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Hunters And Anglers Across Colorado Confront Growing Drought Crisis
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The Collegian, Approved, State

Hunters And Anglers Across Colorado Confront Growing Drought Crisis

By Katie Fisher | The Collegian As Colorado faces the lowest snowpack the state has seen in over four decades, 5 million residents across the state have been left to confront how they must adjust their behavior in response to increasing drought conditions. While watering restrictions become more common, some have been forced to reconsider their activities close to land and livelihoods. Big-game hunting is categorized by the practice of hunting large animals on a tag-based licensure system applicable to the state’s public lands. Similarly, angling requires a fishing license in the state of Colorado.  Both sports take several types of strength, according to Kara Van Hoose, a public information officer for C...
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Families Mourn After Experienced Hunters Found Dead In Colorado Wilderness
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Families Mourn After Experienced Hunters Found Dead In Colorado Wilderness

By Tracy Ross | The Colorado Sun Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko went missing in Rio Grande National Forest a week ago. Porter’s aunt posted on a GoFundMe page that both were found deceased. Two elk hunters missing since Friday were found dead Thursday morning by Colorado search and rescue teams, according to Lynne Runkle, the aunt of Andrew Porter, one of the missing men. “It is with a broken heart and through tears that I give you this update,” Runkle posted on a GoFundMe page she had set up to pay for the search. “Andrew Porter and Ian Stasko have both been found deceased. Their bodies were discovered earlier today by Colorado Search and Rescue. I will provide another update tomorrow. Please keep Andrew’s and Ian‘s families in your thoughts and prayers.” Saguache County Search ...
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Smoke and ash drive Colorado’s animals to the edge of survival
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Summit Daily, Approved, State

Smoke and ash drive Colorado’s animals to the edge of survival

By Allisyn Capel | Summit Daily With wildfires raging across Colorado amid extreme drought conditions, the state's inhabitants -- human and wildlife alike -- are bracing for impacts. On Friday, Aug. 22, around 207,500 acres were burning across the state in 17 fires. The vast majority of this acreage is attributed to nine large fires on the Western Slope. "Wildfires can have significant negative impacts to the landscape, wildlife and homes," said Brad Banuli, Colorado Parks and Wildlife's northwest region senior terrestrial biologist. In the last month, wildfires have prompted Parks and Wildlife to evacuate hundreds of native trout from the Stoner Mesa Fire in the San Juan Mountains, monitor a variety of wildlife species and habitats, and alter fall hunts for certain bear, elk and ...
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Colorado bill, removing hunting as priority method for wildlife management, fails in House committee
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Approved, coloradopolitics.com, State

Colorado bill, removing hunting as priority method for wildlife management, fails in House committee

By Marianne Goodland | Colorado Politics Animal rights groups lost at the ballot box last November in their efforts to ban big-cat hunting and trapping, but the fight was not over, as some lawmakers pushed to remove hunting, trapping and fishing as "primary" methods for "necessary wildlife harvests." The proposal ultimately died in the House Agriculture, Water and Natural Resources Committee on Thursday. Sponsored by Reps. Tammy Story, D-Evergreen, and Elizabeth Velasco, D-Glenwood Springs, House Bill 1258 would replace replace language in one of the statutes governing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to say the state "may" — instead of "shall" — authorize hunting, trapping and fishing and that decision would be "based on best available wildlife and ecological science to benefit wildli...
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Sandhill cranes making much-anticipated return to San Luis Valley
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Sandhill cranes making much-anticipated return to San Luis Valley

By Seth Boster | The Gazette One of Colorado's most anticipated natural phenomena is about to get underway. Sandhill cranes start flying into the San Luis Valley this month for their annual stopover. The majestic birds — long-legged with 6-foot wingspans, guttural songs and dances beloved by legions of admirers — arrive from wintering nests in the southwest U.S. and Mexico. En route to the northern Rockies and plains, tens of thousands of cranes are known to "spring break" in the barley fields and wetlands spanning this southern Colorado valley framed by the Sangre de Cristo peaks. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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CPW baiting bighorn sheep to relocate herd from Colorado Springs to Pueblo
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Approved, Fox21, State

CPW baiting bighorn sheep to relocate herd from Colorado Springs to Pueblo

By Norishka Pachot | KXRM-TV Fox 21 News A Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) biologist is leading a team to trap several bighorn sheep and relocate them to mountains near Pueblo. CPW terrestrial biologist Tyrel Woodward will be leading a team throughout the month of January to trap 20 bighorn sheep at an old quarry above Colorado Springs. On Tuesday, Jan. 14, CPW staffers John Barkowski and Joey Livingston helped distribute bales of hay and apple pulp to lure 150-member Rampart herd to a site where a net would be set up to catch 20 sheep. READ THE FULL STORY AT KXRM-TV FOX 21
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases five more bear cubs
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases five more bear cubs

By Piper Russell | Out There Colorado Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently released two sets of bear cubs (five total) after they spent the summer at the Frisco Creek Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Del Norte. The bear cubs were orphaned in mid-July near Durango. They were sent to Frisco Creek, which was home to 25 bear cubs from across Colorado this summer. These three bears were released on forest service land outside Pagosa Springs. READ THE FULL STORY AT OUT THERE COLORADO
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CPW unanimously adopts new Eastern Colorado mountain lion management plan
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CPW unanimously adopts new Eastern Colorado mountain lion management plan

By Heather Willard | Fox 31 News The 10-year plan to manage mountain lions east of the Continental Divide was adopted unanimously by the 10 Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission members last week. The plan used months of research and public hearings to inform its measures and echoes the similar successful development of the West Slope mountain lion management plan, which was approved in 2020. CPW recently published results from a study of West Slope mountain lions and found that the big cats’ population density is equal to or greater than the density projections used for making harvest decisions. “Mountain lions in Colorado have historically been managed on smaller, localized scales – similar to the management of Colorado’s deer and elk,” CPW explained in a re...
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Twenty-four former CPW commissioners urge vote against Prop. 127’s lion hunting ban
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Approved, State, thefencepost.com

Twenty-four former CPW commissioners urge vote against Prop. 127’s lion hunting ban

By Rachel Gabel  | The Fence Post With ballots being marked across the country, 24 former Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commissioners are urging voters to reject a measure seeking to ban mountain lion and bobcat hunting in the state. The former commissioners, including Gov. Jared Polis appointees, represent decades of service to all stakeholders of CPW and said CPW is renowned for its science-based adaptive management practices to balance the needs of wildlife, ecosystems and communities. “Proposition 127 undermines science-based wildlife management and undercuts over 125 years of investment from CPW that has resulted in both the recovery of and sustainable populations of wildlife in Colorado,” they said. Former Commissioner Gaspar Perricone said he hopes voters will pause before ca...
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Science-based wildlife conservation supported by passage of CWEPA resolution
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Science-based wildlife conservation supported by passage of CWEPA resolution

By Rocky Mountain Voice A resolution has been passed by the Colorado Wildlife Employees Protective Association (CWEPA) supporting science-based wildlife conservation aligned with the mission of Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the principles of wildlife conservation in North America, a press release received by Rocky Mountain Voice reads. Founded in 1947, CWEPA includes a membership estimated at 200 wildlife officers, biologists, wildlife technicians, aquatics staff, administrative assistants and education and outreach personnel "deeply committed to the conservation and management of Colorado’s diverse wildlife resources," the press release reads. The resolution serves to reaffirm the mission to advance the ability of employees to safeguard wildlife resources of Colorado for the benef...
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