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Grand Junction president receives Elk Foundation’s highest honor in Reno

This time, the boss finally gets his reward. Terry Sweet, for the past 22 years president of the Grand Junction chapter of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, recently was awarded the Elk Foundation’s highest honor, the Wallace Fennell ...

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Before heading to your favorite water, be sure to check new fishing regulations

Anglers eager for the spring thaw can spend the next month reading the newest fishing regulations on their favorite waters. Most of the new regulations were adopted last November by the Colorado Wildlife Commission and went into effect Jan. ...

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Griffith’s Lake area on Grand Mesa a great place to try snowshoeing

This weather is too nice — way too nice to hike in the mud in the lower country. Yet, conditions remain perfect on the mountain. Grand Mesa is a phenomenal winter recreational area, with Nordic and downhill skiing, snowmobiling, ice ...

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Devil’s Canyon, Pollock Bench too muddy for early season hiking

Be a friend ... don’t hike here yet. Get back on those skis or snowshoes and head to Grand Mesa, because it’s just too muddy to hike on the wonderful trails in the McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area. I say that, of ...

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Connected Lakes to Corn Lake a splendid outdoor trek

“Feeling snowbound?” read the press release from my old friend Deb Frasier at Colorado State Parks. “Longing for outdoor adventure with an affordable place to stay? Craving an outing in the splendor of a Colorado State ...

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Snow Goose Festival worth trip to Lamar

Clouds of white geese fill the air around Lamar each February and you’re invited to share the spectacle. Snow geese are: (take your pick) magnificent birds that fill the air with shrill, high-pitched calls; hard to hunt and harder to ...

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Grand Mesa can be home to many different events, niches

Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. When early U.S. naturalists Gifford Pinchot and Teddy Roosevelt toyed with the idea of “multiple use,” they may not have envisioned birds and fish sharing their environment with snowmobiles, ski ...

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Robbing game cash fund is slap at state’s hunters and anglers

The newly occupied seats in the Republican-dominated House barely are warm and already the money grab has begun. According to an e-mail action alert from the Bull Moose Sportsmen’s Alliance, Rep. Spencer Swalm, R-Centennial, is carrying ...

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County Line Cross-Country Ski Trails perfect for you and the pooch

Set track. Groomed trails. Grand Mesa is a mecca for such things, thanks to the wonderful work of the Grand Mesa Nordic Council (GMNC). Take, for example, the Mesa/Delta County Line Cross-Country Ski Trails, expertly groomed by the ...

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Shrinking deer herds reason for concern as hunters become enamored with elk

Two decades ago, Colorado and other western states with a long tradition of quality mule deer hunting realized their deer herds were in trouble. Harvest was declining and worse, interest from hunters was dropping. Many hunters, aware that ...

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