On March 15, 2024 Governor Polis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced a new State Wildlife Area purchased March 8: the 1,860-acre Collard Ranch in South Park. It is in partnership with GOCO and Western Rivers Conservancy. CWF applauds this acquisition as it features an elk migration corridor as well as five miles of great fishing …
Check out the full February 2024 Newsletter here.
The annual 2024 bipartisan Colorado College State of the Rockies Project Conservation in the West Poll surveyed the attitudes of voters on matters below. The Poll was conducted by Lori Weigel and Kathryn Hayne of New Bridge Strategy and by Dave Metz of Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin, Metz & Associates. The link to the poll results …
On January 18, 2024, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) approved its Eastern Colorado Resource Management Plan. Here is the BLM press release. BLM’s last plan for this area was issued in 1996. CWF has worked on gaining a plan for South Park since 2012. CWF is gratified that South Park is treated separately within …
On January 16, 2024 Governor Polis, Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) and Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) announced the regional partnerships that are grant recipients for the fall 2023 round of support funding. The Outdoor Regional Partnerships Initiative began in 2021.The grant awardees are: Eastern Grasslands Coalition (a new regional partnership), NoCoPlaces, Outside 285 in which …
On January 3, 2024 Colorado Governor Polis and the Department of Natural Resources have issued the pollinator report, “Colorado Native Pollinating Insects Health Study: highlighting pollinators’ ecological role in Colorado, protecting our pollinators and natural beauty.” Here is the link to the report that was required by legislation in 2023 SB 22-199, Native Pollinating Insects …
Colorado Parks and Wildlife announced on December 22 that it has released the second gorup of 5 gray wolves from Oregon into Colorado. All 10 were released onto state-owned public lands in Grand and Summit Counties. Here is the press release
On December 18, 2023 Colorado Parks and Wildlife released the initial five gray wolves into Colorado. This release onto state-owned public lands in Grand County has begun in accordance with Proposition 114 which required releases to begin by December 31 of this year. Pursuant to an agreement with Oregon, Colorado may capture up to 10 …
Check out the full December 2023 Newsletter here.
BLM has scheduled public meetings for the draft Big Game Habitat Resource Management Plan. Please participate at the in-person or virtual meetings. Virtual meetings: December 11 5:00-7:00 pm MST and December 18 1:00 – 3:00 pm MST In person meetings: Durango December 7 5:00-7:00 pm MST – Durango Public Library, 1900 E. 3rd Ave., Durango …
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