Colorado Natural Heritage Program on the Land Conservation Assistance Network

Colorado Natural Heritage Program
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last updated: January 2017
The Colorado Natural Heritage Program is Colorado’s only comprehensive source of information on the status and location of Colorado’s rarest and most threatened species and plant communities. We share information with a wide range of stakeholders in partnerships that work to ensure the Colorado’s biodiversity resources are not diminished. CNHP has an enormous impact on conservation in Colorado through these partnerships.

CNHP tracks and ranks Colorado’s rare and imperiled species and habitat and provides scientific information and expertise to promote the conservation of Colorado’s wealth of biological resources. Established in 1979, the CNHP is a non-profit scientific organization affiliated with the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University.

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Contact Colorado Natural Heritage Program
David Anderson
Director and Chief Scientist
1201 S. Mason
252 General Services Building
Fort Collins, Colorado  80523
Phone: (970) 491-7331
Fax: (970) 491-3349

Service Area
National Program

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