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Submit your favorite Bent's Old Fort photo for a chance for it to be featured on the 2023 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Annual Pass. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2022. The winner will be informed in December 2022. 

The winner will receive a 2023 Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site Annual Park Pass, courtesy of Western National Parks Association, a non-profit education partner. Top images will be featured on the park's website and social media accounts. 

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking the public for help identifying the person(s) who killed a mule deer buck in the overnight hours between October 6 and 7 near the Town of Craig.

Wildlife officers were alerted to the deer carcass October 7 off Moffat County Road 31, about 5 miles northwest of Craig. The buck was shot with a rifle and left behind to rot.

"If you saw something, say something," said CPW District Wildlife Manager Schwolert.  "We are asking for the public's help in identifying the person or persons responsible."

President Joe Biden was in Colorado Wednesday to designate the Camp Hale-Continental Divide area north of Leadville as a national monument. 

Who should manage public land that is sacred to Native Americans? That is the question that the United States government and some states hope recent policy changes will address by giving Indigenous people greater input into managing such land.

This week, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service (NPS) Director Chuck Sams celebrated the transfer of approximately 9,362 acres of the Medano Ranch from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to Great Sand Dunes National Park. The acquisition was made possible through funding from the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). This enhancement of the national park will allow for more holistic management as a connected landscape and provides long-term protection areas that contribute to the formation of the dune field.

Wednesday, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and National Park Service Director Chuck Sams visited the Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site.

Whether you are hunting, fishing, hiking, or enjoying Wyoming's open spaces this fall, game officials have tips for staying safe while visiting the home of black bears and grizzlies.

Conservation groups say more needs to be done to protect the natural and cultural resources of Utah's Labyrinth Canyon from off-road vehicles.

Wildfires across the West are creating bigger impacts on snowpack supplying farms, energy production and drinking water for millions of downstream user.

State officials have confirmed the presence of an invasive zebra mussel in Highline Lake located at Highline Lake State Park north of Loma, Colorado.