§ 33-2-103 — Definitions

Colorado § 33-2-103

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 33: Parks and
• Art.: Nongame and Endangered Species Conservation

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As used in this article, unless the context otherwise
requires:

(1) Management means the collection and application of biological
information for the purposes of increasing the number of individuals within species
and populations of wildlife up to the optimum carrying capacity of their habitat and
maintaining such levels. The term includes the entire range of activities that
constitute a modern, scientific resource program including, but not limited to,
research, census, law enforcement, habitat acquisition and improvement, and
education. Also included within the term, when and where appropriate, is the
periodic or total protection of species or populations. Management may include
artificial propagation to maintain threatened or endangered species populations, in
concert with the exercise of water rights, and may also include restriction of
stocking of species which are in competition with threatened or endangered
species for the available habitat.

Legislative History

Source: L. 84: Entire article R&RE, p. 863, � 1, effective January 1, 1985.