Colorado Parks and Wildlife
It wasn’t just I-70 that suffered after Glenwood Canyon slides. The Colorado River took a blow, too.
Wildlife crews and water quality experts struggle to even assess the damage, as emergency management officials warn of threats to the western lifeline for years to come.
Opinion: If you love Colorado’s wildlife, do not feed it
It’s dangerous, unhealthy, and illegal
With food scarce, Aspen braces for possible bear invasion later this summer
There have been 78 bear-related calls to Aspen Police so far this summer, including a case where a bruin ripped open a window and entered a house.
Drought-caused Colorado River fishing restrictions lifted, but it may be a temporary reprieve
Wildfire smoke has help deflect solar radiation and kept the river relatively cool. But aquatic biologists warn hot weather, low water levels and sediment in the river could combine to starve trout of oxygen and future bans.
How water rights work in Colorado — and why severe drought makes them work differently
Parched residents’ questions answered, from how much water the Front Range takes from the Western Slope, to how a power dam near Glenwood Springs saves Colorado River fishies
Wolf reintroduction happened so fast in Montana and Idaho, the states are expanding hunting. Here’s what Colorado can learn.
In Montana and Idaho, state officials are pushing to decrease the wolf population through expanded hunting seasons, night hunting and snare traps.
Bird count examines what happens when high-country Colorado irrigators use less water
As the state mulls paying irrigators to leave water in the Colorado River instead of flooding fields, Audubon Rockies is using bird counts in the northwest part of the state to gauge the implications of intentionally drying the landscape.
Colorado wants to add EV chargers to rest areas, but the federal government is blocking the road
Solving the problem of range anxiety is key to getting Colorado drivers to switch to electric vehicles and it would help to have chargers at interstate highway rest areas. The statehopes the new $715 billion transportation bill will get federal rules prohibiting them out of the way.
Colorado’s first gray wolf pack since 1940s now has 6 pups
Gray wolves were hunted, trapped and poisoned into extermination in Colorado in the 1940s.
What exactly is the Front Range Trail? You may already be riding on it.
Every year, Colorado’s indefatigable trail builders chip away at complex new sections of a connector they imagine stretching from Wyoming to New Mexico. Next up: Castle Rock and the Cache la Poudre.
Drought forces Grand Junction to dip into Colorado River for drinking water for the first time in more than 50 years
Ute Water's 90,000 Western Slope customers will have river water added to flows from Grand Mesa as a hedge against heat and drought drying up reservoirs
Wildlife officials ask anglers not to fish the Dolores River for the first time ever as rain fails to dent Western Slope drought
Fish and wildlife leaders say they have their eye on potential closures of the Animas and San Juan rivers as well.
Colorado refuses to ease rules for how much pollution gets discharged into rivers and streams
Members of the Water Quality Control Commission said they were shocked by the blowback to a proposed change that would have made it easier for industry, utilities to send more pollution downstream.
Off-highway vehicles are revving up locals (in a bad way) in Colorado’s remote mountain towns
Inundated with by go-anywhere motorized vehicles, local governments are struggling to find a balance between welcoming the spending by “motorheads” and keeping their towns from resembling sets for a Mad Max movie.
Opinion: In Colorado, a wildlife and habitat crisis is quietly unfolding all around us
A measure in Congress would result in projects creating good jobs for Coloradans today, while protecting our state’s wildlife heritage for tomorrow.
Discovery of gray wolf pups won’t change Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s reintroduction work
Wildlife officials say the confirmation of the first wolf family in Colorado since the 1940s will help biologists establish more gray wolves in the state.
Rep. Herod: We need more equitable access for all to Colorado’s beautiful outdoors
Not all of our communities are enjoying our public lands equally. Legislation could help change that.
Colorado closes popular stretch of Yampa River to fishing as Western Slope drought hits summer plans early
State Parks and Wildlife shuts down a key stretch below Stagecoach Reservoir far earlier than in recent years, prompting climate change warnings from river advocates and concern for local rec industry.
Scientists want Coloradans to turn off their lights to help migrating birds
Colorado State University researchers use data visualizations to inform the public of high-intensity migration nights and when it's best to hit the lights
Colorado Parks and Wildlife opens up nearly 200,000 acres for hunting, fishing access on school trust lands
Colorado now can use nearly 1 million more acres of the school lands for hunting, fishing and floating after three years of expanding access, though some want lower fees for hikers.
