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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.
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.
Please use this form to provide feedback to Colorado Parks and Wildlife to help inform the development of the Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy. Refer to the scoping period presentation recording and slides under Important Links for background information on each topic.
The form includes a comment field for several important topics for the strategy, including population management, restoration, coexistence and conflict resolution, and translocation. Discussion prompts are provided for each topic.
A final comment field is provided for general feedback; if you prefer to include all of your feedback in one place, you may skip to the final comment field.
Demographic questions are provided at the end to help us better understand who is engaging in this scoping period.
Online comment themes will be compiled, reviewed, and synthesized by a third-party facilitator; the comment synthesis will not attribute individual comments to the participant. Colorado Parks and Wildlife will also have access to all individual, attributed comment submissions.
Additional background information and the timeline for strategy development are available on this same EngageCPW page.
The public scoping period will be open from July 30 to August 31, 2025.
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Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy is currently at this stage
CPW staff and consultants are identifying planning issues and opportunities; conducting engagement to inform strategy development; and reviewing existing documents, reports, and studies.
Strategy Drafting (Summer-Fall 2025)
this is an upcoming stage for Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy
CPW staff and consultants are drafting the strategy vision and goals and, informed by stakeholder and expert input, are exploring and refining key topics, opportunities, and management initiatives.
Public Input on Draft Strategy (Fall 2025, anticipated October-December)
this is an upcoming stage for Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy
CPW staff and consultants collect and review public and stakeholder input on the draft beaver conservation and management strategy.
Strategy Finalizing (Winter 2026)
this is an upcoming stage for Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy
CPW staff and consultants refine and revise the strategy based on internal and external feedback.
Strategy Complete (Winter-Spring 2026)
this is an upcoming stage for Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy
CPW staff complete and publish the CPW Beaver Conservation and Management Strategy by February 2026 and begin implementation.
