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Established in 1938, Colorado Outdoors magazine has been a strong advocate for wildlife-related activities and has celebrated the dedicated efforts of the professionals at Colorado Parks and Wildlife, including wildlife officers, biologists, and park rangers. Building on this proud legacy that spans over 75 years, CPW is excited to introduce Colorado Outdoors Online. This platform focuses on outdoor recreation and utilizes modern web technologies to offer engaging content such as blogs, videos, photo essays, and podcasts. Our aim is to provide valuable resources that help outdoor enthusiasts enhance their experiences while also highlighting the thrill and joy of living the outdoor lifestyle in Colorado. As you navigate our website, we hope you discover new insights and feel motivated to grab your bike, binoculars, bow, firearm, or fishing gear and embark on your own outdoor journey. We also encourage you to bring along a friend or family member for your next adventure. The preservation of Colorado’s natural heritage and the sustainability of our fish and wildlife depend on all of us sharing our love for the outdoors with others.

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Colorado Outdoors Podcast Episode 2.10: At Home in Nature. The book on ‘The History of Colorado’s State Parks’

Nov 22, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

Earlier this year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife released a new coffee table book titled “At Home in Nature: A History of Colorado’s State Parks.” It’s truly a must-have for those interested in our state’s natural and cultural heritage. Learn how this book went from a pre-COVID idea to a finished product in 2024 that is now available for sale at state park visitor centers and on cpwshop.com.
Changes Coming to Colorado Hunting in 2025

Sep 28, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

While most hunters are squarely focused on filling the big-game license they drew for the 2024 seasons, it’s never too early to think about changes in store for upcoming seasons. At its June meeting, the Parks and Wildlife Commission approved the new Big Game Season Structure (BGSS) for the 2025-29 seasons.
Colorado Outdoors Podcast Episode 2.9: Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program

Sep 20, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

In this episode, learn more about Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s effort with the Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program put into place by House Bill 23-1036. Colorado’s first rifle season will open Oct. 12 this year, and hunters across the state are getting prepared and sighting in at local ranges to get perfectly in tune to take their shot this fall. With that in mind, it’s an excellent time to learn more about Colorado’s Nontoxic Bullet Replacement Hunting Program.
2024 Photography Issue - Call for Entries

Sep 16, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | Wayne Lewis

SummaryNew eligibility requirements and deadlines for Colorado Outdoors magazine’s annual photography issue. Since 2007, we at Colorado Outdoors magazine have dedicated our November/December issue to photography. It has been a way to showcase the beautiful, dramatic and inspiring images that come our way, from both professional photographers and hobbyists, that we would not normally have a place to include in our pages. For all these years, the submission process had been extremely casual.
Boreal Toads - Wild Reproduction Occurring

Aug 13, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

Daniel Cammack made the familiar trek up to a wetland at 11,500 feet of elevation for the seventh consecutive year in an effort to boost Colorado’s population of state endangered boreal toads. When he arrived at his destination high above the town of Pitkin, Cammack and his team of Colorado Parks and Wildlife native aquatic species biologists made a potentially game-changing discovery for the future of boreal toad conservation in the state: wild tadpoles at a translocation site.
Endangered Boreal Toad Tadpoles Released Into Wild

Jul 17, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

In 2021, Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance (DZCA) and Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) launched a new initiative aimed at boosting the state’s population of boreal toads, a species listed as endangered in Colorado and New Mexico. Starting with 95 adult toads from CPW’s Native Aquatic Species Restoration Facility in Alamosa, experts from DZCA spent more than six months preparing them for breeding and nurturing their offspring leading up to their release into the wild.
Partnership Protects Rio Grande Chub and Rio Grande Sucker

Jul 8, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

Generations of Colorado Parks and Wildlife staff were rewarded for their work this month as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced its decision to not list the Rio Grande chub and Rio Grande sucker under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). Colorado Parks and Wildlife commended the USFWS for its June 17 decision that acknowledged critical partnerships that have ensured neither species is in danger of extinction or likely to become in danger of extinction.
8 Places to Take Visitors Hiking in Colorado State Parks

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.
CPW opens life jacket loaner station at Miramonte Reservoir in memory of Tanner Chesnut

Jun 14, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

A first-of-its-kind life jacket loaner station was opened Tuesday by Colorado Parks and Wildlife. It wouldn’t have happened without a unique bond formed with Norwood resident Pamela Barrett. Barrett lost her son, Tanner Chesnut, to a drowning incident in May 2018 at Miramonte Reservoir. CPW Boating Safety Program Manager Grant Brown was called out to Miramonte in the recovery effort for Chesnut, who had been kayaking without a lifejacket on when his kayak capsized and he went into the water.
Colorado Outdoors Podcast 2.7: Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area

Jun 7, 2024 | coloradooutdoorsmag.com | John H Livingston

In this episode, learn what makes the Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area such a special piece of Colorado’s state park system and learn about the unique responsibility of managing 43 commercial raft companies and hundreds of thousands of boaters each year through iconic whitewater sections such as Browns Canyon. Summer is here, and the high-water season for recreational paddlers has reached Colorado’s iconic rivers.