Kara Van Hoose

Jun 28, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Kara Van Hoose

Colorado summers are no longer a secret. If your home and schedule are filling up with family and friends coming to visit our state, you are going to need outdoor options. How do you talk your guests out of doing a 14er during their three-day visit? Distract them with one of these worthy state park options:The perfect trail for that “backcountry not in Denver” feeling without driving too far.

Feb 5, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Kara Van Hoose

Foreword: Colorado Parks and Wildlife is pleased to highlight several of the nearly 1,000 talented staff members in these ongoing profiles for Colorado Outdoors. Based on the field-based nature of staff members, we ask that you do not contact profiled staff directly. If you have media or general requests on the topics showcased in these articles, please contact a statewide or regional Public Information Officer.

Oct 4, 2023 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Kara Van Hoose

Colorado Parks and Wildlife and the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute have completed the state’s role in a multi-year partnership to restore the swift fox to its native lands on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. The Colorado donation effort ended September 15 with the successful translocation of 18 swift foxes from the Pawnee National Grasslands in northern Colorado. In 2021, CPW and the Smithsonian relocated 30 swift foxes from the Lamar area to Fort Belknap.

Sep 7, 2023 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Kara Van Hoose

Tina Jackson can’t help chasing after animals. It’s distracting, in a good way. I’m supposed to be attentively listening to a talk about prairie habitat preservation in rural Weld County, but Tina steals my attention with a squeal of delight. “Oh look! Does anyone know what this is?”I turn to see her standing near an ant hill with a small, unidentified reptile in her hand. I think it looks like something from the Australian Outback.

Jul 13, 2023 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Kara Van Hoose