AS APPROVED - 07/10/2008

FINAL REGULATIONS - CHAPTER 10 - NONGAME WILDLIFE

ARTICLE II - ENDANGERED WILDLIFE

#1002 - DESIGNATION OF SPECIES

A.	Endangered Species Designation: The following wildlife are hereby declared endangered. 
1. 	Fish		
	Bonytail1	Gila elegans	
	Razorback Sucker1	Xyrauchen texanus	
	Rio Grande Sucker	Catostomus plebeius	
	Northern Redbelly Dace 	Phoxinus eos	
	Southern Redbelly Dace 	Phoxinus erythrogaster	
	Plains Minnow	Hybognathus placitus	
	Suckermouth Minnow 	Phenocobius mirabilis	
	Lake Chub	Couesius plumbeus	
			
2. 	Birds		
	Plains Sharp-tailed Grouse 	Tympanuchus phasianellus jamesi	
	Whooping Crane1	Grus americana	
	Least Tern 	Sterna antillarum1	
	Southwestern Willow Flycatcher 	Empidonax traillii extimus1	
			
3. 	Mammals		
	Kit Fox 	Vulpes macrotis	
	Gray Wolf1	Canis lupus	
	Grizzly Bear2	Ursus arctos	
	Black-footed Ferret1	Mustela nigripes	
	Wolverine 	Gulo gulo	
	Lynx 	Lynx canadensis	
			
4. 	Amphibians		
	Boreal Toad 	Bufo boreas boreas	

1Appears on Federal List as Endangered.
2Appears on Federal List as Threatened.

ARTICLE III - THREATENED WILDLIFE

#1003 - DESIGNATION OF SPECIES

A.	The following wildlife are hereby declared threatened.  Any threatened fish taken by any means shall be returned unharmed to the water immediately.

1. 	Fish		
	Colorado Squawfish1 	Ptychocheilus lucius	
	Humpback Chub1 	Gila cypha	
	Greenback Cutthroat Trout	Onchorynchus clarki stomias	
	Arkansas Darter 	Etheostoma cragini	
			
2.	Birds		
	Bald Eagle 	Haliaeetus leucocephalus	
	Mexican Spotted Owl2 	Strix occidentalis lucida	
	Burrowing Owl	Athene cunicularia	
	Lesser Prairie Chicken	Tympanuchus pallidicinctus	
	Piping Plover2	Charadrius melodus	
			
3.	Mammals		
	River Otter	Lontra canadensis	
	Preble’s meadow jumping mouse2 	Zapus hudsonius preblei	
1Appears on Federal List as Endangered
2Appears on Federal List as Threatened

ARTICLE IV - NONGAME WILDLIFE

#1004 - DESIGNATION OF SPECIES

A.	The following wildlife are hereby declared nongame wildlife.

6.	Mammals:
Virginia Opossum Didelphis virginiana
Masked Shrew Sorex cinereus
Montane Shrew Sorex monticolus
Dwarf Shrew Sorex nanus
Water Shrew Sorex palustris
Merriam's Shrew Sorex merriami
Pygmy Shrew Sorex hoyi
Elliot's Short-tailed Shrew Blarina hylophaga
Least Shrew Cryptotis parva
Desert Shrew Notiosorex crawfordi
Eastern Mole Scalopus aquaticus
California Myotis Myotis californicus
Western small-footed Myotis Myotis ciliolabrum
Long-eared Myotis Myotis evotis
Little Brown Myotis Myotis lucifugus
Fringed Myotis Myotis thysanodes
Long-legged Myotis Myotis volans 
Yuma Myotis Myotis yumanensis
Eastern Red Bat Lasiurus borealis
Hoary Bat Lasiurus cinereus
Silver-haired Bat Lasionycteris noctivagans
Western Pipistrelle Pipistrellus hesperus
Big Brown Bat Eptesicus fuscus
Spotted Bat Euderma maculatum
Townsend's Big-eared Bat Plecotus townsendii
Eastern Pipistrelle Pipistrellus subflavus
Pallid Bat Antrozous pallidus
Brazilian Free-tailed Bat Tadarida brasiliensis
Big Free-tailed Bat Nyctinomops macrotis
Nine-Banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus
American Pika Ochotona princeps
Least Chipmunk Tamias minimus
Cliff Chipmunk Tamias dorsalis
Colorado Chipmunk Tamias quadrivittatus
Uinta Chipmunk Tamias umbrinus
White-tailed Antelope Squirrel Ammospermophilus leucurus
Spotted Ground Squirrel Spermophilus spilosoma
Golden-mantled Ground Squirrel Spermophilus lateralis
Olive-backed Pocket Mouse Perognathus fasciatus
Plains Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavescens
Silky Pocket Mouse Perognathus flavus
Great Basin Pocket Mouse Perognathus parvus
Hispid Pocket Mouse Chaetopidus hispidus
Ord's Kangaroo Rat Dipodomys ordii
Plains Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys montanus
Western Harvest Mouse Reithrodontomys megalotis
Deer Mouse Peromyscus maniculatus
White-footed Mouse Peromyscus leucopus
Canyon Mouse Peromyscus crinitus
Brush Mouse Peromyscus boylii
Pinyon Mouse Peromyscus truei
Northern Rock Mouse Peromyscus natusus
Northern Grasshopper Mouse Onychomys leucogaster
Hispid Cotton Rat Sigmodon hispidus
Eastern Woodrat Neotoma floridana
Southern Plains Woodrat Neotoma micropus
White-throated Woodrat Neotoma albigula
Desert Woodrat Neotoma lepida
Mexican Woodrat Neotoma mexicana
Bushy-tailed Woodrat Neotoma cinerea
 Southern Red-backed Vole Clethrionomys gapperi
Western Heather Vole Phenacomys intermedius
Meadow Vole Microtus pennsylvanicus
Montane Vole Microtus montanus
Long-tailed Vole Microtus longicaudus
Mexican Vole Microtus mexicanus
Prairie Vole Microtus ochrogaster
Sagebrush Vole Lemmiscus curtatus
Preble’s Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius preblei
Meadow Jumping Mouse Zapus hudsonius
Western Jumping Mouse Zapus princeps
Gray Wolf Canis lupus
Kit Fox Vulpes macrotis
Swift Fox Vulpes velox
Gray Fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus
Grizzly Bear Ursus arctos
Ringtail Bassariscus astutus
Ermine (Short-tailed weasel) Mustela erminea
Long-tailed weasel Mustela frenata
 Black-footed Ferret Mustela nigripes
Wolverine Gulo gulo
Western Spotted Skunk Spilogale gracilis
Eastern Spotted Skunk Spilogale putorius
Common Hog-nosed Skunk Conepatus mesoleucus
River Otter Lontra canadensis
Lynx Lynx canadensis
Porcupine Erethizon dorsatum

AS APPROVED - 07/10/2008
Basis and Purpose 
Chapter 10 - Nongame Wildlife

Basis and Purpose Statement:

Changes made to Chapter 10 are cleanup in nature.  In July of 2006, American Marten and American Mink were added to the list of furbearer species allowed to be taken by hunters.  These regulations are consistent with that action, removing these two species from the nongame species list.  In addition, the federally threatened designation of the Bald Eagle has been removed from these regulations, consistent with recent federal action delisting the species.

The statutory authority for these regulations can be found in § 24-4-103, C.R.S., and the state Wildlife Act, §§ 33-1-101 to 33-6-209, C.R.S., specifically including, but not limited to: §§ 33-1-101, 102, 104, 105, 106-108, 115, and 121; §§ 33-2-104, 105, 106, and 107; § 33-3-104; §§ 33-4-101, 102, 102.5, 103, 116, 116.5, 117, and 119; § 33-5.5-102; and §§ 33-6-107, 109, 112, 113, 113.5, 114, 114.5, 117, 119, 120, 121, 124, 127, 128, 129, 131, 205, 206, 207, and 208. 

EFFECTIVE DATE - THESE REGULATIONS SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2008 AND SHALL REMAIN IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT UNTIL REPEALED, AMENDED OR SUPERSEDED.

APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY THE WILDLIFE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF COLORADO THIS 13th  DAY OF MARCH, 2008.
APPROVED:
Robert W. Bray
Chairman

ATTEST:
Timothy R. Glenn
Secretary