Tag: Outdoors
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Livestreaming camera reveals secret lives of rattlesnakes in Colorado
The rattlesnakes are hibernating now, spending the winter beneath the surface of a rock outcrop in Colorado where a camera has been posted. The camera has recorded a livestream online ー revealing the secret lives of a species like never before. But Project RattleCam pauses for the winter, for reasons both ethical and logistical. Ethically,…
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$10,000 in rewards for catching lake trout at Colorado’s biggest reservoir
Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants some predators out of the state’s biggest body of water. And for ice fishing enthusiasts who want to help, the agency is offering $10,000 in rewards. That’s the prize purse of the Blue Mesa Lake Trout Tournament, happening now through April 30 at the Blue Mesa Reservoir near Gunnison. The…
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Front Range’s highly anticipated Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space set to expand
An open space of historic proportions between Colorado Springs and Denver is set to get even bigger. That’s after Castle Rock’s Town Council approved the Parks and Recreation Department pursuing a $1.1 million purchase of 35 acres along the southeast edge of Lost Canyon Ranch Open Space. “We’ve already bought the Ferrari, let’s put some…
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Upcoming exhibit, commemorative stamp to celebrate ‘Colorado’s Photographer’
A new exhibit is opening at the History Colorado Center, celebrating the state’s most beloved nature photographer. “Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder” will debut at the downtown Denver center with a ceremony Saturday morning that will also debut a commemorative U.S. Postal Service stamp. Made for Colorado’s 150th anniversary of statehood this…
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‘A major accomplishment’: Poudre River Trail nears completion, touring 45 miles in northern Colorado
In northern Colorado, around a leafy preserve fed by the Poudre River and old farmland left between ever-growing neighborhoods, crews have been building a trail that will stretch about a mile. Only about a mile ー fairly small in one sense, big in another sense. “We feel like it’s a major accomplishment,” said Zac Wiebe,…
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New ‘recreation area’ eyed for North Sand Hills in western Colorado
It’s not the Great Sand Dunes of great fame and national park status. But a smaller set of sand dunes in northwest Colorado is still known to be “very popular” ー and perhaps in need of new management. That’s the thinking of the owning Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife as the…
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New ‘recreation area’ eyed for North Sand Hills in western Colorado
It’s not the Great Sand Dunes of great fame and national park status. But a smaller set of sand dunes in northwest Colorado is still known to be “very popular” ー and perhaps in need of new management. That’s the thinking of the owning Bureau of Land Management and Colorado Parks and Wildlife as the…
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‘Now we’re moving to action:’ $2.5 million grant set to advance recreation goals on Pikes Peak
Local and state officials have big ideas for Pikes Peak recreation and conservation. Now there’s money to support those ideas. Many were outlined in a 491-page “vision plan” last year by nonprofit Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance (PPORA), which over the previous decade has convened land managers, advocates and business leaders for regular talks about…
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‘Now we’re moving to action:’ $2.5 million grant set to advance recreation goals on Pikes Peak
Local and state officials have big ideas for Pikes Peak recreation and conservation. Now there’s money to support those ideas. Many were outlined in a 491-page “vision plan” last year by nonprofit Pikes Peak Outdoor Recreation Alliance (PPORA), which over the previous decade has convened land managers, advocates and business leaders for regular talks about…
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Snow farming: How some Colorado ski areas combat a dry winter
When the snow isn’t falling at some Colorado ski areas, the directive is simple. Go find it. “We gotta do what we gotta do,” said Tim Kerrigan, vice president of mountain maintenance at Ski Cooper. And it might sound simple, but finding snow and harvesting it is no simple task at the ski area near…