Beginning in March 2009, the Colorado Wildlife Commission initiated a process to review and update the Division of Wildlife’s Strategic Plan. After several months of review and discussion, the Commission unanimously approved the 2010-2020 Strategic Plan (2.96MB pdf) at their September 10, 2009 meeting.
The 2010-2020 Strategic Plan is a valuable tool for the Division as it charts a path for the future. The Plan defines values and expectations, consistent with the Division’s mission, that form a general roadmap for wildlife management in the coming years. The Plan also provides a foundation for policy analysis and priority setting for current wildlife management issues and for unforeseen issues that will inevitably arise over the next ten years. And finally, the Strategic Plan serves as a guide for the annual process of determining the Division’s budget priorities.
About the Division of Wildlife...
The Division of Wildlife manages the state's 960 wildlife species. It regulates hunting and fishing activities by issuing licenses and enforcing regulations. The Division also manages more than 230 wildlife areas for public recreation, conducts research to improve wildlife management activities, provides technical assistance to private and other public landowners concerning wildlife and habitat management, and develops programs to protect and recover threatened and endangered species. Wildlife regulations are established by the eight-member Wildlife Commission.
The agency maintains Regional Service Centers in Colorado Springs, Denver, Durango, Fort Collins and Grand Junction, as well as Area Service Centers in 16 other cities and towns across the state.
Director of the Colorado Division of Wildlife
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Tom has spent his entire professional career affiliated with the Colorado Division of Wildlife, initially as a graduate student working on Division of Wildlife research projects on sage grouse and blue grouse, which led to a Masters degree from Colorado State University and a Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin in 1989.
He was hired as a permanent researcher in 1989, and spent ten years studying various issues related to farmland wildlife in eastern Colorado. He became the avian research leader in 1999 and was named Terrestrial Section manager in 2004. In this position he oversaw the Walk-In Access Program and programs related to Chronic Wasting Disease Surveillance, Lynx Restoration, Ranching for Wildlife and all aspects of big game management.
In 2007, the Colorado Chapter of the Wildlife Society honored Tom as the Wildlife Administrator of the year.
An avid hunter, fisherman, and wildlife viewer, he is committed to advancing the Division of Wildlife’s mission to preserve, protect and enhance the wildlife resources of this state for the use and enjoyment of residents and visitors. He lives in Fort Collins with his wife Lyn and two English Setters.
Colorado Division of Wildlife
6060 Broadway
Denver, CO 80216
Phone: 303-297-1192
Fax: 303-291-7105
E-mail: Tom.Remington@state.co.us