LAKE GEORGE, Colo. – Eleven Mile State Park will host the annual Cabela’s Colorado Classic Pro-Am Ice Fishing Tournament produced by the 11 Mile Marina, starting with the Grand Slam Jan. 10, followed by the South Park Ice Masters Traveling Trophy Feb. 7 and ending with the Marina March Madness March 7, 2015. The Cabela’s Colorado…
Have you ever picked up a rock while hiking and wondered what it was? On Saturday January 11th, bring that geologic discovery, or just plain curiosity, down to the Western Museum of Mining and Industry for a day of geologic exploration! Learn about Colorado’s mineral and mining heritage, identify common or your own minerals-in-hand specimens,…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife is taking to the skies in search of big game animals. Over the next two months CPW employees in the southeast region will fly across large portions of wildlife habitat in search of animals to classify by sex and age, while others will gather biological data on…
DENVER – The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (PWC) will meet in Colorado Springs, Dec. 11 -12, at the Antler’s Hilton Colorado Springs, 4 South Cascade Avenue. The meeting begins at 8:15 a.m. Thursday and is scheduled to adjourn shortly after noon on Friday. Commissioners will receive briefings on a variety of issues such as…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Celebrate the holiday season with Colorado Parks and Wildlife at Cheyenne Mountain State Park. Join park staff for the Annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bring your family and friends for an afternoon of fun that will include crafts, snacks, stories by the…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Did you know that Cheyenne Mountain State Park has event venues available for weddings, family reunions, staff meetings and more at great rates? Book your next event at Cheyenne Mountain State Park and invite your guests to get away from it all, without ever having to leave Colorado Springs. Special rates…
DENVER – National Bat Week, a campaign to inspire Americans to help protect bats, kicks off Oct. 26. This initiative is important to Colorado, home of 18 species of bats, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) who is monitoring bat hibernation sites this winter for the effects of White-nose Syndrome (WNS). “Bats are an important…
The City of Fountain will be holding “Community Nite in the Park on October 21, 2014. The FREE Event for the entire Community is celebrating Colorado Cities & Towns Week. Fire trucks, police vehicles, construction equipment, will be on display. See Timmy the Turtle & Sparky the Fire Dog. The Event runs from 4:00-7:00 pm…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Additional fuel mitigation work will begin at Cheyenne Mountain State Park Monday, Oct. 20. Visitors may experience some temporary trail closures while the mitigation is being completed. Crews will mitigate 100 acres near Zook Loop, Boulder Run, Talon, Medicine Wheel, Blackmer and South Talon trails. Weather will determine the length of…
The Fountain Creek Nature Center will be have a Pumpkin Carving Party and Jack-O-Lantern Trail on Saturday, October 25, 2014. Pumpkin Carving will be from 9am to 12 noon. $5/pumpkin and the Jack-O-Lantern Trail will be from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Help build a lighted trail by carving a pumpkin at the nature center in the morning. Leave it…
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Join Barr Lake State Park and bird experts from Ducks Unlimited and Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory for a free class designed to help birding enthusiasts and hunters identify waterfowl species commonly found in Colorado. This hands-on workshop will be held Saturday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon at the Colorado…
Please join us for an additional “Creek Week” clean-up day in one of our most popular neighborhood parks. We will be removing debris from the flood event last summer. Arrive at by 8 AM and get a continental breakfast and stay until Noon for a hot lunch! Fountain Creek needs your help! Please come join…
PUEBLO, Colo. – Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Pueblo Police Department are asking hunters and anglers for help in recovering a missing drowning victim. Christopher Lynn Frazier, 23, fell off an inflatable tube in the Arkansas River near Pueblo June 2. Water levels at the time were high, running around 4,900 cubic feet per…
This Thanksgiving invite your friends and family to help those less fortunate. For over 17 years, the YMCA Turkey Trot Run/ Walk has helped raise money to support and help provide opportunities for lower income families to participate in YMCA programs and membership. All funds raised stay right here in our community and will provide…
Colorado Springs, CO – Are you having Incline Withdrawal? Then come on up and help with the facelift! The City of Colorado Springs has teamed up with the Incline Friends, the City of Manitou Springs, Friends of the Peak, REI, Rocky Mountain Field Institute, the Trails and Open Space Coalition, and YOU! Although we will…
Do you have a Super Hero who you’d like to honor? Possibly your Super Hero is active duty, retired, prior service, deployed, fighting cancer, battling an illness or waiting for you in Heaven. Or, is your Super Hero dedicated to bringing awareness to an illness or a mission? Maybe it is your child, mom, husband or best friend who…
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