RBC | Concerns over recent algae blooms in the White River prompted an informational meeting Tuesday in Meeker. “We’ve had an issue in the river (algae blooms) we’ve all seen evolving over the last couple of years that’s affecting some of the fishing and having impacts on water quality,” said[Read More…]
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WildEarth Guardians take aim at CPW predator management
RBC | WildEarth Guardians is back, this time aiming their legal guns at Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) in an attempt to hinder the department’s plan to strategically reduce the number of mountain lions and black bears in an effort to reduce mule deer predation. “CPW’s plans are not grounded[Read More…]
CPW plans to reduce lions, bears to save deer
RBC | Colorado’s “mule deer factory” may be in trouble, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) has come up with a plan to try and save it by reducing predator numbers. The Piceance Basin supports the largest migratory mule deer population in Colorado for winter range. This area has been[Read More…]
OHV registration required
RBC | Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds anyone planning to purchase a boat, OHV or snowmobile that after Jan. 1, 2017, a new regulation requires that the buyer demonstrate proof of ownership before it can be registered. Failure to show proof of ownership will prevent the completion of the registration. If[Read More…]
Caution urged during big game season
RBC | As the big game hunting season continues Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds hunters to be careful in all aspects of their hunting adventures. Recently, a hunter in the Gunnison area died from carbon monoxide poisoning after going to sleep with gas lanterns burning in his tent. The man only[Read More…]
CPW: Fee increases needed to maintain and improve programs, services
RBC I Representatives of Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) held a briefing in Meeker on Monday night to present and discuss the division’s projected funding needs and ask for public comment Speaking for CPW were Meeker area wildlife manager Bill deVergie and Northwest Regional assistant manager Dean Riggs from Grand[Read More…]
