Statewide strategies to improve effectiveness in protecting and restoring Colorado's wetland resource, including the Rio Grande headwaters pilot wetland condition assessment

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This report describes initial steps in a multi-year effort on behalf of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado Natural Heritage Program (CNHP) to determine the types, abundance, distribution, threats to, and level of protection currently provided to Colorado’s wetlands and to assess their ecological condition. The outcome of this effort will be the ongoing development of statewide strategies for protecting and restoring wetlands in Colorado for the benefit of wetland-dependent wildlife. The four primary objectives of this project were to 1) compile existing geospatial data regarding the location and type of wetlands in Colorado, 2) initiate an on-the-ground pilot project to assess the ecological condition of common wetland types in one hydrologic basin (Rio Grande Headwaters, HUC 6: 130100), 3) develop statewide strategies for setting wetland restoration priorities funded by CPW’s Wetlands Program, and 4) develop an interactive online mapping tool to transfer this information to local and statewide partners in wetlands conservation. This report is broken into three sections: Section 1 is an overview of the project; Section 2 describes Objective 1, part of Objective 3, and Objective 4; and Section 3 details Objective 2. The actual strategic plan of the CPW Wetlands Program can be found in a companion document.

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ELECTRONIC FILE - Zoology: Multiple Species, ELECTRONIC FILE - Ecology

Additional info: Report prepared for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8

SWAP (2/19/2016) citation (and then changes):
Lemly JM, Gilligan L, Fink M. 2011. Statewide strategies to improve effectiveness in protecting and restoring Colorado’s wetland resource, including the Rio Grande Headwaters Pilot Wetland Condition Assessment. Fort Collins (CO). Report prepared for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, Wetland Wildlife Conservation Program and U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 8