Forest Service won’t hire seasonal workers next year
Agency warns volunteer groups not to expect big projects
DATE: Nov 20, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Jason Blevins
Position: The Colorado Sun
Canada promises Colorado 15 gray wolves for next wave of reintroduction
CPW officials and wolf advocates cheer promise of wolves from British Columbia
DATE: Sep 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Colorado’s plan to trap, relocate wolves ‘did not go well’ for Montana wildlife officials
“What we learned was that the adults did not stay together and pups were abandoned and left to die,” says federal official in charge of wolf translocations in Montana in the 1990s
DATE: Sep 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
At least 32 have died in Colorado waters this summer. State loaning life jackets, upping citations to slow pace
The season’s tally of water fatalities include 17 deaths in reservoirs and 15 in moving water. CPW has issued 430 tickets for PFD violations so far this year
DATE: Jul 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
One man dead, one missing after a rafting accident in Upper Colorado River
Searchers say neither the 56-year-old man who drowned nor the missing 61-year-old man were wearing PFDs in the second fatal whitewater accident of the 2024 season
DATE: Jun 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Wolverine reintroduction legislation is ‘completely opposite’ wolf plan
‘They do not eat cattle. They do not eat sheep. They do not eat people,’ state Rep. Barbara McLachlan says
DATE: May 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
A rare win after nearly 40 years for Texas investors planning Wolf Creek Village
Appeals court threw out previous rulings and affirmed approval of a road accessing inholding
DATE: May 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News
Colorado lawmakers reject push to prevent local short-term rental rules from applying to backcountry huts and cabins
Senate Bill 213, which was connected to the wealthy owner of a backcountry property outside Crested Butte, drew the ire of counties
DATE: May 6, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
It’s been a ‘lucky’ season for Colorado backcountry avalanches... so far
More than 100 people have been caught in slides, but only two recorded deaths
DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Skier dies while attempting to jump highway near Winter Park
21-year-old man was killed just west of Berthoud Pass summit
DATE: Apr 10, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Locals wary of plan to recycle Leadville’s mining waste
Residents concerned plan to process historic mine waste could threaten Arkansas River, unearth town’s long-buried history
DATE: Mar 31, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
Outdoor gear sales dropped in 2023, leaving mountain retailers struggling with high rents, high taxes and too-few workers
Overall sales of gear and apparel dropped 3% last year. Independent stores were hit much harder as core outdoor consumers slowed their spending
DATE: Mar 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News
