Tag: Colorado Parks And Wildlife
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Moose attacks hiker with dogs in Pikes Peak region
On Monday evening, Colorado Parks and Wildlife along with Teller County Search and Rescue responded to a moose attack that took place on Lovell Gulch Trail near Woodland Park. The attack occurred at about 6:45 p.m., with the hiker evaluated by a medical team and ultimately released. Following the attack, the hiker’s dogs were briefly…
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Reported bear attack behind shutdown of popular Colorado park
In recent hours, news started to break that “aggressive bear activity” was behind the closure of a popular park located near Golden, Colorado. On Monday afternoon, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife press release on their investigation into a reported bear attack provided additional information about what prompted the shutdown. According to that press release, a…
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Latest drought impacts at Colorado’s state parks include key water source running dry, major boating impacts
With roughly 98 percent of Colorado currently experiencing drought, additional related outdoor recreation impacts have been announced. According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, extreme drought conditions are set to limit recreation at Slyvan Lake and Rifle Gap state parks, respectively near the towns of Eagle and Rifle. Dryness in this part of the state has…
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CPW warns about hazard with deadly potential on Colorado’s most-rafted river, hazard now removed
UPDATE: Per an update from Colorado Parks and Wildlife on the afternoon of June 17, the hazard addressed in this article has been successfully removed. An image from that removal process can be found below, along with the original text of the piece which might still be worth reading as it touches on the risks…
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Wildlife office kills wolf linked to dozens of livestock deaths in Colorado
Wildlife officers shot and killed a wolf believed to be responsible for killing at least 22 sheep over the past year in a remote northwestern county, according to a state agency. The animal came from the Copper Creek pack and is the 15th wolf to die in Colorado in the past two years. It’s also…
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SEARCH AND RESCUE SHAKE-UP: CPW gets two bids for future management, but no bid from CSAR
In case you missed it, signs seem to point to the Colorado Search and Rescue Association (CSAR) no longer managing the state’s search and rescue effort after 53 years of taking on the role. Per a March interagency agreement related to backcountry search and rescue that involved Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and the Colorado…
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GUEST COLUMN: Polis and the Great Colorado Wildlife Experiment
By now, Colorado sportsmen, ranchers, outfitters, cattle producers, and anyone who’s ever dragged an elk quarter out of a snow-covered canyon have become familiar with Gov. Jared Polis’s approach to wildlife management. It’s a peculiar blend of science, politics, animal-rights activism, and whatever happens when a Boulder coffee shop discussion accidentally becomes state policy. Which brings us to the latest…
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CPW stocks 18,000 members of state-endangered ‘canary in a coal mine’ fish species
Colorado Parks and Wildlife has stocked a tiny, but important fish on USDA Forest Service land for the first time. According to a June 9 press release, CPW aquatic biologists and USDA Forest Service rangers and biologists put more than 18,000 northern redbelly dace into a small groundwater-fed creek on Pawnee National Grassland last month.…
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Popular 4th of July fireworks show that takes place at Colorado state park canceled amid safety concerns
A day after Colorado Governor Jared Polis declared a statewide drought emergency, one of the state’s largest mountain town firework shows for Fourth of July has been canceled. According to a press release from Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the decision has been made to cancel the Steamboat Lake State Park Fourth of July fireworks display…
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Aggressive predatory fish to be targeted in Colorado fishing tourney with big prizes
An all-ages fishing tournament is set to be held in Summit County and by participating, anglers will be helping Colorado’s native fish populations, too. Considered to be an invasive threat, Northern Pike are predators known to aggressively diminish native fish populations, including trout. Because of this, they’re a local fish that can often be caught…