Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to meet November 13-14, 2025

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

November 6, 2025

Sterling, Colo — Next week, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC) will convene for a hybrid meeting in Sterling. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, and recess at 4 p.m. The commission will reconvene at 8:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 14, and adjourn at 11:35 a.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 commission will open for final consideration of regulations increasing the daily vehicle pass fees for Elkhead Reservoir, Pearl Lake, Stagecoach, and Steamboat Lake State Parks, pursuant to SB 23-059 Local Access Funding.

The commission will also open for final consideration of regulations including, but not limited to: Adjusting license fees and license agent commission rates according to the Denver- Aurora-Lakewood Consumer Price Index and increasing the backcountry search and rescue fee.

The commission will also open for final consideration of regulations regarding turkey hunting, including but not limited to, license areas, season dates, and manner of take provisions for the 2026 turkey hunting seasons.

The commission will also open for final review of regulatory changes to implement SB 25-053, including rules differentiating between wild bison as big game and domestic bison, the future regulated hunting of wild bison, and the payment of compensation for damage caused by wild bison.

The commission will also open for annual review of the entire Chapters W-0 and W-2, including but not limited to, game management unit boundary modifications, regulations relating to fish management, health, importation, prohibited species, and other annual changes. Additionally, annual changes to season dates, limited license areas and manner of take provisions
for deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, mountain
lion, and bear, annual changes to limited license application and drawing processes.

Additional agenda items include:

• Department of Natural Resources update
• Department of Agriculture update
• GOCO Update
• Financial Update
• Annual Capital Development Program Update
• At Home in Nature: The History of Colorado’s State Parks-Award Presentation
• Bighorn Sheep Status in Colorado
• North Sterling Park Update

The Consent Agenda includes:

• State Trails Committee member appointments
• Final regulations for Chapter W-1 Fishing
• Issue stage regulations for Chapter W-2 Big Game and related provisions of Chapter W-0 General Provisions

The public is encouraged to email written comments to the commission at [email protected]. Details on providing oral public comments for hybrid meetings are available on CPW’s website.

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.