Colorado Parks and Wildlife seeks applications for wetlands program

The agency will award up to $1.3 million from Great Outdoors Colorado to projects that support the strategic plan’s two main goals:

Improve the distribution and abundance of ducks, and opportunities for public waterfowl hunting.Improve the status of declining or at-risk species.The Colorado Wetlands for Wildlife Program is a voluntary, collaborative and incentive-based program to restore, enhance and create wetlands and riparian areas.

Funds are allocated annually to the program, and projects are recommended for funding by a CPW committee with final approval by the director.

The application deadline is Aug. 9.

For an application, visit bit.ly/2JBTFsv.