EL PASO COUNTY, (Colo.) – 500 kids are signed up for the 2nd annual Pikes Peak America’s Mountain Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday. The free event draws eyes to the recently re-opened recreational body of water. “My favorite part is just seeing the kid’s faces when they catch their first fish,” said Pikes Peak America’s
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – The fall colors are right around the corner. As you plan your hikes to spot those yellow aspens, keep in mind mountain weather changes much faster than the leaves — and it can get dangerous. You might think you’re doing your due diligence by checking the forecast and the radar
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO)- El Paso County Parks & Community Services will bring its adaptive four-wheelers and resource fair to Fox Run Regional Park on Saturday to show the public that anyone is capable of hitting the trails. “The benefits of being outdoors are something you can’t really measure. I think everyone deserves to experience
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WESTCLIFFE, Colo. (KRDO) – Sometimes we get so busy in our day-to-day lives, that we forget to kick back, relax, and enjoy everything Colorado has to offer. That’s why we’ve started a new series where we highlight different mountain towns here in Southern Colorado to show you what you can eat, see, and do. This
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Banning Lewis Ranch hosted its annual “Aloft” event Thursday previewing the weekend’s “Labor Day Lift Off” balloon show for the first time without lead organizer, Scott Appelman. “Scott had a vision of what ballooning could be and how it could be presented to more of the public and brought it
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MANITOU SPRINGS, Colo (KRDO) – The Colorado Springs climbing kid is at it again. Sam Evermore will be a 5th grader in a few weeks, but he’s currently training for his next big adventure. In 2022 he made history being the youngest person to summit El Capitan in Yosemite. At this point, he’s become a
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CAÑON CITY, Colo. (KRDO) – It’s summertime and many of us are enjoying outdoor activities. One of the most popular in Southern Colorado is whitewater rafting, which can be deadly. Over the last twenty years, an average of five people have died from whitewater rafting per year in Colorado according to state health department estimates.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — As neighbors and visitors of Bear Creek Park wake up Monday morning, they still may be wondering why a quarter-mile section of the road south of the Gold Camp Road intersection was closed for much of the daylight hours Friday. “I noticed it around ten minutes ago,” said Nora Palmer,
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COLORADO, USA (KRDO13) – Wolverines are officially making their way back to Colorado, following a recently signed bill from Governor Jared Polis. The new law gives Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) the authority to reintroduce the North American Wolverine, a species native to Colorado, back into the state. Colorado Parks & Wildlife Colorado Parks &
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — After a year of avalanches and even a tornado, Colorado Springs officials look forward to safer, quieter times along the popular Pikes Peak Highway. Officials have announced some changes to the shuttle service and reservation policy that you’ll need to know as the summer tourist season approaches. Skyler Rorabaugh, the
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The Bear Creek Park Garden Association’s weed management team of between 500 and 800 goats is back for the growing season, the association announced.
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The U.S. Forest Service is warning hikers of a large boulder, comparable in size to a very large boulder, currently blocking Barr Trail.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) is now selling fishing licenses online and in-store starting today! Residential fishing licenses are accessible through the myColorado app and in a printed version. For information on the myColorado app or where to buy a license in person, click here.
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The timeline below documents the history of wolves in Colorado from extirpation in the 1940s to reintroduction by voter-approval in 2023. CLICK ARROWS TO SCROLL THROUGH TIMELINE SOURCES: https://ballotpedia.org/Colorado_Proposition_114,Gray_Wolf_Reintroduction_Initiative(2020)#Supporters https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/SOC-Wolves.aspx#:~:text=Once%20distributed%20statewide%2C%20the%20gray,the%20state%20in%20July%202019. https://cpw.state.co.us/learn/Pages/Wolves-Stay-Informed.aspx https://web.archive.org/web/20211221025213/https://cpw.state.co.us/Documents/Commission/policy_procedures/PWC_Resolution_Wolves_in_Colorado.pdf https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/people-predators/ecological-effects-of-wolves-8-005/ https://extension.colostate.edu/topic-areas/people-predators/wolves-big-game-and-hunting-8-001/ https://www.fws.gov/press-release/2023-09/usfws-releases-final-eis-draft-decision-designate-gray-wolf-experimental https://idfg.idaho.gov/
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — The highway on America’s Mountain is normally closed on only three days a year; Thanksgiving, Christmas and for the Pikes Peak Marathon. This year, however, officials added two more days — Tuesday and Wednesday of this week — to start a project that will remove trees that are growing
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TELLER COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Crews are a fifth of the way through a roughly nine-month project to remove dead and dying trees from nearly 400 acres of U.S. Forest Service (USFS) land, near North Catamount Reservoir and below the summit of Pikes Peak. KRDO The joint project started in September and involves the USFS,
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDO) — Nearly three weeks after the latest fire at Lake Minnequa on the city’s west side, authorities are explaining a long-range plan for mitigating — or reducing — excess vegetation that has fueled several fires around the lake in recent years. KRDO Tim Trujillo, a spokesman with the Pueblo Fire Department, said
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CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo. (KRDO) – Colorado’s beloved “Ice Castles” attraction has finally returned after a three-year hiatus, but this time it has a new home on the western slope in Cripple Creek. Upwards of 20 Ice Artisans are creating thousands of icicles every day, turning a plot of land just off of East Bennett Avenue in Cripple
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — The U.S. Forest Service is responding to a growing concern about the unsafe use of firearms by people who engage in recreational target shooting (also known as sport shooting) in the Pike-San Isabel National Forest. Sport shooting is allowed on national forest land, except in areas near high concentrations of
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PUEBLO, Colo. (KRDOI) — In past years, several people have died or been injured at the Southside Diversion Dam, locally known as the Low Head Dam, in the Arkansas River near CIty Park, where water velocity increases and a fairly steep drop-off exists. KRDO The dam makes navigating that section of the river dangerous for
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