Tag: Conservation
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Mastering a combination of ranching and conservation
Sue Anschutz Rodgers sat in her downtown Denver office, far from her beloved Crystal River Ranch, but surrounded by photos of the ranch and a wall of plaques and photos and newspaper clippings evidencing her long support of young people in agriculture and the National Western Stock Show. She is all class in winter white,…
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Protection set for La Jara Ranch | Gabel
The State Land Board is meeting Oct. 15 to decide the future management of several significant properties, including the 46,000-acre La Jara Ranch in the San Luis Valley. CPW and DNR have partnered with NGOs to permanently protect recreational access and conservation values on the property, a process long in the making. CPW allocated $5…
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Debate over spearfishing in Colorado continues as petition is rejected
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Divers with spearguns won’t be swimming and fishing in more Colorado waters anytime soon. That’s after the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission’s recent, nearly unanimous decision to deny a petition to expand spearfishing around the…
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Denver Zoo welcomes 4 African lion cubs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Denver Zoo welcomed four healthy African lion cubs Wednesday. African lion Araali gave birth to the cubs following a 115-day pregnancy and almost 18 hours of labor, the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance announced. The new litter of lion cubs marks four generations born at…
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$9.9 million in lottery proceeds fund Great Outdoors Colorado grants
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Great Outdoors Colorado awarded $9.9 million in lottery funds to 22 different conservation projects across the state, it announced recently. In fiscal year 2023-2024, GOCO collected more than $84.1 million. Since 1992, it has collected more than $1.6 billion and spent more than $1.5 billion…
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Mad Rabbit, Colorado’s ‘most contentious trails project,’ due for more debate
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The U.S. Forest Service has signed off on a controversial plan for major trail expansions near Rabbit Ears Pass in northwest Colorado. But the long-going debate over the project called Mad Rabbit is not over. Later this month, the Steamboat Springs City Council is set…
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National conservation area proposed again for southwest Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would form a national conservation area over highly contended land in southwest Colorado. U.S. Sens. Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper recently announced legislation closely resembling a proposal from 2022 to add protections around public land along the Dolores…
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Water destination poised for northern Colorado after years of controversy
Back in 2009, Zac Wiebe was hiking near the foothills of northern Colorado, where today a dam rises close to its final height of 350 feet. “I recall a sign that actually stated the reservoir could be built as soon as 2009,” Wiebe said. That would not be the case — not in the face of…
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Where bison roam and human history was rewritten: Colorado’s Soapstone Prairie
The people overseeing a sprawling place of intrigue near Colorado’s northern border have a saying about it. “We like to say Soapstone will blow you away,” Zoë Shark says. “That has a couple different meanings to it.” The views are one thing at Soapstone Prairie Natural Area: The Mummy Range looms in one direction, rolling…
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After funding, controversial Mad Rabbit trails in Colorado remain ‘in limbo’
It’s been four months since a highly controversial trail project in Colorado gained major funding — what proponents and opponents thought would break a yearslong stalemate. Still, the Mad Rabbit project is showing no signs of progress. That’s the view of Routt County Riders and Keep Routt Wild, two Steamboat Springs groups that have long led…