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COLORADO IMPORTANT BIRD AREAS
 

The following list may not include all potential, nominated, pending, identified, or recognized IBAs within the state as some IBA information may be unavailable for public viewing.

  
# Name Status Priority Counties
1. Adobe Creek Reservoir Recognized State Bent, Kiowa
2. Aiken Canyon Preserve Recognized State El Paso
3. Alamosa and Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge Complex Recognized State Alamosa, Rio Grande
4. Alfred M. Bailey Bird Nesting Area Recognized State Summit
5. Arapaho National Wildlife Refuge Recognized Jackson
6. Barr Lake State Park Recognized State Adams
7. Bear Creek Valley Recognized Clear Creek, Jefferson
8. Blanca Wetlands Recognized State Alamosa
9. Bonny Lake State Park and South Republican Management Area Recognized State Yuma
10. Box Canyon Falls and Park Recognized Ouray
11. Browns Park National Wildlife Refuge Recognized State Moffat
12. Brush Prairie Ponds State Wildlife Area Recognized State Morgan
13. Canyons of the Ancients National Monument Recognized State Montezuma
14. Carpenter Ranch/ Yampa River Preserve Recognized State Routt
15. Castlewood Canyon State Park Recognized Douglas
16. Chatfield Basin Conservation Network Recognized State Arapahoe, Jefferson, Douglas
17. Chatfield State Park Recognized State Jefferson, Douglas
18. Colorado National Monument Recognized State Mesa
19. Comanche National Grassland Recognized Global Baca
20. Denver City Park Lakes Recognized State Denver
21. Dinosaur Ridge Recognized State Jefferson
22. Escalante State Wildlife Area Recognized State Delta
23. Fossil Creek Reservoir/ Duck Lake Recognized State Larimer
24. Fountain Creek Regional Park Recognized State El Paso
25. Fox Ranch Recognized Yuma
26. Fruitgrowers Reservoir Recognized State Delta
27. Grand Valley Riparian Corridor Recognized State Mesa
28. Great Plains Reservoir System Recognized State Kiowa
29. Gunnison Basin Recognized Global Gunnison, Saguache
30. Hanging Lake Recognized State Garfield
31. Highline State Park Recognized State Mesa
32. Hot Creek Research Natural Area Recognized State Conejos
33. Jackson Lake State Park Recognized Morgan
34. John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area Recognized State Bent
35. Manitou Lake (and Manitou Experimental Forest Flammulated Owl Study Area) Recognized Teller
36. Mesa Verde National Park Recognized Montezuma
37. North Star Nature Preserve Recognized State Pitkin
38. Pawnee National Grassland Recognized Global Weld
39. Pueblo Reservoir State Park and State Wildlife Area and Valco State Wildlife Area Recognized State Pueblo
40. Rabbit Valley Recreation Management Area Recognized State
41. Rio Grande and Home Lake State Wildlife Areas Recognized Rio Grande
42. Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge Recognized State Adams
43. Rocky Mountain National Park Recognized State Boulder, Grand, Larimer
44. Roxborough State Park Recognized State Douglas
45. Russell Lakes State Wildlife Area Recognized State Saguache
46. San Luis Lakes State Park and Wildlife Area Recognized State Alamosa
47. San Miguel Area of Critical Concern Recognized State Montrose, San Miguel
48. South Platte Park Recognized State Arapahoe
49. South Platte River Corridor Recognized State
50. Spring Park Reservoir Recognized Eagle
51. The Basin/ Bald Hill Recognized State Park
52. Unaweep Seep Natural Area Recognized State Mesa
53. Walden Reservoir Recognized State Jackson
 

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