CPW commissioners meet Thursday

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission will conduct its annual review of both big game and small game regulations during its meeting from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday at 6060 Broadway in Denver.

The review will include annual changes to season dates, limited license areas, quotas and manner of take provisions for bighorn sheep and mountain goat, according to a press release.

Other items on the agenda include:

• A citizen petition allowing the launching of paragliders from Smelter Mountain in the Bodo State Wildlife Area

• A citizen petition on a new type of wildlife educators license.

• Adding hand-operated foldable plastic boats to the list of exempted vessels that can be hand-launched without a boat inspection.

• Implementing an antler and horn collection closure on public lands west of I-25 from Jan. 1 through April 30 annually.

• CPW’s new purchasing system.

• Lake licenses and related regulations.

• Annual review of wildlife properties controlled by the Parks and Wildlife, including state trust lands leased by the agency.

• Herd Management Plan process.

A complete agenda can be found  at cpw.state.co.us.

The commission travels to communities around the state for its meetings to facilitate public participation.

Anyone can listen to commission meetings through the CPW website. Find out more about the commission on the website.

The next commission meeting will take place Feb. 7 and 8 in Denver.