The Colorado Division of Wildlife will seek public opinion to help determine its five-year season structure for deer, elk, pronghorn, bear and moose. The current framework expires after 2009; the replacement will stand for the 2010-2014 seasons.
The agency will employ a mix of existing meetings with special forums to provide hunters an opportunity to meet with staff and members of the Colorado Wildlife Commission. Dates will be published on the DOW website. Written comments may be directed to: Big Game Season Structure, c/0 Public Involvement Section, 6060 Broadway, Denver 80216.
Outdoors are calling.
Field & Stream magazine has launched a website with the aim of getting kids off the sofa and into the outdoors. Called , the site offers information on a wide variety of outdoor activities tilted toward young people. The site uses videos, photo galleries, quizzes and blogs to stimulate participation. In addition, the magazine will select four junior pro staffers who will win a turkey hunt provided by Realtree, the site’s presenting sponsor. Applicants between ages 15 and 18 should visit .
Missing lynx.
For the second year, the Colorado Division of Wildlife found no lynx kittens during its annual survey — a development researchers blame on the decline in snowshoe hares, the primary food source. DOW biologists note that the reintroduction program for lynx, begun in 1999, seems to be doing well. The population has been termed stable.
