Conservation

Biden wants to make conservation equal to ranching and mining. The GOP won’t have it

Republican-led House committee voted to withdraw a BLM rule it links to ‘Biden’s preservationist agenda’

June 22, 2023

Nonprofit offers environmental summer camp for students in Southwest Colorado

Program partners with Fort Lewis College to introduce career pathways

June 17, 2023

Four Colorado mountain lions died from avian flu, but mammal crossover has slowed

Bobcats, skunks, foxes and a bear have all died of the bird disease, but state wildlife officials say trends are…

April 11, 2023

Colorado River Basin reservoirs still face grim outlook despite healthy snowpack

snow accumulation offers water officials a breather as they face the basin’s long-term drought

April 4, 2023

Bennet Introduces ‘Protect the West’ Act to address wildfires and drought

Legislation aims to invest in the environment with sustainable financial efforts

March 1, 2023

Wolf reintroduction evolves as challenges threaten early 2024 deadline

Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners hosted final public meeting on plan Wednesday

February 23, 2023

Public land crossing creates a private-property conundrum that’s tough to fix

Bill 1066 would allow lawful passage between parcels bordering private property, settling a decades-old conundrum in the West

February 22, 2023

Use executive action to protect more BLM land, say Colorado’s House Democrats

Rep. DeGette asking Biden to step up effort to conserve public lands

February 20, 2023

Can Colorado’s seedling tree nursery curb forest fires and disease?

Facility has begun its resurgence with mission to be an ‘epicenter of reforestation’

February 20, 2023

Colorado legislation takes ‘galloping step’ toward horse slaughter ban

Senate Agriculture Committee passed a weaker version of the original bill that’s intended to protect horses during transport

February 17, 2023

Hunting groups quit Colorado Outdoor Partnership, cite lack of focus on wildlife

Partnership was convened to shape conservation and recreation policy. Three groups say the focus has been elsewhere.

February 17, 2023

Water conservation remains a huge concern in the West, annual Colorado College poll shows

State of the Rockies project’s 13th annual poll found that Coloradans and other western states are still on high alert…

February 16, 2023

Two wolves captured, collared by Colorado wildlife biologists in North Park

two males, the only GPS-tracked wolves in Colorado, will provide CPW with insight on future wolf behavior in the state

February 6, 2023

New Colorado water reuse rule said to be first of its kind in the country

potable reuse will require treatment with state-of-the-art technologies

February 1, 2023

Emails reveal tensions in Colorado River talks

emails obtained by The Associated Press, one water manager said, ‘We're all headed to a very dark place.’

January 30, 2023

Winter travel changes likely in Rio Grande National Forest

Despite a 2015 ruling mandating regulations on motorized use, there is still no plan

January 22, 2023

First round of public comment reveals divide over Colorado’s gray wolf reintroduction is still wide

Colorado wildlife commissioners heard from ranchers and wildlife advocates hoping to influence the draft plan for bringing wolves back to…

January 20, 2023

How Colorado plans to reintroduce wolves on Western Slope by 2023 deadline

Colorado Parks and Wildlife releases draft plan to comply with 2020’s Proposition 114

January 2, 2023

Water managers across drought-stricken West agree on one thing: ‘This is going to be painful’

Receding reservoirs give a clear view of the hard choices ahead

December 21, 2022

Conferees told Colorado River action ‘absolutely critical’

A buoy sits high and dry on cracked earth previously under the waters of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead…

December 19, 2022

Plan calls for 50 northern gray wolves to be released in Colorado over 5 years

Social, political issues will be harder to manage than animals as recovery rolls out on the Western Slope starting in…

December 12, 2022

Worst Colorado avian flu outbreak kills bald eagles, threatens more wild birds

Millions of chickens have been slaughtered, while rare raptors are also in danger

December 12, 2022

Wolf reintroduction could be a chance to support endangered subspecies

Proponents say Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans should consider Mexican gray wolves

December 8, 2022

Colorado set to release draft of wolf reintroduction plan

are 6 big questions the proposal could answer

December 2, 2022