Starting on Jan. 1, 2023, Colorado residents can get a $29 Keep Colorado Wild Pass during their annual vehicle registration through the Division of Motor Vehicles. This new state park pass gives all Coloradans an easy way to invest in Colorado’s outdoors, wildlife and local communities in a meaningful way.

NoCo PLACES 2050 is a collaboration of Front Range agencies committed to sustainable solutions, equitable actions and beneficial land management practices for the long-term conservation of public lands in Colorado and the quality of the visitor experience.

An oasis in the desert, Highline Lake State Park is the recreation epicenter for the Grand Valley with two lakes, lush grass, trails and trees. We discuss the park with its manager, Alan Martinez, in this episode.

Rattlesnakes often strike fear in people, but they shouldn't. Knowing a little about how these reptiles behave and doing a few simple things can go a long way in keeping you and the snakes safe.

This podcast episode discusses the work that takes place to erase the dark legacy of gold mining and restoring gold medal fisheries, specifically detailing the efforts to clean-up the Upper Arkansas River.

Area Wildlife Manager Jeromy Huntington joins us for this episode to discuss winter ranges and what CPW is doing to conserve these vital grounds that help wildlife make it through their toughest time of the year.

For anglers, Eleven Mile Reservoir may be one of the most popular fishing destinations in Colorado. Today on Colorado Outdoors, we learn about its history, unique species and fishery management outlook for one of the great angling opportunities in the state of Colorado.

Area Wildlife Manager Adrian Archuleta discusses human-bear conflicts in this episode and what CPW and the public is doing to reduce conflicts with bears in Colorado.

In this podcast episode we discuss a record year of kokanee salmon spawning that allows Colorado Parks and Wildlife aquatic biologists to fully stock waters in the state and provide anglers with an exciting opportunity to catch a great sportfish.

The Hayden Creek Cutthroat Trout possess a genetic allele that is not found in any other fish. The only other place it has been found is in a museum collection from 1889, which is now housed in the Smithsonian. We discuss saving this fish species unique to Colorado and its history.

Discovering Sweetwater Lake, the 43rd state park in Colorado that is located in Garfield County.

The I-25 South Gap project’s wildlife mitigation system includes four new and one refurbished wildlife underpasses, 28 miles of deer fencing and deer guards and jump-outs. In this episode we discuss the project and infrastructure installed to help facilitate safe passage for wildlife and motorists alike.

How work to thin a forest can benefit deer, elk, mountain lion, bear and other wildlife, as well as making it easier to fight a wildfire in the treated forest and reduce the severity of any such fire.

Summer is the time of year when many folks are enjoying spending time on the water, but it is also the time of year when algae blooms or E. coli can cause closures of popular areas like swim beaches. We explain them both in this episode.

In this episode we discuss the success of bald eagles in Colorado and a new study launched to evaluate how they are using habitat along the heavily populated and developed Front Range.

From rare trout to lynx kittens, Joe Lewandowski reflects on 16 years of writing about Colorado Parks and Wildlife.

We encourage people to observe wildlife and to be happy to be in a place filled with abundant wildlife and beautiful scenery. It's just very harmful to wildlife when people feed them food out of their natural diet. We want our wildlife to be wild, these animals are not pets.

In an inclusive effort to better inform hunters, we're happy to be the first state in the nation to offer authentic online content straight from the local game warden's mouth. That can be found in a YouTube playlist. In this podcast episode we discuss the concept to help inform Colorado hunters.

CPW is in year four of a five-year pilot program to see how K9's can aid wildlife officers in accomplishing their work duties. In this episode we discuss the program, hear from wildlife officers who have a K9 partner and look ahead to where the program is headed in the future.

In this episode of Colorado Outdoors, we are talking boating safety and responsible water recreation as we enter the spring season. We also discuss our Marine Evidence Recovery Team and its mission and duties across the state.