{"id":1238,"date":"2011-06-13T22:01:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-13T22:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/?p=1238"},"modified":"2011-06-13T22:01:40","modified_gmt":"2011-06-13T22:01:40","slug":"rick-cables-named-director-of-co-parks-and-widlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/rick-cables-named-director-of-co-parks-and-widlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Cables Named Director of CO Parks and Widlife"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Wildlife Commission and Parks Board selected Region 2 Regional Forester Rick Cables as the director of the new combined agency, Division of Parks and Wildlife. \u00a0His selection was approved (as required by the new statute) by the Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources. \u00a0 The two bodies made their selection on June 10, following interviews of the final 3 candidates. \u00a0Previously on May 31, two panels of stakeholders and one employee panel interviewed the 3 finalists and provided their feedback to the Executive Director of DNR and the chairs of the Wildlife Commission and the Parks Board.<\/p>\n

Congratulations to Rick. \u00a0CWF looks forward to meeting with the new director and working with him in his new role. \u00a0CWF has worked with Rick for several years during his tenure as Regional Forester.<\/p>\n

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Below is the press release issued by the Department of Natural Resources on June 13:<\/p>\n

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STATE OF COLORADO<\/p>\n

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John W. Hickenlooper<\/p>\n

Governor<\/p>\n

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Mike King<\/p>\n

Executive Director<\/p>\n

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OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR<\/p>\n

Department of Natural Resources<\/p>\n

1313 Sherman Street, Room 718<\/p>\n

Denver, Colorado 80203<\/p>\n

Phone: (303) 866-3311<\/p>\n

Fax: (303) 866-2115<\/p>\n

dnr.state.co.us<\/p>\n

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n

Monday, June 13, 2011<\/p>\n

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CONTACT<\/p>\n

Todd Hartman, 303-866-3311 x-8665, todd.hartman@state.co.us<\/p>\n

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Rick Cables named director<\/p>\n

of new Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife<\/p>\n

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Rick Cables, Regional Forester for the U.S. Forest Service’s Rocky Mountain Region, has been<\/p>\n

named the director of the newly created Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife.<\/p>\n

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Cables will oversee the new division and its 880 employees beginning in July. The new division<\/p>\n

unites the existing Colorado Division of Wildlife and Colorado State Parks, a merger approved by<\/p>\n

state lawmakers and signed into law June 6 by Governor John Hickenlooper.<\/p>\n

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\u0153Rick Cables brings an accomplished career of conservation success, much of it in the West, to this<\/p>\n

critical role leading our new Parks and Wildlife division,\u009d said Mike King, executive director of the<\/p>\n

Colorado Department of Natural Resources. \u0153We are fortunate to have a person with his<\/p>\n

conservation values, management talent and wealth of experience with western landscapes taking<\/p>\n

the helm of this new agency.\u009d<\/p>\n

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\u0153I feel privileged to be joining the remarkable professionals of the newly created Colorado Division<\/p>\n

of Parks and Wildlife,\u009d Cables said. \u0153Their passion, professionalism and dedication to Colorado’s<\/p>\n

wildlife and state parks make our wonderful state even more special. I’m very excited to pursue this<\/p>\n

new challenge. To my friends in the U.S. Forest Service, an agency that I love, I thank you for the<\/p>\n

experience and look forward to advancing Colorado’s conservation heritage.\u009d<\/p>\n

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Cables has been the Regional Forester of the Rocky Mountain Region since 2001. As Regional<\/p>\n

Forester he has been responsible for the administration of over 22 million acres in 17 national<\/p>\n

forests and 7 national grasslands, and cooperative efforts with state and private landowners in<\/p>\n

Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota and eastern Wyoming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wildlife Commission and Parks Board selected Region 2 Regional Forester Rick Cables as the director of the new combined agency, Division of Parks and Wildlife. \u00a0His selection was approved (as required by the new statute) by the Executive Director of the Department of Natural Resources. \u00a0 The two bodies made their selection on June …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"anons"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}