Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced that the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program application period is now open until Oct. 10, 2023.

The Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program is a statewide program that offers funding opportunities to landowners who wish to protect wildlife habitat on their property or provide wildlife-related recreation access to the public.

The Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program is an incentive-based program that funds conservation easements, public access easements and fee title purchases to accomplish strategic wildlife conservation and public access goals.

Approximately $11 million will be made available to the public during the 2023 cycle.

To apply, landowners or a third party representative must complete applications showing that their proposal addresses one or more of Park and Wildlife’s 2023 funding priorities:

• Public access for hunting, fishing, wildlife viewing
• Big game winter range and migration corridors
• Riparian areas and wetlands
• Landscape-scale parcels and parcels that provide connectivity to conserved lands
• Protecting habitat for species of concern

Application materials are available at CPW.state.co.us.

Applicants should contact the Colorado Wildlife Habitat Program manager before submitting an application to discuss the budget form.