“White-nose syndrome” (WNS) is an emerging fungal disease of hibernating North American bat species. To date, WNS has likely killed between 5.7 and 6.7 million hibernating bats in caves and inactive mines in the eastern USA, and has contributed to the imperilment of some bat populations and species. The WNS fungus (Geomyces destructans) has the potential to kill individuals of many of the 18 bat species native to Colorado. Bats are ecologically and economically important, and measures to prevent the spread of WNS and minimize its impacts on native bat species are clearly warranted.
Surveys conducted during the "biological years" 2002-2004 (June 2002-June 2005) revealed that CWD was much more well-established and widely distributed in Colorado than previously believed.
Arkansas Headwaters Recreation Area [AHRA] is a partnership between the U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management [BLM] and the State of Colorado's Department of Natural Resource's Division of Parks and Outdoor Recreation, with Department of Agriculture's Forest Service [FS] and the State of Colorado's Department of Natural Resource's Division of Wildlife [CDOW] to manage recreation resources and activities along 148 miles of the river from its headwaters near Leadville down to Pueblo Reservoir.
Assist in the protection, conservation, and management of Colorado's aquatic animal resources through the monitoring, investigation, and management of aquatic animal health in state fish hatcheries, research facilities, free-ranging public fisheries and free-ranging aquatic animal populations, as well as aquatic animal resources in the private sector by providing diagnostics, research, regulated pathogen inspections, and laboratory analysis. Maintaining or improving aquatic animal health will help insure the stability of many populations, enable the recovery of others, and improve the quality of Colorado's wildlife resources.
A professional guide and outfitter demonstrates field dressing, skinning, and quartering of a bull elk. A taxidermist shows how to cape a trophy head in the field, and meat cutters demonstrate butchering. Finally, tips on cooking the meat are given.