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Category: Environment/Recreation

Selected Colorado Hunters Will Participate on Big Game Survey

Posted on November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 by Post Contributor

CPW is randomly selecting approximately 160,000 big game hunters to participate in its annual harvest survey…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Watershed Enhancement Group Plans Dec. 8 Public Meeting

Posted on November 5, 2021November 5, 2021 by Post Contributor

In June, the WEP initiated its third and final phase of a planning process to develop a local water plan that includes project opportunities…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Pueblo, Colorado, Going Nuclear?

Posted on November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 by Post Contributor

Driving into Pueblo, the Comanche Generating Station is merely a speck on the horizon, just a few smoke stacks rising above the plains…

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Signs of Life in the Riverwalk Wetlands

Signs of Life in the Riverwalk Wetlands

Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Interior Department to Delay Some Upcoming Oil & Gas Lease Sales

Posted on November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

“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…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Rock Climbers, Breaking Down Racial Barriers

Posted on October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 by Travis Duncan

“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…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

States and Tribes Contemplate the Colorado River in Serious Decline

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

“These decisions have significant psychological, sociological and economic impacts to the communities,” she said…

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VIDEO: What To Do If You Encounter a Mountain Lion

Posted on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 by Post Contributor

Southwest Colorado is prime mountain lion habitat, as indicated by 107 mountain lion sightings already this year across the region…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Sweetwater Lake to Become Our Newest Colorado State Park

Posted on October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 by Post Contributor

“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…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
Wolf Creek Ski Area Opens Tomorrow, Oct. 16

Wolf Creek Ski Area Opens Tomorrow, Oct. 16

Posted on October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by Post Contributor

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado Parks & Wildlife Collects 1.1 Million Brown Trout Eggs

Posted on October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 by Post Contributor

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…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado Climate Standards Meet Opposition from Some Local Officials

Posted on October 12, 2021October 12, 2021 by Post Contributor

“…it’s essential that each region of the state actively takes steps to meeting these targets in the near-term horizon…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado Parks & Wildlife to Test for Chronic Wasting Disease on Selected Hunts

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

Colorado Parks and Wildlife has selected specific deer and elk hunts for mandatory chronic wasting disease testing in 2021…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Pagosa Ranger District Plans Prescribed Burns for East Monument Road Area

Posted on October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 by Post Contributor

The planned burn area is located approximately seven miles northwest of Pagosa Springs…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

So Many Colorful Trees… So Little Time

Posted on September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 by Post Contributor

What better way to spend the cool, crisp days of fall then to visit your favorite national forest or national grassland?

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Prescribed Burn Planned in San Juan National Forest

Posted on September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Post Contributor

The Forest Service will conduct a prescribed burn in the Beaver Meadows and First Notch Areas this autumn…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado Set to Celebrate ‘National Public Lands Day’ Tomorrow

Posted on September 24, 2021September 24, 2021 by Post Contributor

This year, partner organizations will be hosting events across the Forest to remove trash left behind at trailheads, along streams, and on high-use trails…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Fading, Off-Color Pine Needles Normal in Autumn

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 by Post Contributor

In Colorado, ponderosa and lodgepole pines, as well as some spruce and fir species, are the trees that are most commonly reported to be shedding needles in September and October…

Posted in Environment/Recreation

Colorado ‘Leaf-Peeping’ Can Be Done Safely and Respectfully

Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by Post Contributor

“We want everyone to have a great time experiencing the vibrant colors and the natural wonders our beautiful state has to offer…”

Posted in Environment/Recreation
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