Hunting Colorado trust land parcels

How Colorado trust land access works

The Colorado State Land Board owns trust land to earn money for schools. CPW leases part of it for public hunting and fishing access. Everyone 16 or older on a parcel must carry a valid Colorado hunting or fishing license. Most parcels are open seasonally for hunting and fishing only, typically September 1 through the end of February unless the parcel page says otherwise, and they are closed to the public at other times. The STL finder says the program covers 973,000 acres; CPW parcel pages say more than 900,000 acres; the 409 parcel pages here add up to 959,617 acres. Badger Basin and Pawnee Valley are fishing-only parcels and are listed with the closed places on the public land hub.

From CPW STL pages, the STL finder and the 2026 Recreation Lands brochure Checked November 5, 2026.