Colorado Parks and Wildlife goes social to share fishing updates with followers
Northwest Colorado anglers who have liked Colorado Parks and Wildlife on Facebook and followed the agency on Twitter already have picked up on some valuable information to guide their spring fishing trips.
Parks and Wildlife: Don’t feed wild animals
Feeding wildlife attracts predators, spreads diseases
Mike Porras, public information officer for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said feeding the animals not only has a variety of negative effects on big game, it also can result in fines under Colorado law.
Reclamation underway at Miramonte Reservoir
Possession limits removed due to illegal smallmouth bass stocking
The illegal stocking of smallmouth bass at Miramonte Reservoir will force Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials to treat and drain the lake this fall. As of April 1 all bag and possession limits for smallmouth bass and trout have been lifted, according to a CPW news release. CPW will partially drain Miramonte this fall and treat it with an organic pesticide to kill all the remaining fish. Restocking will occur shortly after the treatment is completed.
Outdoor Heritage Day open to public April 27
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inviting families to come out April 27 for the sixth annual Outdoor Heritage Day in Palisade.
Byers Canyon shooting ranges open for the year
With big-game herds moving back to higher ground, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has reopened the Byers Canyon Shooting Range for 2013.
Spring turkey-hunting season begins Saturday
From April 13 to May 26 some 12,000 hunters will take to the fields and woods of Colorado to pursue turkeys on public and private lands.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife accepting registrations for Focus on Forever conference
The Focus on Forever conference is designed to provide existing and new outdoors instructors with the latest training to teach skills such as archery, cast-iron cooking, shooting, canoeing and kayaking, among others.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission sets Alamosa meeting
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission is traveling this week to Alamosa, the site of this month’s regular meeting.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces waterfowl stamp art contest winners
Charles Black’s winning entry, titled “A Break in the Clouds,” features two greater scaup on a Colorado lake on a cloudy day with a sliver of early morning light illuminating the ducks.
Dispositions reached in Routt County wildlife cases
Last spring, the Routt County District Attorney’s Office filed a combined 32 misdemeanor charges and six felony charges against the men after a joint investigation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Fishing, hunting licenses for 2013-14 on sale
Colorado Parks and Wildlife hunting and fishing licenses for the 2013-14 season are on sale at retail outlets, Parks and Wildlife offices and online. The deadline to apply for a big game hunting tag is April 2.
Antero Reservoir slated for draining
CPW, Denver Water cite drought conditions for decision
In response to ongoing drought conditions on the Front Range, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced Friday it would drain Antero Reservoir.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife honors 2 Steamboat Springs employees
Colorado Parks and Wildlife honored employees during an awards banquet in February in Colorado Springs. Among the winners were two Parks and Wildlife officials based in Steamboat Springs: aquatic biologist Bill Atkinson and property technician Steve Baumgardner.
Antler hunting prohibited at Dinosaur National Monument
As antler collectors travel the backcountry in search of fresh sheds this spring, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are asking them to avoid stressing wildlife still struggling to survive the cold weather and the lack of forage.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife offering guided youth turkey hunts near Meeker
Colorado Parks and Wildlife will be hosting guided youth turkey hunts April 26 to 28 on private land near Meeker. The opportunity is available to three hunters as old as 18.
Parks and Wildlife, U.S. Forest Service launch bighorn sheep study
During the past 10 to 15 years, two of the three bighorn sheep herds in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness Area have experienced population declines possibly resulting from bacterial pneumonia, according to a Parks and Wildlife news release.
BLM: Keep vehicles on roads when antler hunting
Spring marks the beginning of a different type of hunting in Northwest Colorado. But the Bureau of Land Management’s Little Snake Field Office in Craig is reminding shed-antler hunters that it’s illegal to travel off existing roads on public lands in Moffat and Routt counties.
New app geared to hunters, anglers
How to prepare game or fish is a question every hunter and angler faces, whether it’s in the field or back at the cabin. A new interactive application, from the designers of FishMate and HuntMate, aims at making those preparation decisions a little easier.
Parks and Wildlife accepting limited license big-game hunting applications
Applications for deer, elk, pronghorn, moose, sheep, goat and bear are due April 2, according to a Parks and Wildlife news release.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission meeting Thursday in Greeley
Stream improvements, falconry regulations on agenda
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission is scheduled to meet at 8:30 a.m. Thursday in Greeley to discuss regulations for state park and wildlife area use, updates about stream habitat improvement efforts and new falconry regulations.
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