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Commission reduces statewide mountain‑lion harvest limits, enacts East‑Slope plan steps
Summary
After reviewing 2023 harvest patterns and the East Slope mountain‑lion plan, commissioners approved reductions in statewide harvest limits and changes to East Slope management following staff recommendations and voluntary outreach to reduce female harvest proportions.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff recommended — and the commission adopted — a reduction in Colorado’s statewide mountain‑lion harvest limits for the April 2025–March 2026 season, and approved implementation steps in the East‑Slope mountain‑lion plan and associated West‑slope actions.
Program manager Mark Viera told commissioners the division’s recommendations flow from the November adoption of the East‑Slope Mountain Lion Plan and newer data showing a rise in the proportion of females in harvest in the Northwest (LNW) data‑analysis unit (DAU) in 2023. To respond to that signal and to align with plan thresholds, staff proposed decreasing statewide harvest limits by 64 lions (from 674 to 610) and making DAU‑level adjustments: a 48‑lion reduction meant to implement year‑1 of the…
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