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The Division of Wildlife is undertaking a review and update of Colorado’s regulations pertaining to falconry (Chapter 6). This update will be aimed at ensuring state regulations are compliant with recent federal regulatory changes, including those changes related to peregrine take and the elimination of the federal falconry permit. However, because the Division has deferred other state issues related to falconry management in anticipation of these federal changes, those issues will also be considered as a part of this review and update process.

Before we make any recommendations to the Colorado Wildlife Commission for changes to the regulations, we would like to hear your views and suggestions. The review and input process will take place through March 2010, with the Colorado Wildlife Commission considering the issue initially at the November 2009 meeting, reviewing draft regulations in January 2010 and making a final decision in March 2010.

To kick off a discussion about how falconry in Colorado may be impacted by the federal rulemaking as well as other deferred state issues related to falconry management, the Division of Wildlife held an open house on October 15 in Denver, CO. If you missed this meeting, you can still provide input using our input form (rtf).

The issue paper regarding the falconry regulations review has been posted for public review prior to discussion at the November 12, 2009 Wildlife Commission meeting in Alamosa. View the Chapter 6 Issues (pdf) document.

Also available, is a document showing Colorado falconry licensee numbers at statistics (pdf).

For questions about this process, please contact Katie Knoll, Public Involvement Unit Manager. Updates on the falconry regulation process will be posted at the bottom of the Special Licenses page in the coming months.

South Platte Property Restrictions

South Platte Reserach SWA Brochure 2009 Cover

Starting in 2008, several state wildlife areas adopted new regulations to help the DOW evaluate whether they help improve hunting success: Atwood, Bravo, Brush, Jackson Lake, Jean K. Tool, Overland Trail and Red Lion. State Wildlife Areas (SWA) with similar habitat conditions have been paired together. One SWA in each pair will have no additional restrictions on waterfowl and small game hunting, and the other SWA will have additional hunting restrictions. For waterfowl and small game regulations for these properties and maps showing the locations of the mandatory check stations, read the South Platte Research State Wildlife Areas 2009 Brochure (2.7MB PDF), also available at Denver, Brush and Fort Collins DOW offices, and at the check stations at the SWAs listed above.

See Waterfowl Hunters for season projections and regulation and license changes.