All Clippings From The ‘Recreation’ Category
Western Slope Conservation Center Celebrates Major North Fork River Restoration
PAONIA, CO – The Paonia River Park Restoration Project, coordinated by the Western Slope Conservation Center and completed this winter, rehabilitated the river channel and restored aquatic habitat along a half a mile of the North Fork of the…Click to view post »
North Fork Recreation Projects Awarded More Than $215,000 In Grants From GOCO
The Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) Board awarded two projects in Delta County a total of $215,297 in GOCO/lottery funds: A $140,297 grant to the North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District to update tennis courts in Paonia; and a $75,000…Click to view post »
US Fish & Wildlife Service Acknowledges Western Colorado Water Organizations For Help With Endangered Fish Recovery
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) recently acknowledged water organizations in westernColoradothat voluntarily worked with the Upper Colorado River Endangered Fish Recovery Program (Recovery Program) throughout this extremely dry summer to balance human water demand with the needs of…Click to view post »
BLM and U.S. Forest Service institute fire restrictions in Gunnison County
GUNNISON, Colo. – On Monday, May 21, the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service will institute stage one fire restrictions within Gunnison County on public lands. At this time, only lands within the Gunnison Ranger District for…Click to view post »
Gunnison River Float Trip To Support Local Watershed Conservation
Saturday, May 19th Confluence Park, Delta NFRIA-WSERC Conservation Center and Gunnison Gorge Anglers-Trout Unlimited are hosting the float that will navigate the newly reconstructed Hartland Diversion Dam. It’s a dry year on the western slope, and water will be an…Click to view post »
3rd Annual Sheep Dog Trials 5K Run/Walk
It is time once again to sign up for the Sheep Dog Trials 5K Run/Walk. The ladies of the Kappa Pi Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi are sponsoring the 3rd annual Sheep Dog Trials 5K run/walk on Saturday May 12,…Click to view post »
Recreation District Election To Fill Two Seats
Citizen interest in participating in the decision making process in the North Fork continues to be on the rise. After healthy interest in all three local municipal elections last month, the North Fork Pool, Park and Recreation District will be…Click to view post »
BLM Uncompahgre Office Accepting Comments on Special Recreation Permits
MONTROSE, Colo. — The Bureau of Land Management’s Uncompahgre Field Office is seeking public comments on 15 Special Recreation Permit applications, including four new applications and eleven applications for renewals. The BLM issues commercial SRPs to provide recreation businesses the…Click to view post »
Winter fishing in the valley – lots of options
Another beautiful year of fishing is ahead of us here in the North Fork Valley and surrounding areas. There’s a lot of great year-round fishing nearby. Ice fishing is a big favorite locally. Blue Mesa’s ice so far this year…Click to view post »
What’s on my line?
Have you ever been fishing on the Gunnison and gotten a really hard bite that made you think you had a huge fish on your line, only to reel in a medium-sized fish that looked like some kind of a…Click to view post »