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Opposition grows to new Colorado rule requiring purchase of hunting, fishing license to access some public lands

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Homeowner undergoes surgery after bear attack in Aspen

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Coronavirus has led to record crowds on Colorado’s public lands and plenty of “knucklehead” situations

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published
A campfire illuminates Rebeca Wenzel, 40, left, of Mesa, Ariz., as she helps make a s'more for her niece Kayla Barreto, 21, of Huntley, Ill., while camping with their families and others at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camp-Resort of Estes on June 29, 2019 near Estes Park. For seven years running, members of the Wenzel, Barreto and Munn families have gathered together at Jellystone resorts for an annual retreat. This year they rented four cabins for several days following a family member's wedding nearby. Photo by Andy Colwell, special to the Colorado Sun

Hunting, fishing licenses required (even if you don’t hunt or fish) for hundreds of Colorado wildlife areas

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

Colorado’s fight over wolf reintroduction has a new battleground: parasitic poop

By Jason Blevins Outdoors Primary category in which blog post is published

GOCO’s transition to new grant distribution strategy creates avenue for Colorado coronavirus relief

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Colorado researchers spent decades trying to save disappearing rainbow trout. Finally, they’re making progress.

Genetics from Germany and a hardy cross with Gunnison River trout seem to be overcoming a nightmarish parasite that causes deadly whirling disease

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Rafting season is ready to launch, but coronavirus worries are running high in Colorado

Rafters are betting Colorado’s “safer-at-home” rules will ease as people flood outfitters with reservation requests. But will the water last?

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The squawking, stomping chicken of the grasslands is back in Colorado

Lesser prairie-chickens were nearly decimated by blizzard and then drought. Now they’re back, after a four-year, joint relocation effort by wildlife biologists in Colorado and Kansas.

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Colorado now owns Fishers Peak, but funds to build the newest state park are in coronavirus limbo

In a deal that closed in a Broomfield park, Colorado took title to the ranch that will be the newest state park. Developing it, however, will take some financing creativity as budgets are slashed under pandemic pressures.

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Coronavirus is forcing a whole new social contract on Colorado’s city sidewalks and suburban open space

What’s the new social etiquette for dog-walking and trail running? Here are some answers from park managers and health officials.

Opinion: Gray wolves don’t need our help at the ballot box. They’re already here.

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Opinion: It’s time to ban wildlife killing contests in Colorado

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Opinion: Let’s put Colorado back on track to fund and protect our state parks

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DNA testing confirms first wolf pack in Colorado in 70 years

DNA testing of scat samples taken near an elk carcass in Moffat County in January confirmed the samples came from wolves