Tag: cpw
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Chaotic meeting began with attempt to squelch public comment | Rachel Gabel
When Attorney General Phil Weiser takes the Governor’s office in January, he must immediately address the chaos of the latest round of appointees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission to assure stakeholders that he’s willing to put pressure on the bleeding wound. The keys to the kingdom have fallen into the wrong hands and…
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CPW expands water contact advisory as Pueblo sewage spill continues downstream
A 4.2 million gallon raw sewage spill into the Arkansas River in Pueblo a week ago prompted state officials to expand a water contact advisory on Wednesday, according to a news release by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. E. coli levels have continued to test significantly above safe levels downstream after the spill on Aug. 26…
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Record bear activity prompts CPW outreach event in Monument
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is planning several outreach events across the state to educate residents on keeping bears away amid record sightings, according to a news release on Friday. The agency has received over 6,000 reports of bear sightings this year, nearly double this time last year, and is on pace for the highest since…
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife issues voluntary fishing closure for part of Arkansas River in Pueblo
Low water flows and increasing temperatures for part of the Arkansas River prompted Colorado Parks and Wildlife to issue a voluntary fishing closure. The closure is in effect until further notice from noon to midnight beginning at Pueblo Boulevard East downstream until it meets Fountain Creek. Officials hope the measure will reduce stress on trout…
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1 dead, 3 injured after ‘incident’ upon family boat at Monument Lake Resort
A deceased man’s body was recovered following an hours-long search for a missing person after a ‘single boat incident’ at the Monument Lake Resort in Las Animas County, according to a news release by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. The victim’s three other family members on the pontoon were hospitalized in Trinidad, and no details were…
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Fish salvage underway in Huerfano County reservoir to supply cities water amid drought
Colorado Parks and Wildlife declared an emergency public fish salvage for a reservoir in drought-ridden Huerfano County to increase depleted water supplies in Walsenburg and La Veta, the agency announced on Friday. In a news release, CPW officials stated those conditions made them realize the Daigre Reservoir’s “entire fishery” could be lost, prompting the emergency…
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Supporters submit signatures to enshrine right to hunt, fish in Colorado Constitution
The T. Roosevelt Conservation Alliance submitted more than 180,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office this week, exceeding the minimum of about 124,000 required to place Initiative 302 protecting hunting and fishing on the November 2026 ballot. The measure would amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine the right to hunt, fish and harvest…
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Conservation efforts emphasize the lesser prairie chicken | Rachel Gabel
Reid DeWalt, deputy director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife, spoke to the Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee about the Lesser Prairie Chicken and moving conservation forward. He said in 2026, CPW staff counted 77 males on 13 leks, a number that has dropped year over year since 2024. There are fewer than 1,000 chickens…
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CPW has a weighty decision to make on a recent wolf kill | Rachel Gabel
Gov. Jared Polis made three new appointments to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission and reappointed both Richard Reading, at-large representative, and vice chair Gabriel Otero, sportspersons representative who resides west of the Continental Divide. Appointed as a production agriculture representative residing west of the Continental Divide, John LeCoq of Silverthorne, is, according to a release, a longtime landowner of 400 acres of grazed land that is…
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Bear relocated after falling asleep in Falcon window well
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have been busy after relocating their second bear in about a week from El Paso County on Tuesday, as drought continues to push bears into neighborhoods for food. A Falcon couple discovered the unexpected guest in their home on Tuesday morning after a 250-pound black bear fell asleep in their…