Christmas and New Years Office Closure

Colorado Parks and Wildlife offices will be closed on December 24, December 25, December 26 and January 1. 

Wildflowers growing in front of a picturesque mountain view.

Species Conservation

The State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is an expansive resource on the status of some wildlife populations in Colorado, with an emphasis on individual species and their habitats.

CPW staff and key partners with in-depth expertise evaluated over 1400 vertebrates, plants and invertebrates using established criteria to “score” each species. Anyone can now see responses and associated results including those for species that are not Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN).

Wildflowers growing in front of a picturesque mountain view.

Species Conservation

The State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) is an expansive resource on the status of some wildlife populations in Colorado, with an emphasis on individual species and their habitats.

CPW staff and key partners with in-depth expertise evaluated over 1400 vertebrates, plants and invertebrates using established criteria to “score” each species. Anyone can now see responses and associated results including those for species that are not Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN).

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Parachute beardtongue in the wild.

invasive

Federally Threatened

Parachute Beardtongue

Plant - Penstemon debilis

Pawnee Montane Skipper feeding on a wildflower.

invasive

Federally Threatened

Pawnee Montane Skipper

Insect - Hesperia leonardus montana

Penland beardtongue in the wild.

invasive

Federally Endangered

Penland Beardtongue

Plant - Penstemon penlandii

Piping plover, Gene Nieminen, FWS.

invasive

Federally Threatened, State Threatened

Piping Plover

Bird - Charadrius melodus circumcinctus

Plains Black-headed Snake, Gary Stolz, FWS.

invasive

Plains Black-Headed Snake

Reptile - Tantilla nigriceps

Plains Garter Snake, Krista Lundgren, FWS.

invasive

Plains Garter Snake

Reptile - Thamnophis radix

Plains Leopard Frog, Don F Becker, CC BY-SA 3.0

invasive

State Special Concern

Plains Leopard Frog

Amphibian - Rana/Lithobates blairi

Sharp-tailed grouse, Brett Billings, USFWS

invasive

State Endangered

Plains Sharp-Tailed Grouse

Bird - Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesii

Plateau Striped Whiptail, NPS.

invasive

Plateau Striped Whiptail

Reptile - Aspidoscelis velox