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Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to meet September 8 - 9

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  Joey Livingston
Statewide Public Information Officer
303-345-4658 / [email protected]
CRAIG, Colo. – At a hybrid in-person/virtual meeting in Craig, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will discuss walleye bag and possession limits at Rifle Gap Reservoir, expanding youth extended seasons for fall turkey to all GMUs, final and issue stage decisions on Keep Colorado Wild Pass implementation and refund regulations, allowing a PCP airgun of .25 caliber or larger for fall and late turkey seasons, review of income eligible pass and high use fees at certain parks, review of Panorama Point as an event facility at Golden Gate Canyon State park, review of river outfitter personal floatation device regulations and adjusting license fees and license agent commission rates. 

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Thu., September 8 and adjourn at 3:30 p.m. for a Ranching for Wildlife site visit. The commission will reconvene at 8 a.m. on Fri., September 9 and adjourn at 12:15 p.m. The meeting will be streamed live on CPW’s YouTube page.

Additional agenda items include:
  • The Future of Craig and Outdoor Recreation panel discussion
  • Keystone Policy Center and CPW updates on wolf planning
  • Keep Colorado Wild public education and outreach update
  • Department of Natural Resources update
  • Department of Agriculture update
  • Great Outdoors Colorado update
  • License distribution update
  • Financial update
  • Bison update
  • Legal update
A complete agenda along with all materials for public review for this meeting can be found on the CPW website. The public is encouraged to email written comments to the commission at [email protected]. Details on providing public comments for virtual meetings are available on the CPW website.

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.

The next commission meeting is scheduled to take place on November 17 and 18.

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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.