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Jun

2023

Beers, Bands, and Barbed Wire Strands: A Stewardship Event in Gunnison, CO

Photographer: Travis Bradford  When it comes to preserving our natural environment and ensuring the longevity of wildlife habitats, few efforts are as impactful as volunteering for conservation projects. In Gunnison, Colorado, a unique and exciting event named "Beers, Bands and Barbed Wire Strands" recently took place, bringing together over 100 dedicated volunteers for a weekend of fence removal, camping, live music, good food, and community engagement to celebrate Colorado Public Lands ...
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Apr

2023

Northwest Colorado Fence Pulling & Greater Sage Grouse Leks Viewing

Project Description Over the weekend of April 22 & 23, Colorado's Habitat Stewardship Coordinator, CPW Biologist Brian Holmes, and BHA volunteers ripped out one mile of fence that was impacting wildlife movement and overlapping with high priority elk, mule deer, pronghorn, and greater sage grouse habitat. This winter was a particularly difficult winter for elk, deer, and pronghorn in the Northwest. With snow in low elevation wintering habitat at above average depths many animals starved to ...
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Oct

2022

Dome Rock SWA Aspen Regeneration Project

"Many wildlife species thrive in aspen forests, we hope through our actions that we can perpetuate aspens on the landscape and develop a model for continued aspen treatments." - Tyrel Woodward CPW Biologist   BHA's Colorado Southeast Regional Director and Wildlife Biologist for CPW, Tyrel Woodward mobilized volunteers for a recent aspen regeneration project. Volunteers erected 1,400 feet of elk exclosure fencing to aid in the restoration of a recently treated aspen stand.This will help ...
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Sep

2022

Public Lands Day Stewardship Recap in Colorado

"We've seen elk calves tangled up in this fencing multiple times." - local hunters In partnership with Colorado Parks & Wildlife, BHA and volunteers removed 1.75 miles of fencing in the rugged pinyon juniper forests of Meeker, CO during National Public Lands Day weekend. Over the Fall CPW will drive through, load up the removed materials, and truck it to the scrap yard to be recycled. While removing woven wire fence from the top of a ridge, two hunters out glassing approached us to share ...
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Sep

2022

Bring Your Work Gloves and Boots

 *Header image by Jon Cartagena  Wildlife encounters many barriers and obstacles when moving across the landscape. Migration corridors for deer, elk and pronghorn are disrupted by roads and urban development, as well as recreation trails. Although we may be able to improve these obstacles for wildlife movement, they will remain significant impediments to wildlife for years to come. But there are some direct actions we can take to dramatically improve wildlife movement in areas that are more ...
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Sep

2022

CO BHA Oak Ridge SWA Fence Removal Project

Project Description The Northwest is home to the largest elk, mule deer, and prong horn populations in the state of Colorado. The Oak Ridge State Wildlife Area alone will carry up to 3,000 head of elk during the winter months. During this time the property is closed to the public, which encourages the herds to stay on the property instead of spilling over onto and damaging the surrounding agricultural lands.  Thanks to BHA volunteers and Colorado Parks and Wildlife we were able to further ...
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18

Feb

2022

CO BHA Comments on Uinta Basin Railway Project

Date: 14 February 2022 RE: Uinta Basin Railway Project To Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper, Backcountry Hunters & Anglers (BHA) is the voice for our public lands, waters and wildlife. We seek to ensure North America’s outdoor heritage of hunting and fishing in a natural setting through education and work on behalf of fish, wildlife and wild places. The Colorado Chapter of BHA would like to request your involvement regarding the Uinta Basin Railway Project, which has received ...
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Jan

2022

Trail Based Recreation and its Impacts on Wildlife

  Abstract Trail-based outdoor recreational is often overlooked when considering human-driven changes to the Colorado Rocky Mountain landscape. But recent research suggests trail-based recreation may have a greater impact than originally believed. As population and participation in outdoor recreation continues to increase so does the demand for more trail and access to Colorado’s wild places. Trail-based recreation such as hiking, horseback riding, mountain biking, and ATV’s are shown to ...
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