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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Sagebrush Lizard, NPS

invasive

Common Sagebrush Lizard

Reptile - Sceloporous graciosus

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Common Side-Blotched Lizard, NPS

invasive

Common Side-Blotched Lizard

Reptile - Uta stansburiana

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Cottontail, Wayne D. Lewis

invasive

Cottontail Rabbits

Mammal - Genus Sylvilagus

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Couch's Spadefoot Toad. Copyright 2003 James Borgmeyer/NPS

invasive

State Special Concern

Couch's Spadefoot

Amphibian - Scaphiopus couchii

Snowy Coyote, Wayne D. Lewis

invasive

Coyote

Mammal - Canis latrans

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Creeping ancylid mollusk. Robert Aguilar/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

invasive

Creeping Ancylid

Mollusk - Ferrissia rivularis

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DeBeque phacelia in the wild.

invasive

Federally Threatened

DeBeque Phacelia

Plant - Phacelia submutica

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Desert Spiny Lizard, NPS

invasive

Desert Spiny Lizard

Reptile - Sceloporous magister

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This species needs a photo.

invasive

Disk Gyro

Mollusk - Gyraulus circumstriatus

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Cormorant, Wayne D. Lewis

invasive

Double-crested Cormorant

Bird - Phalacrocorax auritus

Dudley Bluffs bladderpod

invasive

Federally Threatened

Dudley Bluffs Bladderpod

Plant - Physaria congesta

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Dudley Bluffs twinpod in the wild.

invasive

Federally Threatened

Dudley Bluffs Twinpod

Plant - Physaria obcordata

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