National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Compliance/Refuge Acquisition. Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office staff is located at Ft. Carson, and works directly with Ft. Carson to review and implement NEPA. The Colorado FMWAO is also working with the Department of Defense at the Pueblo Depot, and the Department of Energy at Rocky Flats in the evaluation of lands for inclusion within the National Wildlife Refuge System.
Rangeland Management. Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office staff is located at Ft. Carson and the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site, and in cooperation with Department of Defense employees, completes rangeland restoration, restoration/recovery of native plant species, and management/control of noxious weeds on approximately 500,000 acres of prairie and foothills habitat.
Wildlife Management. In cooperation with the Department of Defense, the Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office works on the development of integrated natural resources plans. Planning and management is directed toward native species, with programs including recreational hunting, recovery of listed species, and pre-listing recovery of native species. Special projects include: Mexican spotted owls, Preble's meadow jumping mice, peregrine falcon, mountain plovers and swift fox. Through the Department of Defense Legacy Program, facilities for the pre-release training of black-footed ferrets were established at the Pueblo Depot and Warren Air Force Base.
Fisheries Management. The Office is active with interagency recovery efforts on bull trout at Crater Lake National Park, southern brook trout at Great Smoky National Park, greenback cutthroat and Colorado River cutthroat at Rocky Mountain National Park, and westslope cutthroat trout. In partnership with the Department of Defense, reftigia for Arkansas darter, southern redbelly dace and other non-game species have been developed on military bases. In cooperation with the Fish and Wildlife Service Hatchery System hatchery fish production is directed toward the restoration of native fish species and recreational fishing programs.
Colorado Fish and Wildlife Conservation Office
755 Parfet Street Suite 496
Lakewood, CO 80215
303-275-2392
