Elk rescued from mine shaft
Women find elk in old mine shaft; animal rescued
The I-70 Scout & Eastern Colorado News
The Official News of Watkins, Bennett, Strasburg, Byers, Deer Trail, and Agate.
Women find elk in old mine shaft; animal rescued
Five-year elk collaring study to obtain data that will help to better manage the Clear Creek elk herd.
Colorado’s economy, elk population, conservation funding, hunting industry and resident taxpayer dollars are in the crosshairs. An environmental extremist-driven ballot initiative aims to force an introduction of wolves onto the Colorado landscape even though Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed a natural migrating, active pack in the northwest part of the state.
Good habitat is the key for maintaining wildlife populations. So Colorado Parks and Wildlife is working in western Colorado to restore abandoned farmland and other areas back to a natural condition.
As part of its ongoing work to monitor the health of the state’s big-game herds, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has started its winter classification and capture flights in southwest Colorado. CPW biologists use the flights to observe and record trends in deer and elk populations