Colorado Mountain Lion Management Plans

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View the original EastSlopeMountainLionManagementPlan2024.pdf View the original WestSlopeMountainLionManagementPlan2020.pdf View the original ColoMtnLionDAUandGMUmaps2005-current.pdf View the original L1MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L1MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L2MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L2MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L3MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L3MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L4MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L4MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L5MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L5MountainLionManagementGuidelinesForMiddle ParkDAU2004.pdf View the original L6MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L6MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2011update.pdf View the original L6MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L7MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L7MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L8MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L9MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L9MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L10MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L11MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L11MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L12MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L12MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L13MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L14MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L15MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L16MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L16MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L17MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L17MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L18MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L19MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L19MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L19MountainLionManagementPlanDAU2019.pdf View the original L20MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L20MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L21MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L21MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2004.pdf View the original L22MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L22MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L23MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L23MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L24MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L24MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf View the original L25MountainLionDAUManagementPlan2004.pdf View the original L25MountainLionManagementGuidelinesDAU2000.pdf

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Colorado Mountain Lion Management Plans

Description

Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) manages mountain lions (Puma concolor) to conserve, protect and enhance lions for the use, benefit, and enjoyment of the state’s citizens and visitors. CPW’s goal is to ensure that lions continue to exist in stable numbers in the state for their scientific, ecological and intrinsic value and for current and future generations to enjoy through hunting and occasional observation.

The Colorado West Slope Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Management Plan, published September 2, 2020, replaces all existing West Slope Data Analysis Unit (DAU) lion management plans.

The Colorado East Slope Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) Management Plan, published November 15, 2024, replaces all existing East Slope Data Analysis Unit (DAU) lion management plans.

The new management plans operate with the assertion that CPW's earlier DAU plans, each written to describe a single lion population, are too small in spatial scale to properly manage solitary, low-density, wide-ranging carnivores like mountain lions.

Yearly maps from 2005-current show mountain lion DAUs and GMUs in Colorado.

PDF's of the current plans and older (superseded) plans are available on the right. A print copy of all plans is available in the CPW Research Library at: QL 719 .C64 M79.

Creator

Colorado Parks and WIldlife

Subject

Mountain Lion -- Management
Puma concolor -- Management
Cougar -- Management

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Text

Citation

Colorado Parks and WIldlife, “Colorado Mountain Lion Management Plans,” CPW Digital Collections, accessed December 16, 2025, https://cpw.cvlcollections.org/items/show/546.