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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to meet August 21-22, 2025
Joey Livingston
Pueblo, Colo — Next week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will convene for a hybrid meeting in Pueblo. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thu., August 21, and recess at 3:45 p.m. The commission will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Fri., August 22, and adjourn at 12:40 p.m. A complete agenda along with all materials for this meeting is available on CPW’s website for public review. The meeting will be streamed live on CPW’s YouTube page.
The Parks and Wildlife Commission will open for review of regulations pertaining to allowing producers acting under the direction of a licensed veterinarian to receive reimbursement for labor expenses for the treatment of livestock and livestock guard and herding animals injured by gray wolves.
The commission will also consider an agency-supported petition to allow spearfishing in select bodies of water. Additionally, the commission will consider the annual adjustment to license fees and license agent commission rates according to adjustments to the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood Consumer Price Index. They will consider an increase to the search and rescue fee to increase funding for the Backcountry Search and Rescue fund. And an annual review of Chapter W-1 (Fishing) regulations, bag and possession limits, licensing requirements, manner of take provisions and special conditions or restrictions applicable to waters of the state.
The Commission will also consider the Routt County Local Access petition to increase the price of the vehicle daily park pass at Elkhead Reservoir, Pearl Lake, Stagecoach, and Steamboat Lake State Parks by $2.00 pursuant to SB 23-059.
Additional agenda items include:
- Department of Natural Resources update
- Department of Agriculture update
- Financial update
- Lake Pueblo State Park update
- Northeast Region Deer Herd Management Plans
- 2025 State Wildlife Action Plan
- Reptile Collections and Regulations
- 2026 Commission Meeting Schedule
- GOCO update
- State Recreational Trails Committee Member Appointments.
- Updating the vehicle timed entry system at Eldorado Canyon State Park.
- Modifying the hunting reservation system at Sweitzer Lake State Park.
- Adopting requirements for wearing an engine cutoff switch on Class A or Class 1 vessels operated above a wakeless speed to match federal requirements.
- Updating the fire extinguisher regulations to be consistent with federal requirements.
- Adding the Golden Mussel to the list of Aquatic Nuisance Species.
- Open for consideration of emergency regulations to correct a clerical error. In January 2025, the Commission rescinded that portion of rule #304 authorizing hunters with an unfilled big game license to take coyotes. Due to a subsequent clerical error, the rescinded rule was reinserted. The emergency rule will correct the clerical error and will remove the ability to hunt coyotes on an unfilled big game license.
- Two petitions requesting changes to the reptile possession regulations.
- A petition to prohibit the use of live baitfish.
The commission meets regularly and travels to communities around the state to facilitate public participation. 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.
Learn more about the Parks and Wildlife Commission on CPW’s 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.
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