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CPW is developing a Beaver (Castor canadensis) Conservation and Management Strategy. The public scoping period is now open through August 31, 2025. Please provide feedback through the comment form on this page. A recorded presentation with more information is available under Important Links.
Background and Need
As a keystone species, beavers provide essential ecosystem services and increase local biodiversity in ecologically suitable habitats. However, beavers also represent a source of human-wildlife conflict, particularly at the interface of human infrastructure and waterways.
Increasing interest in beavers as an agent for ecological restoration prompted Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) to begin developing formal guidance to inform beaver conservation and management, including such topics as: harvest regulation, restoration, techniques for coexisting with beaver, and relocation. Given the broad reach, complexity, and interrelatedness of these topics, CPW is gathering input from diverse stakeholders to inform a strategy for beaver conservation and management.
How to Get Involved
The public scoping period will be open from July 30 through August 31, 2025. A scoping feedback form will be available at the bottom of this page once the input period opens.
Public input on the draft Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy will be open in Fall 2025.
