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Section 2 CCR 405-7-711 - GOLDEN GATE CANYON STATE PARK HUNTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT

2 Colo. Code Regs. § 405-7-711

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Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 1, January 10, 2025
Section 2 CCR 405-7-711 - GOLDEN GATE CANYON STATE PARK HUNTING SPECIAL USE PERMIT
1. Purpose: this hunting management plan is designed to establish administration of hunting activities on the Green Ranch portion of Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
2. Special Use Permit Procedure
A. Permit Numbers
(1) Colorado Parks and Wildlife deems hunting activities on the Green Ranch portion of Golden Gate Canyon State Park as those which currently require "special planning and/or scheduling for proper management." Therefore, the Division issues special use permits to visitors wishing to engage in hunting on the Green Ranch portion of the park.
(2) The maximum number of approved hunting special use permits (HUPs) for the Green Ranch on Golden Gate Canyon State Park at any one time during the 2003 big game season is as follows:

Archery (pre-muzzleloading and post-muzzleloading): twenty (20)

Muzzle-loading: ten (10)

1st separate elk rifle: ten (10)

2nd combined deer/elk: ten (10)

3rd combined deer/elk: ten (10)

4th combined deer/elk: ten (10)

(3) The number of HUPs allocated in each of the subsequent years will be determined by CPW after evaluating harvest and other data at the close of each year's hunting.
B. Application and permit fees
(1) Each applicant must submit a $10.00 application fee for each application submitted.
(2) Successful permit application holders shall pay a special use permit fee of $100, which must be received by Golden Gate Canyon State Park (address below) prior to any access to the Green Ranch.
(3) Upon payment of the fee, a HUP for the Green Ranch shall be issued to the applicant.
(4) If an applicant who is successful in the drawing (see section c.7) fails to pay the special use permit fee within 10 days prior to the start of the applicant's season, a permit will not be issued to them. The next qualified applicant on the alternate list (see section c.8) will be offered an HUP.
(5) If, at a later date, an applicant's payment of the HUP fee is found to be insufficient due to payment stops, insufficient funds or any other reason, an HUP will not be issued to them. If an HUP had been issued prior to CPW discovering the insufficient payment, that permit will be voided.
C. Allocation of permits
(1) Advertising: it shall be the responsibility of the park manager or his/her designee to advertise the availability of the HUPs for the Green Ranch through normal media and internet formats.
(2) Application requests: requests for the application for the HUP for the Green Ranch can be made by sending a self-addressed stamped envelope (SASE) to Golden Gate Canyon State Park, Attn: Green Ranch Hunt: 92 Crawford Gulch Road, Golden, Colorado 80403, phone: 303 582-3707. Applications may also be accessed via the internet at www.cpw.state.co.us
(3) Requests for permit applications shall be acted upon promptly, and an application for permit shall be mailed to the prospective applicant within five days of receiving the SASE.
(4) Permit applications must be mailed to Golden Gate Canyon State Park at the above address and clearly marked "Green Ranch Hunt" on the envelope. All applications must be received by July 31st for the upcoming big game season.
(5) Permit applications will be checked for completeness and require a copy of the hunting license, if applicable (for limited licenses). All complete and correct permit applications will be recorded for future use.
(6) If additional information is needed to process the permit application, the park manager or his/her designee will make reasonable attempts to contact the applicant to rectify the application.
(7) Drawing: the drawing will be held no later than the first Sunday in August. There will be one random drawing for each of the six seasons on the Green Ranch: pre-muzzleloading archery, muzzleloading, post-muzzleloading archery, 1st separate limited elk, 2nd combined deer and elk, 3rd combined deer and elk, and 4th combined deer and elk. Permits will be issued up to the numbers outlined in this regulation, #711.2.a.
(8) Up to fourteen names will be drawn for each of the hunting seasons; a maximum of ten for the "hunter list" and four "alternates" for each season. If one of the hunters drawn does not wish to accept the HUP, an alternate will be contacted in the consecutive order that they were drawn.
(9) Successful applicants will be notified of their success by mail via a letter of successful application, which shall include a summary of rules associated with the HUP (a complete list to be provided with the permit during the required orientation) and information for remittance of the special use permit fee.
D. Reporting and filing
(1) All files pertaining to the HUP for the Golden Gate Canyon State Park Green Ranch will be stored at the Golden Gate Canyon State Park office.
(2) The park manager or his/her designee will include a summary of hunting activity under permit on the park manager monthly report.
(3) Revenues derived from the HUP and application fee will be deposited in the parks cash fund and reflected on the consignment usage/revenue report for the month such fees are deposited.
3. Field Enforcement Procedure
A. Possession of Permit
(1) Copies of the "hunter list" will be made available to commissioned CPW officers and the officers of other cooperating agencies in the interest of maintaining compliance with this plan.
(2) It shall be the permittee's responsibility to carry the access permit with them while hunting the Green Ranch portion of Golden Gate Canyon State Park.
B. Statute and Regulation Compliance
(1) Permit holders will be supplied a list of rules associated with the HUP upon issuance of the permit. Failure to comply with rules of the permit may result in permit revocation.
(2) Nothing in this hunting management plan or in the rules of the special use permit shall imply or be construed to imply that HUP holders are exempt from any statute or regulation governing hunting, motor vehicle operation, conduct on a state park, or other activity in which the permit holder may engage while performing the activities allowed under the permit. These statutes and regulations include, but are not limited to:
(a) Permit holders must possess a valid hunting license issued by CPW for the game management unit, species and season hunted.
(b) Vehicle involved in hunting-use on the Green Ranch are required to display or carry a valid Colorado State Parks pass, unless the vehicle displays a disabled veteran license plate or a Purple Heart license plate.
C. "Alternate" system
(1) Alternate hunters may be contacted in the event a permittee is unable to engage in the activities of the permit for any reason, including sickness, death, hunting license revocation, permit revocation, park eviction or simple changes in plans.
(2) Alternates will be contacted in the following manner:
(a) The park manager or his/her designee will attempt to contact the next individual on the alternate list by phone.
(b) If the next individual is unable to be contacted upon the first call, the park manager or his/her designee will continue down the alternate list until an individual can be contacted and notified of the availability of an HUP for the Green Ranch.
(c) If no hunter on the alternate list can be contacted, the park manager or his/her designee will return to the applicant pool of the individual season and randomly draw up to four more alternates. This process will be continued until the hunting slot is filled by a qualified applicant.
(d) If no hunter can be contacted, no applicant is qualified, or none is available to hunt the remainder of the season, the availability of the HUP will be advertised by the park manager or his/her designee and the permit may be issued on a first-come, first-served basis.
(e) Hunters who are contacted via the hunting list or alternate list and who obtain or decline a HUP for the Green Ranch will have their name removed from the applicant pool.
(2) Alternate permits shall not be valid until payment of the HUP and application fee are made by the new permittee.
D. Refund policy
(1) Refunds will only be provided according to the current pass refund policy of the Division and by relinquishing the HUP for the Green Ranch before the opening day of the season for which the permit is valid.

2 CCR 405-7-711

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38 CR 19, October 10, 2015, effective 11/1/2015
39 CR 03, February 10, 2016, effective 3/1/2016
39 CR 07, April 10, 2016, effective 5/1/2016
39 CR 11, June 10, 2016, effective 7/1/2016
39 CR 19, October 10, 2016, effective 11/1/2016
40 CR 03, February 10, 2017, effective 3/2/2017
40 CR 13, July 10, 2017, effective 8/1/2017
40 CR 19, October 10, 2017, effective 11/1/2017
40 CR 23, December 10, 2017, effective 12/30/2017
41 CR 11, June 10, 2018, effective 7/1/2018
41 CR 19, October 10, 2018, effective 11/1/2018
41 CR 23, December 10, 2018, effective 1/1/2019
42 CR 03, February 10, 2019, effective 3/2/2019
42 CR 18, September 25, 2019, effective 11/1/2019
42 CR 23, December 10, 2019, effective 1/1/2020
43 CR 03, February 10, 2020, effective 3/1/2020
43 CR 11, June 10, 2020, effective 6/30/2020
43 CR 15, August 10, 2020, effective 9/1/2020
43 CR 19, October 10, 2020, effective 11/1/2020
44 CR 11, June 10, 2021, effective 7/1/2021
44 CR 19, October 10, 2021, effective 11/1/2021
44 CR 23, December 10, 2021, effective 1/1/2022
45 CR 07, April 10, 2022, effective 5/1/2022
45 CR 19, October 10, 2022, effective 11/1/2022
45 CR 23, December 10, 2022, effective 1/1/2023
46 CR 07, April 10, 2023, effective 5/1/2023
46 CR 11, June 10, 2023, effective 3/1/2024