The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has determined that road construction and maintenance should avoid fen wetlands whenever practicable. Efficient implementation of this policy, however, has been hindered by a lack of comprehensive information on fens surrounding the Colorado highway network. To aid transportation planning, CDOT identified a need to better understand the distribution and extent of fens near Colorado highways. To this end, CDOT contracted Colorado State University and the Colorado Natural Heritage Program to map all potential fens near Colorado highways.
