Tag: Department Of Natural Resources
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Outgoing CPW director Jeff Davis lands new role, same salary amid Colorado hiring freeze
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Jeff Davis, who resigned as director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife late last month, will continue to receive the same salary in his new role as a senior policy adviser to the Department of Natural Resources, according to the department. Davis will still make $186,470 annually. Davis chose to step down, rather than be fired,…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife building new law enforcement training facility in Denver
Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to expand its Denver training facility by retrofitting a former shop building. CPW, along with Wold Architects and Engineers, began building a new 16,500 square-foot training facility at its Denver headquarters — located at 6060 Broadway — this summer, according to a news release. The “cutting-edge” law enforcement training center started…
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Proposed Colorado drilling regulation could double water-well drilling costs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado landowners who need a water well dug may be paying up to double what it costs now to add one additional inch in the diameter of the hole drilled for the well if a technical regulation under consideration by state water well regulators is…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife director retires following probe of racially offensive remark
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Dan Prenzlow, director of Colorado’s Division of Parks and Wildlife since 2019, has retired following an investigation into a racially offensive remark he directed at a CPW employee during an April conference. The Department of Natural Resources in a statement indicated the probe — initiated after Prenzlow while speaking at a conference allegedly highlighted a Black…
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Colorado ethics commission to move forward on complaint against DNR’s Gibbs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will look into a complaint filed against Department of Natural Resources Executive Director Dan Gibbs tied to a contract awarded to his wife’s employer. Along with a third ethics complaint filed against Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters, the commission voted…
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Survey: Just 53% of Colorado cities have permanent outdoor watering rules
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Despite a stubborn, 20-year drought and reservoirs whose supplies are below normal, Colorado communities remain split on whether to impose permanent outdoor watering restrictions, according to a Fresh Water News analysis of local watering rules. According to the analysis, which examined rules in 15 cities…