On November 12, the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners denied the Special Use Application for Shadow Mountain Bike Park on a 2-1 vote. They cited wildlife impacts, the comprehensive management plan, and incompatibility with the neighborhood. The applicant continued to state they could not or would not extend closure of the bike park during elk …
On November 8, 2024 the Bureau of Land Management issued its proposed final plan to improve protections for greater sage grouse on public lands in 10 western states including Colorado. The proposed amended BLM habitat management plans will incorporate updated beset science to strengthen conservation measures for sagebrush habitat on the public lands managed by …
Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) comment period for the Colorado State Wildlife Action Plan (SWAP) remains open through November 12. Public comment is sought on the plan at this stage of its development: the draft lists of tier 1 and tier 2 “species of greatest conservation need,” which are the most vulnerable species in Colorado …
On October 23, 2024 the Colorado BLM published its Resource Management Plan Amendment for Big Game Habitat Conservation to create consistency between wildlife rules promulgated by Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission (ECMC) and 12 BLM field offices. Before this plan, oil and gas operators were required to follow BLM federal leasing and permitting regulations …
On October 15, 2024 Colorado’s Energy and Carbon Management Commission completed its deliberations to formulate rules that will govern determination of cumulative impacts from oil and gas operations to the environment, including wildlife, water, and nearby communities. CWF was a party to the rulemaking in conjunction with Western Resource Advocates and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. …
Great news that on October 1, 2024 the Vail Town Council unanimously approved a settlement agreement with Vail Resorts that ended its appeal of the Town’s acquisition by eminent domain of the Booth Heights 23-acre parcel in East Vail. This parcel is the Gore Range herd’s severe winter range. Vail Resorts had sought to develop …
On August 30 BLM issued its Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments [Solar PEIS] which, in other words, is its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands. BLM plans to amend its resource management plans in Colorado and 10 other western states. Essentially BLM plans to open public …
On July 18, 2024 Colorado State Office of the Bureau of Land Management released its proposed final Big Game Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA). This is a vital management action addresses management of oil and gas potential new development on public lands it manages. CWF commented throughout the process and we appreciate the plan as …
On July 10, CPW released the draft Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan. Here is the link to the press release. At the bottom of the release is the link to comment. Please comment on the draft. CWF has been actively involved and tried to gain a strong Priority III: Land, Water and Wildlife Conservation. https://cpw.state.co.us/aboutus/Pages/News-Release-Details.aspx?NewsID=4180
Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend is Back in Colorado! For the first time since 2019, Colorado Wildlife Federation will host the Becoming an Outdoors-Woman Weekend again. Colorado Wildlife Federation (CWF) is proud to present the nationally recognized Becoming an Outdoors-Woman (BOW) Weekend program this coming July 19-21, 2024, at the beautiful CSU Mountain Campus in Bellvue, …
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