How CPW’s long-term efforts saved Colorado’s critters In Colorado 150 years ago, wildlife faced a dire future. To provide food for miners and settlers streaming west during the gold rush [ … ]
Month: September 2019
More questions than answers on climate
Deer and elk herds in northwestern Colorado might be affected by climate change at some point, according to biologists in Colorado and elsewhere studying how warming temperatures, weather events and [ … ]
LEAVE NO TRACE
By David Schwartz NWCO Hunting Guide Northwest Colorado is home to nearly half a million acres of public land federally designated as wilderness area. Wilderness areas are part of the [ … ]
Handling hunting mistakes
Every year hunters make mistakes in the field. Hunters might: shoot the wrong animal, accidentally kill more than one animal, hunt in the wrong Game Management Unit, etc. Most of [ … ]
Wet weather creates promising conditions for 2019 season
Last year, big game hunters were facing tinder dry conditions and skirting around wildfires. This year, the outlook is good overall, according to Area Wildlife Manager Bill de Vergie. “With [ … ]