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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Clay-loving wild buckwheat in the wild.

invasive

Federally Endangered

Clay-loving Wild Buckwheat

Plant - Eriogonum pelinophilum

Checkered whiptail lizard, Wayne D. Lewis

invasive

Colorado Checkered Whiptail

Reptile - Aspidoscelis neotesselatus

Colorado hookless cactus in the wild.

invasive

Colorado Hookless Cactus

Plant - Sclerocactus glaucus and Sclerocactus dawsoniae

Large Marble sitting on a plant.

invasive

Colorado Large Marble

Insect - Euchloe ausonides coloradensis

Colorado pikeminnow illustration by Joseph R. Tomelleri.

invasive

Federally Endangered, State Threatened

Colorado Pikeminnow

Fish - Ptychocheilus Lucius

Colorado River cutthroat illustration by Joseph R. Tomelleri.

invasive

State Special Concern

Colorado River Cutthroat Trout

Fish - Oncorhynchus clarkii pleuriticus

Lesser Prairie-Chicken, Ryan Hagerty, USFWS, PD

invasive

State Special Concern

Columbian Sharp-Tailed Grouse

Bird - Tympanuchus phasianellus columbianus

Checkered whiptail lizard, Wayne D. Lewis

invasive

Common Checkered Whiptail

Reptile - Aspidoscelis tesselata

invasive

State Special Concern

Common Garter Snake

Reptile - Thamnophis sirtalis

Common Lesser Earless Lizard, Dustin Doskocil, CPW

invasive

Common Lesser Earless Lizard

Reptile - Holbrookia maculata