
Too Much Of A Good Thing: Increased Camping Activity Hurting Public Lands
According to BLM statistics, during the pandemic people flocked to Colorado's public lands, but they warn that many visitors is starting to take its toll.
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According to BLM statistics, during the pandemic people flocked to Colorado's public lands, but they warn that many visitors is starting to take its toll.
Currently there is an incentive program that offers people $1,000 to adopt and care for the horse, the BLM says welfare checks ensure the horses are being properly cared for.
Governor Jared Polis is asking the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to delay the planned round of wild horse from the Sand Wash Basin. That roundup is scheduled to start Wednesday, September 1st.
Interior Secretary Deb Haaland paid her first visit Friday to the new Colorado headquarters of her department's Bureau of Land Management after its relocation from the nation's capital by the Trump administration sparked criticism that the move was intended to gut the agency that oversees vast tracts of public lands in the West.
Crews are battling a new wildfire located southwest of Craig in Moffat County.
Crews responded to a new wildfire on Friday afternoon north of Palisade.
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's leading steward of public lands has been serving unlawfully and blocked him from continuing in the position.
Three wildfires in Moffat County have burned more than 350 acres.
The Dice Hill Fire burning in Summit County is 100% contained. The fire erupted Monday on BLM lands and has burned 27 acres.
Crews continue to battle the 27-acre Dice Hill Fire in Summit County.
The Bureau of Land Management has signed a lease agreement in Colorado to solidify relocation of its headquarters from the District of Columbia.
Speaking to a friendly crowd of conservative allies, new Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt said the plan to move the Bureau of Land Management's headquarters to Grand Junction just makes sense.
Stage 1 fire restrictions are in place in Summit County due to dry conditions.
The Grand Junction Regional Airport is weighing options for the future of an unfinished building.
Many consider rounding up wild horses to live out their lives on private pastures a reasonable approach to a tricky problem. Just keep in mind a few of the dozens of requirements for getting paid by the government to provide wild horses a home.
Colorado Pet Pantry is teaming up with Jewish Family Services to help furloughed government workers feed their their pets as well as their families.
Millions of years ago, tropical swamps covered parts of Colorado very different creatures lived here -- including crocodiles.
Environmental groups have asked a judge to overturn the sale of drilling rights on public land in Colorado and Utah, saying the Trump administration didn't consider the potential threat to public health and the environment.
Horses five years old and younger will be identified for removal to transported to Cañon City to await adoption.
The Trump administration says it may pick a new Western headquarters for the nation's largest land management agency in the next six to eight months.
The U.S. government is delaying a decision on a contentious proposal to allow oil and gas drilling near Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado.
Weeks of little-to-no rain left hundreds of wild horses in Western Colorado with dwindling options, now volunteers are making sure the magnificent creatures survive these extra dry conditions.
Firefighters responded to the Iron Mountain Fire north of Glenwood Springs Monday evening.
A man killed in a shootout with Bureau of Land Management officers in western Colorado killed two people and wounded five others at a bar in Colorado Springs 25 years ago.
A man is dead in Mesa County after a shootout with uniformed officers from the Bureau of Land Management.
Special phone lines set up for illegal fireworks calls so that 911 call centers can focus on emergencies.
A man died in Aurora after being shot in the parking lot of a strip mall.
In Eagle County, Nicholas Leake is accused of menacing a store clerk with a knife.
Millions of Americans plan to travel for the Fourth of July, but it won't be easy.
The Civic Center Conservancy is once again hosting the free concert and fireworks show at Civic Center Park. If you're not going in person, you can watch it on CBS News Colorado.
Meteorologist Chris Spears takes a look at what we can expect Sunday and during the week ahead.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser has been waging the fight for a few years now.
Thousands are arriving for the Rainbow Family 50th meetup in Colorado and they've promised to clean up after themselves.
The last at-large member of an auto theft ring which police say stole $3 million in vehicles and property throughout the Denver metro area was captured Friday evening during a SWAT operation.
Special phone lines set up for illegal fireworks calls so that 911 call centers can focus on emergencies.
A man died in Aurora after being shot in the parking lot of a strip mall.
In Eagle County, Nicholas Leake is accused of menacing a store clerk with a knife.
Millions of Americans plan to travel for the Fourth of July, but it won't be easy.
The Civic Center Conservancy is once again hosting the free concert and fireworks show at Civic Center Park. If you're not going in person, you can watch it on CBS News Colorado.
Nikola Jokic has gone from draft pick No. 41, to two-time MVP, and now the holder of the largest contract in NBA history.
The No. 1 best-selling NFL jersey in 2022 so far is that of the Broncos new starting quarterback.
A crowd estimated by Denver's Office of Special Events at over a half million joined the Colorado Avalanche as they raised the Stanley Cup in a two hour long parade that was a lot more like a party. Fans recalled the long time between championships.
The Colorado Avalanche relished in the sights and sounds of a parade and rally in their honor for winning the 2022 Stanley Cup championship.
As Colorado celebrated the Avalanche's third Stanley Cup victory by hosting a parade through Downtown Denver, several players on the team told CBS News Colorado that the crowd is what fueled them to victory.
Nearly half of all shootings in Denver and a quarter of the city's murders in 2020-2021 took place in just five geographical areas: "hotspots" that only make up 1.56% of Denver's land mass.
A federal judge on Thursday denied convicted wife-killer Harold Henthorn a new trial, after Henthorn claimed his trial attorney "acted in his own self-interest, was dishonest" and committed fraud in the course of defending Henthorn.
Thirteen Denver metro area school superintendents have signed a letter to the Colorado Board of Education saying they're "deeply disappointed" the board would take the unprecedented step of reorganizing the Adams 14 School District.
Thirteen Denver metro area school superintendents have signed a letter to the Colorado Board of Education saying they're "deeply disappointed" the board would take the unprecedented step of reorganizing the Adams 14 School District.
A second Fort Collins man, Harris Elias, 50, said Thursday he plans to sue Fort Collins police after he was arrested for DUI, spent three days in jail, but his blood test later showed no traces of alcohol or drugs.
A frozen dessert desert no longer: Aurora is now allowing ice cream trucks back into city limits after decades of having them outlawed.
The slide happened in the Upper Chaos Canyon area of the park.
From bath time to dinner time, animals of all kinds are caught on camera at Roxborough State Park.
Two out-of-state diesel repair facilities were sentenced this month, and a third will be next month, for conspiring with a Colorado shop to illegally alter the emission controls on more than 100 heavy duty trucks and semis.
Colorado Avalanche fans got a special treat with their drive-thru lunch order on Wednesday.
Gov. Jared Polis says he commends the President's action to provide relief and save people money.
The Weld Food Bank in northern Colorado said they've seen a 25% increase in demand for their services in recent months as the price for gasoline and groceries climbs to record highs.
At the gas station, the tank doesn't often get filled lately when Katie Orecchio visits the pumps. It wasn't on Friday.
A new measure passed Denver City Council allowing new affordable housing units to be built without parking lots.
An effort to bring higher education and industry relevant training to Castle Rock is paying off for the newest graduates of the Sturm Collaboration Campus.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 has evolved.
Young patients draw a lot of comfort when they get a new stuffed animal while in the hospital.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says Colorado has seven cases of monkeypox as of June 29. There are more than 300 cases across the country.
New research at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus finds two FDA-approved drugs improve cognition in patients with Alzheimer's disease.
For much of the morning on Tuesday, the smell of smoke permeated Denver. A combination of weather and a fire that ignited at an Englewood waste management facility were responsible for the smell.
Meteorologist Chris Spears takes a look at what we can expect Sunday and during the week ahead.
Monsoon flow holds thru the middle of next week. As a result, daily t-storms will be scattered across the Rockies.
The slide happened in the Upper Chaos Canyon area of the park.
Meteorologist Chris Spears has your forecast.
First Alert Meteorologist Chris Spears says it will be a pretty typical weekend of weather for early July.
In Eagle County, Nicholas Leake is accused of menacing a store clerk with a knife.
Millions of Americans plan to travel for the Fourth of July, but it won't be easy.
Meteorologist Chris Spears has your forecast.
The last at-large member of an auto theft ring which police say stole $3 million in vehicles and property throughout the Denver metro area was captured Friday evening during a SWAT operation.
In less than 24 hours, Denver's Independence Eve celebration will kick off for the first time since 2019.