Colorado

Provides state-specific laws and regulations, as well as links to other sites with state legal information.

• Administrative Code and Statutes
• Other State Legal Resources

For state-specific resources with an interest in the prevention, control, or eradication of invasive species, see our Colorado State Resources page.

Administrative Code and Statutes

• Codes of Colorado Regulations - State Regulations
  • Department of Agriculture
    • Quarantine for Late Blight (8 CCR 1203-13)
    • Rules Pertaining To the Administration and Enforcement of the Colorado Noxious Weed Act (8 CCR 1206-2)
  • Department of Natural Resources
    • Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation (2 CCR 405-1)
      • Aquatic Nuisance Species (Chapter 8)
  
  
• Colorado Revised Statutes - State Laws
  • Parks and Wildlife (Title 33)
    • Aquatic Nuisance Species (Article 10.5)
  • Agriculture (Title 35)
    • Colorado Noxious Weed Act (Article 5.5)

Other State Legal Resources

• State of Colorado Parks Board approved the Aquatic Nuisance Species Regulations (Feb 20, 2009)
  • Chapter 8 - Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) (PDF | 53 KB)
    
    
• Colorado Department of Agriculture
  • Division of Plant Industry Laws & Regulations
  • Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Publications
    • Firewood Policy (Dec 1, 2004; PDF | 45 KB)
      
      
• Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Division of Wildlife
  • Mandatory Boat Inspections
  • Regulations Brochures
  • Rusty Crayfish (see sidebar for current prohibitions)
    
• Executive Orders
  • Directing State Agencies To Coordinate Efforts for the Eradication of Tamarisk on State Lands (D 002 03, Jan 2003; PDF | 79 KB)
  • Development and Implementation of Noxious Weed Management Programs (D 006 99, Jul 1999; PDF | 11 KB)
    
    
• National Plant Board
  • State Plant Quarantine Summaries (select State)
    
    
• Environmental Law Institute
  • Status and Trends in State Invasive Species Policy: 2002-2009 (May 2010); includes 11 States (CA, CO, FL, LA, ME, MD, NJ, NM, OR, RI, TN)