By Shannon Lukens.
United States Senator John Hickenlooper says the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has honored his request for a special Endangered Species Act designation for gray wolves in Colorado. It involves the 10J rule which would allow land owners, agriculture producers and state land managers more flexibility to properly manage wolves, and to protect their livestock and domestic animals. Senator Hickenlooper said in a press release, “This updated designation will help our farmers and ranchers as the state continues to improve our wolf management efforts.”
U.S. Fish and Wildlife will host four public meetings in Northwest Colorado. The first is in Grand Junction March 14. The next meeting is at 5:30 p.m. in Craig, ant the Moffat County Pavilion on Wednesday, March 15. Then it is east to Walden with a 5:30 p.m. meeting at the Wattenberg Center in Jackson County on Thursday, March 16. The last meeting will be virtual on March 22.
- Grand Junction Convention Center (Grand Junction, CO) on March 14, 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
- Moffat County Pavilion (Craig, CO) on March 15, 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
- Wattenberg Center (Walden, CO) on March 16, 2023, at 5:30 p.m.
- Virtual public meeting on March 22, 2023, at 5:30 p.m. (details to follow on the Colorado gray wolf web page)
U.S. Fish and Wildlife is also accepting public comments through April 18. Comments can be submitted through www.regulations.gov Search Docket number FWS-R6-ES-2022-0100.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Meeting Details
10J RULE MEETINGS WITH REGARDS TO WOLVES SCHEDULED FOR NW COLORADO BY US FISH AND WILDLIFE
Colorado Parks & Wildlife is offering a Hunter Safety Course this weekend (Feb. 24-25). The two-day course is at the Wattenburg Center in Walden. Registration information
Photos courtesy Steamboat Springs Fire Rescue.
A head-on accident sent one person to the hospital Sunday afternoon, and closed Hwy 40 just west of Steamboat Springs. Steamboat Police report that a hatchback SUV headed east between Elk River Road and 13th Street swerved into westbound traffic and hit a pick-up truck head on. The driver of the hatchback is from Steamboat Springs. He had to be extricated from the vehicle and was taken to the hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries. The truck had Missouri plates and the two people in that vehicle had minor injuries. No tickets have been issued yet and no names have been released. Steamboat Police wants to remind everyone that this part of the road is a transition area and to please follow the speed limit.
The Moffat County Girls Basketball team is in the first round of the 2023 CHSAA Girls Basketball State Championships Tournament tonight. The 13-8 Lady Bulldogs play Kent Denver at 5:30 p.m.
The Steamboat Springs High School Boys Basketball team has their first game in the CHSAA State playoffs is at 6 p.m. this Wednesday, in Manitou Springs.
The Steamboat Sailors Hockey Team has a bye in the first round of the 4A CHSAA State Ice Hockey Championships. The Sailors won the Mountain League at 8-0-1. Their first game in the state playoffs is at 6:15 p.m. NEXT Tuesday, Feb. 28 at Howelsen Ice Arena. We’ll be there. Listen on KTYV 105-7 Sports on FM.
As for spring sports, teams are scheduled to take to the field this Monday, Feb. 27. It’s the first day of practice. The huge effort of clearing all of the snow off of Gardner Field at Steamboat Springs High School began on Monday..
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