High Winds are a Major Risk in Colorado During the Winter

Winter Weather Preparedness Week continues through Saturday. Tuesday’s article about winter watches, warnings and advisories can be found here.

The two main causes of high winds in Colorado during the cold season are the air pressure difference between strong low pressure and cold high-pressure systems, and Chinook winds developing across the front range and other eastern mountain ranges.

Tags

Hunting Tips – Moose or Elk – Be Sure of Your Target

Reintroduced to Colorado more than 30 years ago, moose are thriving in many parts of the state. Unfortunately, almost every year hunters inadvertently shoot moose. During the last few years more than a dozen moose have been killed during each season by hunters who thought they were shooting elk. 

Elk hunters need to be sure to know the difference between these two ungulates. If a hunter without the proper license shoots a moose, the fine can be more than $1,000 and hunting privileges can be lost. 

Tags

East End Events

October seems to be a good month for celebrating birthdays.

Week end before last, Vern and JoAnn Harris attended the 80th birthday celebration for Bill Frey in Holly.

Jim and Mary Ann Richardson and their granddaughter Melanie of Burlington, traveled to Littleton to help their other granddaughter Michelle Gibson celebrate her 40th birthday.  It was a double celebration as Michelle had just graduated and received her Mortician's license. Congratulations Michelle!

Tags

Winter Watches, Warnings, and Advisories in Colorado

Winter Weather Preparedness Week continues through Saturday. Monday’s article about winter travel safety can be found here.

The National Weather Service will inform you about developing hazardous weather with outlooks, watches, warnings and advisories. Now is the time to find out what they mean, during this Colorado Winter Weather Preparedness Week.

Tags

If You’re Hunting, Leave the Drone At Home

Colorado Parks and Wildlife Law Enforcement and Public Safety Assistant Director Heather Dugan says CPW is seeing more cases of Colorado hunters illegally using drones.

“The bottom line is, if it’s related to a hunt in any way, you can’t do it,” Dugan said. “For scouting, locating, anything. If they fly before they take an animal, they’re illegal. If they use the drone to locate an animal they may have shot and wounded, they’re illegal.”

Tags
Subscribe to