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Big game brochures and applications available online

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s brochures for big game, sheep and goat can help and are available now online.   In addition, CPW’s online application period and secure license application portal is open now until 11:59 p.m. on April 5. Check out cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/PlanYourHunt.aspx to find all the resources CPW has[Read More…]

March 16, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Taxpayers can aid Colorado wildlife with state tax checkoff

RBC I Help threatened and endangered wildlife with a voluntary contribution to the “Non-game and Endangered Wildlife Cash Fund” on your 2015 Colorado tax returns through the income tax checkoff.

March 14, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Free turkey hunt may be won by women novices

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is accepting applications from novice women who wish to participate in a private land turkey hunt with experienced mentors.

March 13, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW: Remember boat inspections

RBC I As boating season approaches, Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds boaters once again to help prevent the spread of aquatic nuisance species (ANS).

March 9, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Women-only turkey hunt free to novices; applications are open

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is accepting applications from novice women who wish to participate in a private land turkey hunt with experienced mentors.

March 9, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

State hunting brochures online

RBC I An early morning sunrise viewed from a meadow, forest, mountain or plain while listening to chipmunks shuffle through the leaves is just one of the timeless memories that await big-game, sheep and goat hunters this fall in Colorado. Create a memory like this and many others that come[Read More…]

February 22, 2016 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

New restrictions on antler hunting

RBC I Colorado Parks and Wildlife is reminding shed-antler hunters that new restrictions on collecting sheds on public lands in portions of Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield and Routt counties will be strictly enforced. The restrictions were approved by the CPW Commission to reduce the disturbance of big game animals struggling to[Read More…]

February 6, 2016 by Sean McMahon Comments are Disabled

Art sought from local artists to be featured on 2016 waterfowl stamp

RBC I This year’s species of focus is the Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos. The deadline for artist submissions is 4 p.m. on Nov. 20. “It is amazing every year to see what the artists come up with,” said Tilman Bishop, a volunteer member of the Waterfowl Stamp Art Committee, which judges[Read More…]

November 24, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

CPW changing fees for camping beginning Nov. 1

RBC I To assure the continued high quality of Colorado’s State Parks, Colorado Parks and Wildlife announces increases to basic, electric, full hook-up and cabin/yurt camping fees at the 33 parks where camping is available, effective Nov. 1. This is the first increase in camping fees since 2010.

October 28, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Good outlook for waterfowl hunt

RBC I Summer is coming to an end and again it is time to get ready for waterfowl hunting in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s avian research section leader Jim Gammonley offers a brief forecast to help hunters determine if it will be a good season.

October 14, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker’s Bailey Franklin named wildlife officer of the year by CPW

MEEKER I Bailey Franklin, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife District Wildlife Manager from Meeker, has been named the agency’s 2014 John D. Hart Wildlife Officer of the Year.

September 29, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Co-existence of energy development and mule deer in Piceance Basin presents challenges and opportunities

RBC I A recently released study by Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Colorado State University describing the effects of energy development on mule deer in the Piceance Basin has prompted public discussion and media reports about energy companies and wildlife, and whether the two can coexist. Piceance Basin is an[Read More…]

September 21, 2015 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled