Outdoors
Opposition grows to new Colorado rule requiring purchase of hunting, fishing license to access some public lands
A lawsuit and a group of hikers, climbers and paddlers are pressuring Colorado Parks and Wildlife to adjust the new rule, which applies to people who aren’t hunting and fishing.
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Donald Trump signs Great American Outdoors Act into law
By Jesse Paul Politics and Government Primary category in which blog post is published
“A feeling of empowerment and freedom”: It’s become common for women to accompany a hiking tale with a shirtless photo
By The Gazette Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Nearly all of Colorado is under some drought status. A year ago, almost none of the state was parched.
By Evan Ochsner News Primary category in which blog post is published
Without the burden of races, Colorado’s long-distance runners are shattering trail records
By Courtney Holden Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
Ski resorts push lift-ticket seller Liftopia toward bankruptcy, revealing deep impacts of coronavirus closures
Aspen Skiing Co., Alterra Mountain Co., Arapahoe Basin and others say they’re owed more than $2 million after the coronavirus ended the season early
E. coli fouls 100 Colorado waterways. But managers aren’t sure how big the threat is to people playing in streams.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has registered more than 100 waterbody segments on its impaired waters list due to alarmingly high E. coli levels
Great American Outdoors Act heads to Trump as Cory Gardner leans on measure in reelection bid
The Republican U.S. senator, who is facing an uphill election battle, has run ads touting his work on the legislation and in recent weeks toured western Colorado to celebrate the bill
Eager to experience Colorado in a different way, a Boulder woman set life aside to forge a new trail across the state
Starting at the Oklahoma-Kansas-Colorado border and headed toward the state’s northwest corner, India Wood is more than halfway through her expedition. She wanted to see more than just the prettiest, most popular places.
Downed tree samples are aiding research of last snow season’s epic avalanche cycle in Colorado
CAIC has harvested 730 tree disks or cookies so far over the past two summers for research by its partners
Colorado Classic women’s pro cycling race is called off because of coronavirus concerns
Organizers pull the plug on the fourth running of the four-stage, all-women cycling race across the state as the state tightens restrictions to control recent surge in the pandemic.
A world-renowned climate research site near Crested Butte is now protected by a conservation easement
Colorado Open Lands’ easement on 270 acres to protect the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab prevents development and serves as a model for management of conserved land
Smaller ski areas retain their workers with help of federal coronavirus stimulus money
Granby Ranch, Hesperus, Loveland, Monarch, Powderhorn, Purgatory, Ski Echo, Ski Sunlight, Silverton Mountain and Wolf Creek qualified for a cumulative $5 million to $13 million in PPP loans, enabling them to keep employees paid during the pandemic
