2 CCR 405-7-710 - Lone Mesa State Park Hunting Special Use Permit
1.
Purpose: This hunting management plan is designed to establish administration
of hunting activities on Lone Mesa State Park.
2. Special Use Permit Procedure
a. Permit Numbers
(1) Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) deems
hunting activities on Lone Mesa State Park as those which currently require
"special planning and/or scheduling for proper management." Therefore, CPW
issues special use permits to visitors wishing to engage in hunting use of the
park.
(2) The maximum number of
approved Hunting Special Use Permits (HUPs) on Lone Mesa State Park at any one
time during the following big game seasons is:
Archery: twenty (20)
Muzzle-loading: twelve (12)
1st separate elk rifle: fifteen (15)
2nd combined deer/elk rifle: twenty-five (25)
3rd combined deer/elk rifle: thirty-five (35)
4th combined deer/elk rifle: thirty-five (35)
(3) Each
year, the Division, by action of the Park Manager, will allocate HUPs up to the
maximums after evaluating harvest and other data in the interest of creating a
high quality hunter opportunity consistent with wildlife
objectives.
b. Permit
Fees
(1) Successful permit applicants shall
pay the fee associated with their HUP (see fee schedule section b.5) at least
thirty (30) days prior to any access to Lone Mesa State Park.
(2) Upon payment of the fee and attendance of
the mandatory orientation session, an HUP shall be issued to the
applicant.
(3) If an applicant who
is successful in the drawing (see section c.7.) fails to pay the HUP fee, a
permit will not be issued to them. The next qualified applicant on the drawing
log (see section c. 8.), or the next first-come, first-served applicant will be
offered an HUP.
(4) 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. And, if an HUP had been issued prior to CPW discovering the
insufficient payment, that permit will be voided.
(5) The schedule of fees associated with the
HUP is as follows:
(a) The fee for the HUP
allowing Colorado residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt during
archery season, $100.
(b) The fee
for the HUP allowing Colorado nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to
hunt during archery season, $200.
(c) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlerless elk and/or
antlerless deer during muzzleloading season, $100.
(d) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlered elk and/or antlered
deer during muzzleloading season, $200.
(e) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlerless elk and/or
antlerless deer during muzzleloading season, $200.
(f) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlered elk and/or
antlered deer during muzzleloading season, $300.
(g) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt elk during the first elk-only
rifle season, $150.
(h) The fee for
the HUP allowing Colorado nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt
elk during the first elk-only rifle season, $250.
(i) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlerless elk and/or
antlerless deer during the second, third, or fourth combined elk/deer rifle
season, $100.
(j) The fee for the
HUP allowing Colorado nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt
antlerless elk and/or antlerless deer during the second, third, or fourth
combined elk/deer rifle season, $200.
(k) The fee for the HUP allowing Colorado
residents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlered elk and/or antlered
deer during the second, third, or fourth combined elk/deer rifle season,
$200.
(l) The fee for the HUP
allowing Colorado nonresidents access to Lone Mesa State Park to hunt antlered
elk and/or antlered deer during the second, third, or fourth combined elk/deer
rifle season, $300.
(6)
Only one access permit is required per hunter, per season. A hunter possessing
valid licenses for multiple species among deer, elk and bear will pay the
highest applicable permit fee and can hunt with all valid licenses. The HUP
continues to be valid until termination of the permitted season or harvest of
all valid deer, elk, and bear licenses in the hunter's possession, whichever
comes first.
c.
Allocation of Permits
(1) Advertising: it
shall be the responsibility of the park manager or his/her designee to
advertise the availability of HUPs for Lone Mesa through normal media and
internet formats.
(2) Application
requests: requests for the application for the HUP on Lone Mesa State Park can
be made by contacting the Lone Mesa State Park office: 1321 Railroad Ave, PO
Box 1047, Dolores, Colorado 81323, Phone: 970-533-7065, Fax: 970-882-4640,
e-mail: lone.mesa.park@state.co.us. 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, faxed or
e-mailed to the prospective permittee within five days of receiving the
request.
(4) Permit applications
must be mailed, e-mailed, or faxed to the Lone Mesa State Park office at the
above address prior to the application deadline. It is the applicant's
responsibility to confirm receipt.
(5) Permit applications will be secured by
the park manager or his/her designee until the scheduled public drawing to be
held at the Lone Mesa State Park office at least 60 days prior to the opening
of the archery season. The public opening of applications will be advertised
locally and to the applicants.
(6)
Once opened, the HUP applications will be checked for completeness, logged by
applicant name, season desired, and application number, and a drawing
"chip"-reflecting the application number- will be created for each complete and
legible qualifying application.
(7)
Drawing: after applications are opened and logged in the application log, the
drawing for successful applicants will take place. There will be drawings for
each of the six big game seasons for which hunting will be permitted on Lone
Mesa: archery, muzzleloading, 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, #601.2.a.
(8) The
drawing will continue until all "chips" are drawn, and a drawing log will be
completed which will list the applicants in the order drawn. The drawing log
will be used to facilitate fair re-allocation of permits per the re-allocation
of unused permits protocol (see section 3.c.).
(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 shall be
provided with the permit during the required orientation and information for
remittance of the HUP fee).
d. Reporting and Filing
(1) All files pertaining to the HUP for Lone
Mesa State Park will be stored at the Lone Mesa State Park office.
(2) The park manager or designee will include
a summary of hunting activity under permit on the park manager monthly
report.
(3) Revenues derived from
the HUP 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 permitted 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 adequately identify themselves as a permit holder
when contacted while hunting in Lone Mesa 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 the rules of the permit may result in permit revocation.
(2) Nothing in this plan or in the rules of
the HUP 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
license issued by CPW for the Game Management Unit, species, and season
hunted.
(b) Vehicles involved in
hunting-use of the park 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. Reallocation of Permits
(1) Permit re-allocations may take place 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) Re-allocations of HUPs will be conducted
following this procedure:
(a) The park manager
or designee will attempt to contact the next individual on the drawing log by
phone.
(b) If the next individual
is unable to be contacted upon the first call, the park manager or designee
will continue down the drawing log until an individual can be contacted and
notified of the availability of an HUP for Lone Mesa.
(c) If no hunter on the drawing log 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 designee and the permit may be allocated on a first-come,
first-served basis.
(d) Hunters who
are contacted via the drawing log and who obtain or decline an HUP for Lone
Mesa will have their name removed from the drawing log.
(3) Re-allocated permits shall not be valid
until payment of the HUP fee and attendance of the hunter orientation by the
new permittee.
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