Colorado Parks and Wildlife invites landowners to request funding to protect wildlife habitat on their property

Joey Livingston
Statewide Public Information Officer
303-345-4658 / [email protected]

Ramah State Wildlife Area is one of 120 properties protected by the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program. Wayne D. Lewis/CPW

DENVER - Colorado Parks and Wildlife is pleased to announce the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program application period is now open until October 10, 2023. The Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program (CWHP) is a statewide program that offers funding opportunities to landowners who wish to protect wildlife habitat on their property, and/or provide wildlife-related recreation access to the public.

The CWHP is an incentive-based program that funds conservation easements, public access easements, and fee title purchases to accomplish strategic wildlife conservation and public access goals.

Approximately $11 million will be made available during the 2023 cycle from revenue provided by the sale of Habitat Stamps, hunting and fishing licenses, and through CPW’s partnership with Great Outdoors Colorado.

How to Apply
Landowners or a third party representative must complete applications showing their proposal addresses one or more of CPW’s 2023 funding priorities:

Public access for hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing
Big game winter range and migration corridors
Riparian areas and wetlands
Landscape-scale parcels and parcels that provide connectivity to conserved lands
Protecting habitat for species of concern (specifically those Species of Greatest Conservation Need, as identified in the Colorado Parks and Wildlife State Wildlife Action Plan)

Application materials are available at cpw.state.co.us/cwhp. All proposals must be received by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, October 10, 2023

Applicants should contact the CWHP manager before submitting an application to discuss the Budget Form. Local CPW office contact information can be found here.

Contact Information
For additional information about the CWHP or application process, please contact:
CWHP Manager Amanda Nims,
303-291-7269
[email protected]

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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.

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