regulations authorizing owners of livestock to file applications with CPW seeking to injuriously or lethally take gray wolves, including applications seeking retroactive authorization for take of wolves caught in the act of attacking livestock or working dogs and consider regulations codifying procedures related to the filing and review of applications seeking authorization to injuriously or lethally take wolves, and related administrative appeals. In addition, the Commission will reflect and take a vote on approving the Final Wolf Restoration and Management Plan.
The Commission will open for final consideration on adoption of all limited license numbers for black bear, deer, elk, pronghorn and moose for the 2023 big game seasons and modifying the big game license distribution to an across-the-board allocation for black bear, deer, elk and pronghorn of 75% for residents and 25% for nonresidents effective for the 2024 big game seasons. The Commission will also open for consideration of changes to preference points for deer, elk, pronghorn and bear including point banking.
The Commission will make final considerations of necessary changes to implement and administer the Search and Rescue program and open for review of Chapter W-9 to consider property-specific requirements for, or restrictions on use of wildlife properties controlled by CPW.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wed., May 3 and adjourn at 5 p.m. The commission will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Thu., May 4 and adjourn at 2:20 p.m. The meeting will be streamed live on CPW’s YouTube page.
Additional agenda items include:
- Department of Natural Resources Update
- Department of Agriculture Update
- Financial Update
- GOCO Update
- 2024 OHV Trail Grant Funding Recommendations
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Update
- Halligan Water Supply Project Fish and Wildlife Mitigation and Enhancement Plan presentation and CPW staff report
- Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program discussions and final approval
The Commission meets regularly and travels to communities around the state to facilitate public participation. Anyone can listen to commission meetings through the CPW website. This opportunity keeps constituents informed about the development of regulations and how the commission works with Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff to manage the parks, wildlife and outdoor recreation programs administered by the agency. Find out more about the commission on the CPW website.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is an enterprise agency, relying primarily on license sales, state parks fees and registration fees to support its operations, including: 43 state parks and more than 350 wildlife areas covering approximately 900,000 acres, management of fishing and hunting, wildlife watching, camping, motorized and non-motorized trails, boating and outdoor education. CPW's work contributes approximately $6 billion in total economic impact annually throughout Colorado.