List of Colorado state wildlife areas

Beginning July 1, 2020, anyone entering a Colorado state wildlife area is required to carry a valid fishing or hunting license. The cheapest license is a fishing license, which costs US$38 in 2020. The fine for entering a state wildlife area without a valid license is US$139.50. This new rule was instituted by the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to deal with a budget shortfall.^[2] In 2021, Colorado Parks and Wildlife implemented the Colorado State Wildlife Area Pass for individuals who prefer not to purchase a hunting or fishing license. The annual pass costs US$46.48 and includes the required US$10.40 Colorado Wildlife Habitat Stamp.^[3]

• Adams State Wildlife Area
• Adobe Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area at Blue Lake
• Alberta Park Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Alma State Wildlife Area
• Almont Triangle State Wildlife Area
• Andrews Lake State Wildlife Area
• Andrick Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Apishapa State Wildlife Area
• Arkansas River (Holly) State Wildlife Area
• Arkansas River/Big Bend State Wildlife Area
• Atwood State Wildlife Area
• Badger Basin State Wildlife Area
• Banner Lakes State Wildlife Area
• Basalt State Wildlife Area
• Beaver Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Beaver Creek State Wildlife Area
• Beaver Lake State Wildlife Area
• Bellaire Lake State Wildlife Area
• Bellvue-Watson State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Bergen Peak State Wildlife Area
• Big Meadows Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Big Thompson Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Billy Creek State Wildlife Area
• Bitter Brush State Wildlife Area
• Blacktail Conservation easement
• Bliss State Wildlife Area
• Blue River State Wildlife Area
• Bob Terrell State Wildlife Area (formerly the Roaring Fork State Wildlife Area - Koziel Parcel)
• Bodo State Wildlife Area
• Boedecker Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Bosque Del Oso State Wildlife Area
• Boyd Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Bravo State Wildlife Area
• Brower State Wildlife Area
• Brown Lakes State Wildlife Area
• Brown's Park State Wildlife Area - Beaver Creek Unit
• Brown's Park State Wildlife Area - Calloway Unit
• Brown's Park State Wildlife Area - Cold Springs
• Brown's Park State Wildlife Area - Wiggins Unit
• Brownlee State Wildlife Area (fishing lease on the North Platte River)
• Brush Creek State Wildlife Area
• Brush Hollow State Wildlife Area
• Brush Prairie Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Brush State Wildlife Area
• Buena Vista State Wildlife Area
• Burchfield State Wildlife Area
• Cabin Creek State Wildlife Area
• Centennial State Wildlife Area
• Centennial Valley State Wildlife Area
• Chalk Cliffs State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Champion State Wildlife Area
• Charlie Meyers State Wildlife Area
• Cherokee State Wildlife Area - Lone Pine Unit
• Cherokee State Wildlife Area - Rabbit Creek Unit
• Cherokee State Wildlife Area - Middle Unit
• Cherokee State Wildlife Area - Upper Unit
• Cherokee State Wildlife Area - Lower Unit
• Chipeta Lake State Wildlife Area
• Christina State Wildlife Area
• Chubb Park Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Chuck Lewis State Wildlife Area
• Cimarron State Wildlife Area
• Clear Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Cline Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Coalbed Canyon State Wildlife Area
• Cochetopa State Wildlife Area
• Coke Oven State Wildlife Area
• Coller State Wildlife Area
• Colorado River Island State Wildlife Area
• Colorow Mountain State Wildlife Area
• Columbine State Wildlife Area
• Conejos River State Wildlife Area (fishing easements)
• Cottonwood Creek State Wildlife Area (Marquard fishing easement)
• Cottonwood State Wildlife Area
• Cowdrey Lake State Wildlife Area
• Creede State Wildlife Area
• Crystal River State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Dan Noble State Wildlife Area
• Dawn Pond State Wildlife Area
• Deadman State Wildlife Area
• Delaney Butte Lakes State Wildlife Area
• Devil Creek State Wildlife Area
• DeWeese Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Diamond J State Wildlife Area
• Dolores River State Wildlife Area
• Dome Lakes State Wildlife Area
• Dome Rock State Wildlife Area (formerly the Mueller State Wildlife Area)
• Douglas Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Dowdy Lake State Wildlife Area
• Dry Creek Basin State Wildlife Area
• Duck Creek State Wildlife Area
• Dune Ridge State Wildlife Area
• Durango State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Dutch Gulch State Wildlife Area
• Eagle River State Wildlife Area (fishing leases)
• Echo Canyon Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Elliott State Wildlife Area
• Emerald Mountain State Wildlife Area
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Cap Smith Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - East Walker Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Hamilton Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Harrison Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Lower Roubideau Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Picket Corral Tract
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Upper Roubideau and Peach Orchard
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - Waterwheel, Kelso, and Lower Gunnison River Tracts
• Escalante State Wildlife Area - West Walker Tract
• Finger Rock State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Fish Creek State Wildlife Area
• Flagler Res. State Wildlife Area
• Flanders Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Forks State Wildlife Area
• Fort Lyon State Wildlife Area
• Four Mile State Wildlife Area
• Frank State Wildlife Area
• Franklin Island State Wildlife Area
• Franz Lake State Wildlife Area
• Frenchman Creek State Wildlife Area
• Garfield Creek State Wildlife Area
• Georgetown State Wildlife Area
• Georgetown Watchable Wildlife Area
• Glenwood Springs State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Granada State Wildlife Area
• Granby Ranch Conservation Easement
• Granite State Wildlife Area
• Grieve Ranch Conservation Easement State Wildlife Area
• Groundhog Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Gunnison River State Wildlife Area
• Gunnison State Wildlife Area
• Gypsum Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Hallenbeck Ranch State Wildlife Area (currently closed)
• Hardeman (fishing easement)

• Harmon State Wildlife Area (fishing easement)
• Haviland Lake State Wildlife Area
• Heckendorf State Wildlife Area
• Higel State Wildlife Area
• Hohnholz Lakes State Wildlife Area
• Holbrook Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Holly State Wildlife Area
• Holyoke State Wildlife Area
• Home Lake State Wildlife Area
• Horse Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area at Timber Lake
• Horsethief Canyon State Wildlife Area
• Hot Creek State Wildlife Area
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Byers Canyon Rifle Range
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Jenny Williams
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Joe Gerrans
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Lone Buck
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Parshall Divide Unit
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Paul Gilbert Fishing Area
• Hot Sulphur Springs State Wildlife Area - Pioneer Park
• Huerfano State Wildlife Area
• Hugo State Wildlife Area
• Indian Run State Wildlife Area
• Jackson Lake State Wildlife Area
• James M. John State Wildlife Area
• James Mark Jones State Wildlife Area
• Jean K. Tool State Wildlife Area
• Jensen State Wildlife Area
• Jerry Creek Reservoirs State Wildlife Area Number 1
• Jerry Creek Reservoirs State Wildlife Area Number 2
• Jim Olterman/Lone Cone State Wildlife Area
• Joe Moore Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Johnson Village State Wildlife Area
• Julesburg State Wildlife Area (Julesburg and Ovid leases)
• Jumbo Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Jumping Cow State Wildlife Area
• Junction Butte State Wildlife Area
• Karney Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Karval Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Kemp - Breeze State Wildlife Area
• Kinney Lake State Wildlife Area
• Knight-Imler State Wildlife Area
• Knudson State Wildlife Area
• Kodak Watchable Wildlife Area
• La Jara Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• La Jara State Wildlife Area
• Lake Beckwith State Wildlife Area
• Lake Dorothey State Wildlife Area
• Lake Fork Gunnison State Wildlife Area
• Lake John State Wildlife Area
• Las Animas State Fish Unit
• Leaps Gulch State Wildlife Area
• Leatha Jean Stassen State Wildlife Area
• Little Snake State Wildlife Area
• Loma Boat Launch State Wildlife Area
• Lon Hagler State Wildlife Area
• Lone Dome State Wildlife Area
• Lonetree Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Love Meadow Watchable Wildlife Area
• Lowell Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Manville State Wildlife Area (fishing lease)
• Mason Family State Wildlife Area (formerly Cebolla Creek State Wildlife Area)
• McCluskey State Wildlife Area
• Meeker Pasture State Wildlife Area
• Melon Valley State Wildlife Area
• Messex State Wildlife Area
• Middle Taylor Creek State Wildlife Area
• Mike Higbee State Wildlife Area
• Miller Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Mitani-Tokuyasu State Wildlife Area
• Mogensen Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Mount Evans State Wildlife Area
• Mount Ouray State Wildlife Area
• Mount Shavano State Wildlife Area and State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Mount Werner State Wildlife Area (fishing easement)

• Mountain Home Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Murphy State Wildlife Area (fishing lease)
• Nakagawa State Wildlife Area
• Narraguinnep Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Narrows State Wildlife Area
• North Fork State Wildlife Area
• North Lake State Wildlife Area
• Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area
• Odd Fellows State Wildlife Area (fishing lease)
• Ogden-Treat State Wildlife Area
• Orchard Mesa State Wildlife Area
• Overland Trail State Wildlife Area
• Owl Mountain State Wildlife Area
• Oxbow State Wildlife Area
• Paddock State Wildlife Area
• Parachute Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Parvin Lake State Wildlife Area
• Pastorius Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Perins Peak State Wildlife Area
• Piceance State Wildlife Area - Little Hills Unit
• Piceance State Wildlife Area - North Ridge Unit
• Piceance State Wildlife Area - Square S Ranch Unit
• Piceance State Wildlife Area - Square S Summer Range
• Piceance State Wildlife Area - Yellow Creek
• Pikes Peak State Wildlife Area (Bison Reservoir)
• Pitkin State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Plateau Creek State Wildlife Area
• Playa Blanca State Wildlife Area
• Pony Express State Wildlife Area
• Poudre River State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Poudre River State Wildlife Area
• Prewitt Reservoir State Wildlife Area

• Pueblo Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Pueblo State Fish Unit (Hatchery)
• Puett Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Purgatoire River State Wildlife Area
• Queens State Wildlife Area

• Radium State Wildlife Area
• Ralston Creek State Wildlife Area
• Ramah State Wildlife Area
• Red Dog State Wildlife Area
• Red Lion State Wildlife Area
• Red Mountain State Wildlife Area
• Reddy State Wildlife Area
• Richard State Wildlife Area
• Rifle Falls State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)

• Rio Blanco Lake State Wildlife Area
• Rio Grande River State Wildlife Area (Del Norte fishing easement)
• Rio Grande State Wildlife Area
• Rito Hondo Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Road Canyon Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Roaring Fork State Wildlife Area - Burry Parcel
• Roaring Fork State Wildlife Area - Gianinetti Parcel
• Roaring Fork State Wildlife Area - Wheeler/Dag Parcels
• Roaring Judy State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Rock Creek State Wildlife Area
• Rocky Ford State Wildlife Area
• Roeber State Wildlife Area
• Rosemont Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Runyon / Fountain Lakes State Wildlife Area

• Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area (Russell Lakes National Natural Landmark)
• San Luis Lakes State Wildlife Area
• San Miguel State Wildlife Area

• Sanchez Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Sand Draw State Wildlife Area
• Sands Lake State Wildlife Area
• Sandsage State Wildlife Area
• Sapinero State Wildlife Area
• Sarvis Creek State Wildlife Area
• Sawhill Ponds State Wildlife Area
• Sedgwick Bar State Wildlife Area
• Sego Springs State Wildlife Area
• Setchfield State Wildlife Area
• Seymour Lake State Wildlife Area
• Sharptail Ridge State Wildlife Area
• Shriver-Wright State Wildlife Area
• Simmons State Wildlife Area
• Simpson Ponds State Wildlife Area
• 63 Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Skaguay Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Smith Lake State Wildlife AreaatWellington Reservoir Number 4
• Smith Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Smyth State Wildlife Area (fishing lease)
• South Republican State Wildlife Area - Bonny Parcel
• South Republican State Wildlife Area - Kleweno Parcel
• Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area
• Spinney Mountain State Wildlife Area
• Spring Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Stalker Lake State Wildlife Area
• Steamboat Springs State Wildlife Area (fishing easement)
• Storm Mountain Access Road
• Summit Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Tamarack Ranch State Wildlife Area
• Tarryall Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Taylor River State Wildlife Area

• Terrace Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Teter-Michigan Creek State Wildlife Area
• Thurston Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Tilman Bishop State Wildlife Area
• Timpas Creek State Wildlife Area
• Tomahawk State Wildlife Area

• Tomichi Creek State Wildlife Area
• Totten Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Trujillo Meadows State Wildlife Area
• Turks Pond State Wildlife Area
• Twin Sisters State Wildlife Area

• Two Buttes Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Vail Deer Underpass State Wildlife Area
• Van Tuyl State Wildlife Area - Cabin Creek Parcel
• Van Tuyl State Wildlife Area - Lost Canyon Parcel
• Verner State Wildlife Area (fishing lease)
• Wahatoya State Wildlife Area, includes Daigre Lake
• Walker State Wildlife Area
• Ward Road Pond State Wildlife Area
• Watson Lake State Wildlife Area
• Waunita Watchable Wildlife Area
• Webster State Wildlife Area
• Wellington State Wildlife Area
• West Bank State Wildlife Area
• West Lake State Wildlife Area (Larimer County, Colorado)
• West Lake State Wildlife Area (Mesa County, Colorado)
• West Rifle Creek State Wildlife Area
• Wheeler State Wildlife Area
• Whitehorse State Wildlife Area
• Williams Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area
• Willow Creek State Wildlife Area
• Windy Gap Watchable Wildlife Area
• Woods Lake State Wildlife Area
• Wray State Fish Unit (state fish hatchery)
• Wright's Lake State Wildlife Area
• Yampa River State Wildlife Area

Please see Colorado State Wildlife Areas for a current list of the state wildlife areas in Colorado.

• Colorado Department of Natural Resources
  • Colorado Parks and Wildlife
• Bibliography of Colorado
• Geography of Colorado
• History of Colorado
• Index of Colorado-related articles
• List of Colorado-related lists
• Outline of Colorado

• Colorado state government website
  • Colorado Department of Natural Resources website
    • Colorado Parks and Wildlife website
      • Colorado State Recreation Lands
      • Map of Colorado State Wildlife Areas.

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