By Shannon Lukens.
Photo courtesy CPW
Colorado Parks and Wildlife is expected to issue fewer hunting licenses this year, based on recommendations from biologists and wildlife officials. CPW says severe winter conditions in Northwest Colorado have resulted in higher mortality rates for all big game in the Bears Ears and White River deer and elk herds. It has been exceptionally hard for the Great Divide pronghorn herds. CPW is expected to recommend a significant reduction of over 40% in the number of hunting licenses for elk and deer and pronghorn. The final numbers will be presented at the Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting in May for final approval.
WINTER IN THE NORTHWEST: SURVIVING TODAY AND AFTER THE SNOW MELTS
Colorado State Patrol is graduating 37 new state troopers on Thursday. They’ve had 26 weeks of cadet training. Three are headed here, to Troop 4B, which includes Moffat, Jackson, Rio Blanco, Routt, and Grand counties. The three new state troopers are Jacob Reynolds, Austin Madrid, and Max Brown. The three will have 10 more weeks of field training before being allowed to patrol on their own.
Hayden Town Council meets Thursday. It starts at 7:30 p.m. in Hayden Town Hall.
Who is healthy? The Population Health Institute from the University of Wisconsin has ranked Colorado counties based on health factors like smoking and drinking, education and wealth, exposure to pollution and injury deaths. Routt County ranks 5th, Rio Blanco County is 23rd, and Moffat County is 41st for Health Outcomes, based on how long people live on average within a community.
Link to county health rankings
The 2023 Variety Dinner Concert is Thursday night in Oak Creek. Entertainment is from the Soroco Jazz Combo, the West Grand High School Band and the Soroco High School Concert Band. There’s also a taco bar with drinks and desserts and a silent auction, with all proceeds benefiting the Soroco Music Senior Scholarship Fund. It starts at 6 p.m. Thursday in the old high school gym in Oak Creek. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students and seniors, and can be purchased from band or booster club members, or at the door.
The Rotary Club of Craig is sponsoring two upcoming 8th graders and two high school students to attend the annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award conferences in Estes Park in June. Visit Rotary Club of Craig’s Facebook page for more information and for the link to apply.
Rotary Club of Craig Facebook page
The Steamboat Sailors Girls Soccer team has a returning player this year, who is now coaching. Kelly Labor Brown is a 2006 graduate of Steamboat Springs High School.
“It is a dream come true for me and my family and a little surreal to be coaching now at the high school.”
Her senior year, she was All-State and the Western Slope Soccer Player of the Year. Here’s Head Coach Rob Bohlmann.
“The really exciting thing about our program this year is the addition of Kelly Labor Brown. The energy and excitement that she is bringing into this program is tremendous.”
Brown played for Regis and UNLV. She coached for CU and CSU and eventually was head coach back at Regis. And now she’s back full circle, coaching at Gardner Field. She and her husband help run the Steamboat Soccer Club. The next game for the Sailor Girls Soccer team is at 11 a.m. this Saturday, at home at Gardner Field.
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