CNHP Wetland and Riparian Dependent Potential Conservation Areas for Rio Grande Headwaters Basin

  • Potential Conservation Areas (PCAs) are delineated around important elements of biodiversity. The list below includes all PCAs within the Rio Grande Headwaters Basin that include wetland and riparian dependent elements and represent wetland and riparian areas with the highest known biodiversity value in the area. For a complete list of PCAs statewide, including PCAs drawn for upland elements, click here.To view PCAs in the Colorado Wetlands Inventory Mapping Tool, click here. Using the Feature Search tool, you can locate a specific PCA of interest.

PCA NameBiodiversity SignificancePCA Report
Great Sand DunesB1: Outstanding Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Antelope SpringsB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Baca Grande and ReserveB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Bellows CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Blanca WetlandsB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cedar CanyonB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cottonwood Creek-Western SangresB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Deadman Creek-Western SangresB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Dimick GulchB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Groundhog ParkB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Hot CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
LasausesB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Mishak LakesB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
North Fork Trinchera CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio Grande at Alamosa National Wildlife RefugeB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Russell LakesB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
San Luis LakesB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Sangre de Cristo CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Spanish CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Spring Creek at Greenie MountainB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Stout CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Upper Medano CreekB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Valley View Hot SpringsB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Villa GroveB2: Very High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Adams Fork of Conejos RiverB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Alamosa River at De La Luz CemeteryB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Alamosa River at Government ParkB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Alamosito CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Antelope ParkB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Bear Creek below Simmons PeakB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Bennett Creek SouthB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Blanca Greasewood FlatsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Bowen Ditch PlayasB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Carnero CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Conejos River at Menkhaven RanchB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cotton CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cuates CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Decker CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Elephant RocksB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Elk Meadows FenB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Ford CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Goose Creek-Mineral CountyB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Grayback MountainB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Hansen Bluffs SeepsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Highway SpringB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Houselog CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Jaroso CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Jumper and Trout CreeksB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Kelly CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Kite LakeB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Lake ForkB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Little Ute CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Lower Rock CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Maggie GulchB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
McIntire SpringsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Mineral Hot SpringsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
North Clear Creek FallsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Piedra RiverB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Playa BlancaB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Pole CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio ChamaB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio GrandeB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio Grande at Pole Creek MountainB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio Grande at Trinchera CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rito Alto PeakB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Saguache CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
San Francisco LakesB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Six Mile FlatsB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Slaughterhouse CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
South Crestone CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
South Fork of the Conejos River and Hansen CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
South Vallejos Creek (Vallejos Creek No. 2)B3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Southwest Cumbres PassB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Squaw Creek at Chief MountainB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Torcido CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Trinchera Creek below Smith ReservoirB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Weisman LakesB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
West Alder CreekB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Willow Creek-Western SangresB3: High Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Bar NI RanchB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cascade Creek at OsierB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Conejos PeakB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Conejos River at PlatoroB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Conejos River at Spectacle LakeB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Cutthroat Trout Ponds in Mineral CountyB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
El Rito AzulB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Headwaters of Summit CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
La Manga CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Middle Fork of the Conejos RiverB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Moffat PlayaB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Navajo RiverB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
North Vallejos CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Osier CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Pass Creek at South Fork Rio GrandeB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Red Mountain CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio Grande at State LineB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rio San AntonioB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Rito GatoB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Sego SpringsB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Torsido CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Wild Cherry CreekB4: Moderate Biodiversity SignificanceReport
Adams LakeB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
East Middle CreekB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
Jim CreekB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
La GaritaB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
Luder CreekB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
Rio Grande at Embargo CreekB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport
Trujillo MeadowsB5: General Biodiversity InterestReport