Colorado Division of Wildlife big game managers will discuss deer and elk management in Game Management Unit 60 at a meeting in Paradox, 6 p.m., Aug. 23 at the Community Center, 21665 6.00 Road.
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Nearly 20 different organizations and agencies signed an agreement yesterday pledging to work together to provide recreational shooting opportunities along Colorado’s Front Range.
The U. S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, Colorado Wildlife Federation, National Wild Turkey Federation, Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), Colorado State Parks and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, are just some of the organizations that agreed to work together in order to provide safe and sustainable recreational shooting opportunities.
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On Tuesday, July 2, the Colorado Wildlife Commission approved regulations pertaining to feral hogs, including the adoption of a definition of “feral hogs” and provisions for legal take of such hogs. Feral hogs can cause significant wildlife habitat damage and have been declared by the Wildlife Commission to be detrimental to Colorado’s wildlife. Many other states are trying to control or eliminate feral hog populations and Colorado wildlife and agriculture officials now have methods to curtail the expansion of these invasive animals into the state.
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The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) has extended the public comment period for the Colorado Greater Sage-Grouse Draft Plan by 30 days to August 31.
Additional information about the plan and the plan itself are available to the public on the DOW Web site at: http://wildlife.state.co.us by clicking on wildlife species, species of concern, birds, greater sage-grouse and greater sage-grouse statewide conservation plan on the left hand side of the screen. The DOW has received several requests to extend the comment period on the draft plan due to the size of the document and the amount of detailed information to review. Comments in electronic format are preferred and can be e-mailed to pam.schnurr@state.co.us.
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The “Walk-in Access Program” sponsored by the Colorado Division of Wildlife to provide hunters access to private land to hunt small game is expanding to western Colorado.
Property owners who participate in the program are eligible to earn from $1 to $5 per acre depending on the amount of property available for hunting and the species. In southwest Colorado the DOW is asking property owners to consider providing access for spring turkey hunting, small game hunting and waterfowl hunting. In some cases, enrolling waterfowl hunting land can result in a significantly higher rental payment.
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) has determined that a proposed land exchange between the Colorado Division of Wildlife and Shell Frontier Oil and Gas, Inc. will not have a significant impact on the human environment and will not require the preparation of an environmental impact statement pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA).
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The June 2007 Wildlife Commission Workshop documents have been posted. You may view the documents at the following web address:
http://wildlife.state.co.us/wildlifecommission