The ADA-compliant trail provides access to the newly acquired Cotton Hole Park, which was purchased by the Town in 2017 to ensure public access to the San Juan River in perpetuity…
Category: Environment/Recreation
Southwest Colorado Residents Reminded to Give Space to Moose
This year, residents have noticed a few more moose showing up within town limits and sticking around for longer periods of time…
Colorado Department of Natural Resources Announces Collaboration with Department of Corrections
“The devastating 2020 fire season taught us that the status quo of our forest health and wildfire mitigation programs were no longer going to cut it…”
Colorado Resiliency Office Coordinating Statewide Actions
“The Colorado Resiliency Office is committed to bringing together state agencies, local governments and communities to creatively implement forward-thinking solutions that are sustainable…”
Selected Colorado Hunters Will Participate on Big Game Survey
CPW is randomly selecting approximately 160,000 big game hunters to participate in its annual harvest survey…
Watershed Enhancement Group Plans Dec. 8 Public Meeting
In June, the WEP initiated its third and final phase of a planning process to develop a local water plan that includes project opportunities…
Pueblo, Colorado, Going Nuclear?
Driving into Pueblo, the Comanche Generating Station is merely a speck on the horizon, just a few smoke stacks rising above the plains…
Signs of Life in the Riverwalk Wetlands
Across the wetlands are narrow trails cut through the vegetation, and trenches carved through the sediment. Many of these are left by muskrats, one of the most sophisticated users of the dead reeds…
Interior Department to Delay Some Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sales
“It is irresponsible to lease off millions of acres of public land and water without fully accounting for how that oil and gas will impact the planet…”
Rock Climbers, Breaking Down Racial Barriers
“The first trip gave me my confidence boost,” she said. “I made it to the top of that one and I feel invincible now, like I can rock climb anything…”
States and Tribes Contemplate the Colorado River in Serious Decline
“These decisions have significant psychological, sociological and economic impacts to the communities,” she said…
VIDEO: What To Do If You Encounter a Mountain Lion
Southwest Colorado is prime mountain lion habitat, as indicated by 107 mountain lion sightings already this year across the region…
Sweetwater Lake to Become Our Newest Colorado State Park
“This is the first of its kind partnership in Colorado to create a state park on U.S. Forest Service land, and we look forward to working with our partners and Coloradans…”
Wolf Creek Ski Area Opens Tomorrow, Oct. 16
Guests can enjoy the hard work of Wolf Creek’s key employees who have been moving snow and shoveling to make this early season opening happen…
Colorado Parks & Wildlife Collects 1.1 Million Brown Trout Eggs
It took just three working days at those two brood stock bodies of water to meet the quota of fertilized eggs that get sent to CPW’s Mt. Shavano Hatchery…
Colorado Climate Standards Meet Opposition from Some Local Officials
“…it’s essential that each region of the state actively takes steps to meeting these targets in the near-term horizon…”
Colorado Parks & Wildlife to Test for Chronic Wasting Disease on Selected Hunts
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has selected specific deer and elk hunts for mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in 2021…
Pagosa Ranger District Plans Prescribed Burns for East Monument Road Area
The planned burn area is located approximately seven miles northwest of Pagosa Springs…
So Many Colorful Trees… So Little Time
What better way to spend the cool, crisp days of fall then to visit your favorite national forest or national grassland?