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- Big Thompson Access Update - June 21, 2010Update: Some parcels along the Big T and the North Fork remain in jeopardy to lose public access and need to be moved to the top of the priority list of Larimer County Department of Natural Resources.
- OHV Registration Fee Use:Comment to CO State Parks Bd - January 19, 2010 Previously, the Colorado Wildlife Federation Board supported HB08-1098 that allowed state officers (Division of Wildlife, Parks, sheriffs, etc.) to enforce OHV (off highway vehicles) regulations on federal lands.
- Are We Losing Our Wildlife Heritage - January 19, 2010Northwest Colorado's Wildlife Habitat Today: Are We Losing Our Wildlife Heritage? Here is CWF's new report.
- CWF Report-- Northwest Colorado's Wildlife Habitat Today: Are We Losing Our Heritage? - January 4, 2010This month CWF will post on this website its new report-- "Northwest Colorado's Wildlife Habitat Today: Are We Losing Our Heritage?" Coloradoans and visitors from throughout the world prize the State's rich wildlife diversity, habitat a
- CWF-NWF Roadless Comments - October 8, 2009 CWF-NWF Roadless Comments are posted below.
- Clean Water Restoration Act bill - June 22, 2009The Clean Water Restoration Act bill (S. 787) moved from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to the full Senate on June 18 on a vote of 12-7. Please ask your senator to support the bill.
- Wildlife Comn Seeks Comments on Wildlife Fertility Policy - May 8, 2009The Colorado Division of Wildlife and Wildlife Commission are seeking public comment on wildlife fertility control policy. Here is an excerpt of the comments submitted by Colorado Wildlife Federation.
- CWF - NWF Protest BLM Feb. Lease Auction Parcels - February 4, 2009
- Support the New Oil & Gas Rules - January 22, 2009As Colorado’s oldest wildlife organization, Colorado Wildlife Federation shares a special pride in our state’s irreplaceable fish and wildlife resources and the habitat that our wildlife species need to survive
- COGCC oil and gas rules protect senstive wildlife habitats - January 17, 2009The new Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission rules provide minimum protections to sensitive wildlife habitat. Although Colorado Wildlife Federation worked hard to gain a greater, reasonable level of protection, this compromise must
- NWF-CWF Protest to BLM re November lease auction - October 30, 2008The National Wildlife Federation and the Colorado Wildlife Federation hereby protest the inclusion of the following parcels in the Notice of Competitive Lease Sale, Oil and Gas, dated September 12, 2008 (hereinafter Lease Sale Notice), f
- NWF-CWF Roadless Comments Submitted - October 29, 2008Comments from the Colorado Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation regarding the Forest Service’s proposed Roadless Area Conservation Rule for Colorado (“Proposed Colorado Roadless Rule”)
- Oil & Gas Development on West's Native Species is the focus of Wildlife Federations - August 28, 2008The dramatic impact of energy development on the West’s wildlife will be the focus of the National Wildlife Federation and Colorado Wildlife Federation as candidates, delegates and the world’s media gather in D
- CO Wildlife Resources Risk Loss Unless Rules Are Enacted - August 1, 2008Colorado Wildlife Federation and five other wildlife groups are asking the oil and gas commission to approve new rules to protects the habitat that sustains the state's deer, trout, sage grouse and other native species during the unprecedented energy b
- CO Oil and Gas Assn. Ad Cannot Be Allowed to Pass Unchallenged - June 22, 2008 The Colorado Oil and Gas Association and the Colorado Petroleum Association took out a full page ad in major Colorado newspapers on June 18 and subsequent raidio ads that cannot be allowed to pass unchallenged. The ad in
- Please attend June 10 public hearing to voice support for wildlife protection - June 9, 2008Please attend the June 10 public hearing in Grand Junction convened by the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to voice your support for rules that would balance oil and gas development activity with necessary protection for wildlife and impor
- Big Thompson updates - May 25, 2008Below is the column written by reporter Dennis Smith on April 24, 2008 and CWF's letter of May 20
- CO Oil and Gas Comn Releases Draft Protection Rules - April 1, 2008On March 31 the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission issued draft rules that would start balancing wildlife protection in conjunction with oil and gas development. Here is the press release issued by CWF, CEC. See also the link
- CWF asks Larimer County to retain Big Thompson fishing access parcels - March 25, 2008Larimer County is considering selling several prime fishing areas that it acquired after the Big Thompson Canyon floods in 1976.
- CWF, NWF comments re rulemaking - wildlife - March 21, 2008National Wildlife Federation, Colorado Wildlife Federation and several other organizations submitted joints comments to the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission re rulemaking
- NWF-CWF-WWF oil shale comments to BLM - March 21, 2008Comments by National Wildlife Federation, Colorado Wildlife Federation and Wyoming Wildlife Federation to BLM on its Oil Shale Resource Management Plan
- CWF letter re wildlife technical sessions for COGCC rulemaking - March 9, 2008CWF sent a letter on March 4 to the members of the Colorado Senate Agriculture, Natural Resources and Energy Committee and members of the House Agriculture, Livestock and Natural Resources Committee to report CWF's assessment of the process ad
- Participate in Oil and Gas Rulemaking meetings around the State in January - December 26, 2007The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is convening public meetings around the state during January to present and discuss its pre-draft rulemaking document that will culminate in the rules for oil and gas dril
- CWF thanks Sen. Salazar re Roan Plateau statements in his press release - December 22, 2007CWF thanks Senator Ken Salazar re Roan Plateau in his Statement that he released on December 20, following Governor Ritter's announcement. [See Governor Ritter's press release under News and CWF's press release under Our Stand.]
- CWF thanks Sen. Salazar re Roan Plateau Press Release - December 22, 2007salazar.senate.gov/news/releases/071220roan.htm
- Roan: CWF Press Release Supporting State's Stance on Areas of Critical Env. Concern - December 21, 2007Roan Plateau: CWF, NWF and Colorado Mule Deer Association Dispatched Press Release Supporting State's Endorsement of the Division of Wildlife's Original Recommendation re ACEC's boundaries
- CWF-NWF Issue Comments to CO Oil and Gas Commission Pre-Draft Rulemaking Doc - December 20, 2007
- Sportsmen United for Sensible Mining - December 14, 2007
- CWF Thanks Sen. Salazar re Roan Press Release - December 14, 2007The Colorado Wildlife Federation thanks Senator Salazar for his proposing a one-year moratorium on leasing federal public lands on the Roan Plateau. We also have applauded Representative Udall's and Representative Salazar's perseverance in their&
- Charlie Meyers Column: Voucher system unfair, but unchanging - December 5, 2007Link to The Denver Post Charlie Meyers Column below