Colorado. Division of Wildlife

A brief look at Colorado's threatened or endangered mammals, birds, amphibians, and fish.

Colorado's comprehensive wildlife conservation strategy (CWCS) has assembled for the first time a catalog on the status of our knowledge about native wildlife, most of which are not commonly hunted or fished, the threats to the habitats upon which they depend, and an articulation of strategies that can be employed to lessen those threats. This CWCS reflects the data that currently exist for Colorado species and their habitats, the collective judgment...

The Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) proposes to conduct a study of the Parachute/Piceance/Roan (PPR) population of greater sage-grouse during 2007 and 2008. The PPR is one of several small, spatially fragmented populations of sage-grouse in Colorado. The CDOW is interested in working with energy companies and other land owners and managers in the PPR area to sustain the PPR grouse population and plan for future management actions. The objectives...

Ninety-six animals have been released in Colorado since the first release on Feb. 3, 1999 under 5 release protocols, which were sequential adaptations that were successful in improving the survival of released animals. Future plans for the next calendar year include initiate a state recovery plan process for Canada lynx and initiate a snowshoe hare ecology study.