A Lake Trout tournament at Blue Mesa Reservoir with $10,000 in cash prizes starts Feb. 1, 2020. The tournament continues through July 31, 2020.
On the big day, Natalie and I met Wilkins at 6:30 a.m. in Limon. It was a cold Saturday morning, but I was burning with the Big Game Fever.
The sighting marks the first time in recent history CPW has received a report of multiple wolves traveling together.
The 3.4-mile multi-use trail climbs 424 feet to the summit of Buffalo Mountain. At a peak elevation of more than 10,000 feet, the GEM offers some of the most expansive and scenic views in all of Routt County.
Paula Linhares vividly remembers the first time she hunted, harvested and field-dressed a wild turkey, describing it as a spiritual experience.
The annual Photography Issue is a chance to celebrate our fantastic fauna, amazing landscapes, and for the sportspeople and park visitors who get outside to experience and support the abundance of Colorado.
In mid-September Biologist Dan Cammack walked slowly along the edge of a boggy pond in the San Juan Mountains high above the San Luis Valley and peered into the mud and black water looking for a camouflaged critter the size of a dime.
Halfway across the field, I heard Natalie say “chukar!” I looked at her, puzzled.“What?” I asked.“Chukar,” she said, pointing to the ground in front of her.
Wearing waders and lots of bug spray, Lance, fellow bat Biologist Heather Halbritter, several other CPW staff, and I were going out every 15 minutes to the river below us hoping to catch a specific nocturnal animal: a bat.
