Tag: Fishing
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‘Fishing is Fun’ grants now available in Colorado
The 2026 round of Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) funding opportunities for the Fishing is Fun Grant Program is now open. According to a press release from CPW, the objective of the program is to provide funding to projects that expand fishing access across the state and provide more angling opportunities. CPW awards up to…
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Emergency fish salvage underway at Colorado reservoir amid dry conditions and incoming cold weather
Colorado Parks and Wildlife reports that an emergency fish salvage is now underway at Baca County’s Two Buttes Reservoir. The purpose for the salvage is to mitigate imminent fish loss related to declining water levels ahead of continued dry conditions. Two Buttes Reservoir is a body of water that relies solely on heavy precipitation, and…
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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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Pikes Peak recreation area could see changes under ongoing review
Trails, commercial permitting and recreation management around popular reservoirs on Pikes Peak are under a review recently launched by Colorado Springs Utilities. The agency has posted an online survey, gauging enthusiast’s interests and ideas for the future of North Slope Recreation Area. That’s the area of three reservoirs off the Pikes Peak Highway: Crystal Creek…
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Colorado fishing licenses for the year now on sale
It’s time for Colorado anglers to snag their licenses for the year. Colorado Parks and Wildlife recently announced the sale that started this month; licenses are valid March 1 through March 31, 2026. As always, anglers ages 18-64 must purchase a habitat stamp along with their license. Stamps are $12.47, with adult licenses running $42.91.…
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New to ice fishing? See a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park
The thought of fishing atop a frozen lake can be intimidating. Allow a ranger at Rocky Mountain National Park to help. One will be on hand from 10 a.m. to noon Fridays and Sundays at Sprague Lake through March 21. No fee is required beyond the park entrance ($30 per vehicle). Fishing equipment is provided,…
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Giving thanks to Colorado’s outdoors: Enthusiasts pick favorite destinations
The mountains outside our door. A more distant basecamp for adventure. A stretch of the Colorado Trail and newly public land waiting to be explored. These were some of the responses we heard to the question we ask around this time every year: What are we most thankful for across this state’s great outdoors? It’s…
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Why access remains restricted at this ‘amazing gem’ in Colorado — despite it opening to the public 10 years ago
The scene comes back to Mary Burger like a dream: crystal-clear waters tucked between stream-lined meadows and forests and Pikes Peak’s granite shoulders, rising and falling around this glacier-carved basin above 10,000 feet. This is Pikes Peak’s south slope, where Burger led volunteers a lifetime ago as a founder of nonprofit Friends of the Peak.…
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A look at 9 Colorado passes over the Continental Divide — and what to see on the drives
Call it the great separator, or the thing that unifies us as Coloradans. That’s the Continental Divide, or the Great Divide, so named for the mighty formation that separates our North American watersheds between the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. In Colorado, we know it as the rugged wall between the Front Range and the Western…
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Colorado’s third Annual Troutfest casts into Coors Field, highlights need for water conservation
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Something fishy was going on Saturday at the home of the Rockies. That’s because Colorado Trout Unlimited — a local non-profit dedicated to protecting and conserving cold-water fisheries and watersheds — and the Colorado Wildlife Council were hosting their third-annual Troutfest Colorado. The festival looked to…