CPW Snowshoe Hare Shapefile Download

Updated December, 2025 SnowshoeHareOverallRange is an ESRI shapefile showing the Overall Range for Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus) in Colorado. Overall Range is defined as the area which encompasses the probable range of Snowshoe Hare in Colorado. Snowshoe Hare is primarily associated with dense understory vegetation that provides both browse and cover in mature Engelmann spruce (Picea engelmanni)–subalpine fir (Abies lasiocarpa), and early seral lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta). This information was derived from Colorado Parks and Wildlife field personnel. Data was captured by digitizing through a SmartBoard Interactive Whiteboard using topographic maps and NAIP imagery at various scales (Cowardin, M., M. Flenner. March 2003. Maximizing Mapping Resources. GeoWorld 16(3):32-35). These data are updated on a four year rotation with one of the four Colorado Parks and Wildlife Regions updated each year. These data are not updated on a statewide level annually.