Conservation

Earlier this month, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission awarded a livestock depredation claim to a multi-state commercial ranching company… against recommendations from its own staff.

This Saturday at noon, Pete McBride and fellow filmmakers Michelle Smith and Sierra Schlag take the stage at TACAW's Backcountry Symposium. The topic is responsible and ethical creation and sharing of filmmakers adventure's in remote places.

Colorado's collared gray wolf population has had its ups and downs lately.

Years of requests to protect public lands in Gunnison county are being answered by the local, state, and federal government. Senator Michael Bennet will be introducing the GORP Act to the Senate to keep western Colorado's outdoors healthy and accessible.

According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife, the second biggest threat to biodiversity is invasive species preceded only by habitat loss. Invasive plants are spread by natural forces, like wind and wildfire, and largely in part, by unknowing humans. Reporter Lily Jones has more to the story.

Earlier this month, Carbondale hosted Senator Michael Bennet, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland (Holl-and) and other guests to bring attention to the recent conservation victory in the Thompson Divide.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is urging the public to remain bear aware this summer to avoid dangerous run-ins with some of our largest neighbors.

The Roaring Fork Outdoor Volunteers used their afternoon to increase visibility and trail quality at the Doc Holliday Cemetery in Glenwood Springs.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is inspecting boats at Ruedi Reservoir to prevent one of the states biggest concerns from infesting lakes across the West. Quagga mussels and Zebra mussels outcompete native fauna, clog up infrastructure, and are capable of traveling hundreds of miles in boat motors.

Boat inspection protocols are going into place as lakes open up, and the risk of spreading aquatic invasive species sharply rises.