Women who are interested in learning about hunting, fishing and general outdoor skills are invited to a free weekend "Cast and Blast" clinic sponsored by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, July 12-13 at the Lone Cone/Jim Olterman State Wildlife Area.

With the awakening of bears across Colorado, comes a new suite of tools available to the public from the Division of Wildlife (DOW). Living with bears in Colorado is a new web page filled with materials that those who care about bears can use in their community, at the campsite, or on the trail to encourage responsible stewardship.

Boulder, CO (PRWEB) June 15, 2008 -- CEO Challenges, the world leader in sport competitions for CEOs, has teamed up with Fly Fishing Team USA to develop a CEO Fly Fishing Challenge. The competition will be held Oct. 2 through Oct. 5 outside Cody, Wyo., on East Newton Lake and the South Fork of the Shoshone River. Jay Buchner, president of Fly Fishing Team USA, has developed the rules for this Challenge and will oversee the competition.

A partnership between the Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW), the Colorado Open Lands Trust, Great Outdoors Colorado, and a private landowner has resulted in a conservation easement on 13,920 acres of important wildlife habitat and scenic open space.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife and a Meeker-area ranch recently hosted a very special youth only turkey hunt. The once-in-a-lifetime private land hunt, held in mid-April at the Seven Lakes Ranch east of Meeker, was coordinated by local DOW personnel and volunteers from the ranch.

Gunnison area anglers are invited to attend a Colorado Division of Wildlife Angler's Roundtable, 7 p.m., May 21, in the multi-purpose room at the Fred R. Fields Western Heritage Center in Gunnison.

Anglers in the Durango and Four Corners area are invited to a Colorado Division of Wildlife Angler's Roundtable, 6:30-8 p.m., May 19, at the Durango Recreation Center, Windom Room, 2700 Main Ave., in Durango.

Anglers in the Montrose, Delta and Telluride areas are invited to attend a Colorado Division of Wildlife Anglers' Roundtable, 6-8 p.m., May 22, at the Holiday Inn Express, 1391 S. Townsend Ave. in Montrose.

Anglers in the San Luis Valley are invited to a Colorado Division of Wildlife Angler's Roundtable, 7-9 p.m., May 20 at the Inn of the Rio Grande, 333 Santa Fe Ave. U.S. Highway 160 in Alamosa.

Anglers will be pleased to know that the new and improved boat ramp at Nee Gronda Reservoir at the Queens State Wildlife Area in Kiowa County is open for use.

Employees from the Colorado Division of Wildlife completed work on the new and improved ramp on May 8.

Youngsters interested in the sport of archery are invited to attend a one-day archery event at the Bighorn Archery Range in Pueblo from 9-3 on Saturday, May 17. The Colorado Division of Wildlife (DOW) and Johnson Sport and Ski will co-sponsor the event.

This is a banner year for amphibians and reptiles in Colorado. It's been declared "The Year of the Frog," and the Western Painted Turtle was proclaimed official state reptile.

But in spite of this great publicity, Colorado's amphibians and reptiles face a perilous future fraught with environmental stumbling blocks.

Hunters and anglers interested in learning more about issues facing Colorado’s wildlife are invited to attend a public meeting Tuesday, June 3. The northeast region Sportsman’s Advisory Group will meet at 6:00 p.m. at the Division of Wildlife (DOW) Hunter Education Building at 6060 Broadway in Denver.

Representatives from the Colorado Division of Wildlife (CDOW) will hold five meetings in May to discuss proposed changes to waterfowl hunting in the northeast region of the state. Potential property hunting regulation changes to affect restricted access, limited hunting through reservations, hunting hours restrictions, and mandatory check out will be discussed for the following State Wildlife Areas: Jackson Lake, Jean K. Tool, Brush, Atwood, Overland Trail, Bravo, and Red Lion. Potential regulation changes to allow waterfowl hunting from boats will be discussed for Jackson and Jumbo Reservoirs.

Birdwatchers, or "birders" as they prefer to be called these days, are heading outdoors in droves to celebrate spring and the return of migratory birds to the Centennial State.

According to the Association of Colorado Field Ornithologists, 487 species of birds have been documented in Colorado. That puts the state seventh on the list of which states have the most bird species. California (637) and Texas (632) are the top two. What makes Colorado unique is that it does not have an ocean coast line that harbors shore birds.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife will host an Angler's Roundtable in Dolores, 6:30 p.m., May 5 (Monday) at the Dolores Public Library, 1002 Railroad Ave.

Aquatics staff from the DOW will discuss the status of habitat of the Upper Dolores River, present an educational video which explains the concerns over zebra mussels, and talk about other waters in southwest Colorado.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife wants to hear from people in the Four Corners region about plans to expand the Colorado Birding Trail to this part of the state. An informational meeting to explain the trail and how the public can participate in this effort is scheduled for 6 p.m., May 8 at the Durango Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.

Two Colorado Springs men have pled guilty to hunting without a license and illegal possession of wildlife following the investigation of an elk killed on the Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument on Jan. 20.

Energy experts say Colorado's Piceance Basin is one of the largest natural gas reserves in North America. Biologists, conservationists and sportsmen value the Piceance Basin because for its incredible diversity and abundance of wildlife. As the energy industry makes a move to tap the gas resource, wildlife experts are examining ways to avoid, minimize and mitigate impacts to wildlife and habitat.

The Colorado Division of Wildlife will begin restocking Pastorius Reservoir after severe winter conditions caused a significant die-off of fish. The DOW recently received reports of many dead fish at the reservoir. On April 11, DOW aquatic biologists set gill nets in the small lake but no fish were found. Jim White, aquatic biologist for the DOW in Durango said it appears that all the oxygen became depleted over the winter and fish could not survive.