Keep Routt Wild Newsletters
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FEBRUARY 2025
- Thank You to 2024 Donors
- PHOTO CONTEST
- Mad Rabbit update, EA still not approved
- What we’ve been reading and watching
DECEMBER 2024
- Colorado Gives Day
- Video: Timelapse of Mad Rabbit trails since KRW engaged
- Mad Rabbit update, City approves funding
- What we’ve been reading and watching
NOVEMBER 2024
- Yampa Valley Gives is now open
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project update
- Routt County Cattlemen oppose funding Mad Rabbit
- Proposition 127 fails at ballot box
- What we’ve been reading and watching
OCTOBER 2024
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project update
- New Report Highlights Economic Value of Conservation
- CPW Employee Organization Criticizes Proposition 127
- Volunteers Build Picnic Tables at Dry Lake Campground
- KRW Receives Grant from YVCF
- What we’ve been reading and watching
Septemeber 2024
- Mad Rabbit Funding Update
- Proposal to fund Mad Rabbit Trails NOT included in Referendum 2A
Mad Rabbit Adaptive Management Plan
Letter: Keep Routt Wild works to protect our wildlife
- What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the Day
August 2024
- Steamboat needs the Core Trail, not Mad Rabbit
- California Park Wet Meadow Restoration
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching:
- Colorado ballot proposition 127 is misguided
- Preventing noxious weed takeover
- Wolves
- Mountain bikers push for trails in Wilderness
JUNE 2024
- Mad Rabbit Construction Not Happening in 2024
- Map shows elk calving near Mad Rabbit and US40
- Wildlife organizations oppose big cat hunting ban
- Volunteer Opportunity: Howe Ranch Fence Pull
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
-Quote of the Day
MAY 2024
- Thank you for attending KRW Open House
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
- Please Respect Seasonal Wildlife Closures
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
- Quote of the Day
March 2024
- KRW Open House March 14 at Steamboat Art Museum
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
- Noxious Weed Legislation Moves Forward
- Feline Hunting Ban Proposed for November Ballot
- What we’ve been reading and watching
- Quote of the Day
JANUARY 2024
- Thank You for Supporting KRW
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
- Wolf Reintroduction Update
-What we’ve been reading and watching
- Quote of the Day
DECEMBER 2023
- Colorado Gives Day
- How Can Eagle County Save its Declining Elk Population?
November 2023
- Colorado Gives Day is Approaching
- Mad Rabbit Update
OCTOBER 2023
- Mad Rabbit Update
- Mad Rabbit: Who Objected and Why
- A Call for Civility When Discussing Mad Rabbit
- Why You Should Donate to KRW
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
- Quote of the Day
SEPTEMBER 2023
- Deadline for Mad Rabbit Objections: September 25
- Routt County Commissioners Request EIS for Mad Rabbit
- Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation Objects to Mad Rabbit
- Roundtable Needs Volunteers
AUGUST 2023
Mad Rabbit draft Final EA - what’s in it?
How to object by September 25
KRW joins YVSC for Wet Meadow Restoration
Yampa Valley Crane Festival
Brown Ranch Regional Park nixed
JULY 2023
- MAD RABBIT Breaking News
-USFS to proceed with Mad Rabbit
-Conservation groups write Forest Service asking Mad Rabbit to be halted
-Volunteer Project: Wetland restoration at California Park
- We we’ve been watching and reading
-Quote of the Day
JUNE 2023
- Moose Dies Jumping From Steamboat Parking Structure
- Whitetop and Other Noxious Weeds
- CPW Hunting License Reductions
- Governor Polis Vetoes 10(j) Wolf Bill
- Monthly Mad Rabbit Update
- Be Bear Aware
- Sarvis Wilderness News & More
MAY 2023
- KRW Exceeds 4,000 Followers
- KRW Supports Hunting License Reductions
- KRW Supports Wolf Bills
- Monthly Mad Rabbit Update
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
- Quote of the Day
APRIL 2023
- Local Wildlife Needs Your Help Over Next Few Weeks
- KRW to be at Earth Day
- Monthly Mad Rabbit Update
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
- Quote of the Day
MARCH 2023
- Bears Out of Hibernation Soon
-Number of Tubing Outfitters May Grow on Yampa River
- Steamboat Bike Park to Reopen This Summer
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
-Quote of the Day
JANUARY 2023
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
- Denver Post article on Mad Rabbit
- What we’ve been reading and watching
COLORADO GIVES DAY / DECEMBER 2022 Newsletter
DECEMBER 2022
- Colorado Gives Day December 6th
-Extensive Mad Rabbit Update
-Joint Rocky Mountain Wild / Keep Routt Wild GIS study
-What we’ve been reading and watching
NOVEMBER 2022 Newsletter
NOVEMBER 2022
-Mad Rabbit Update and how you can comment
-10 Q&As with the two Routt County Commissioner candidates
-KRW: YES on Referendum 1A
-Colorado Gives Day
-KRW Hats
-What we’ve been reading and watching
OCTOBER 2022 Newsletter
OCTOBER 2022
-Report/Photos from California Park Restoration
-Q&A with Routt County Commissioner Candidates
-KRW: YES on Referendum 1A
-Denver Post highlights elk study / Mad Rabbit Trails
-KRW receives YVCF grant
-KRW hats now available
SEPTEMBER 2022 Newsletter
SEPTEMBER 2022
-Volunteer for California Park Restoration
-Keep Routt Wild coming to Farmers Market
-Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
-Don’t fed the bears, or other wildlife
-What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the Day
AUGUST 2022 Newsletter
AUGUST 2022
-Mad Rabbit Trails update
-Bear shot by homeowner in Steamboat Springs
-Volunteers help bighorn sheep survey
-Upcoming Events & Volunteer Activities
-What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the Day
JULY 2022 Newsletter
JULY 2022
- Rainbow Family Gathering
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project update
-Volunteers Opportunities
-Jeff Yost joins KRW Advisory Board
-What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the Day
JUNE 2022 Newsletter
JUNE 2022
- Mad Rabbit Project Update
- Volunteers Needed for Bighorn Sheep Survey
- Rainbow Gathering Coming to Routt County
- What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
- Quote of the Day
APRIL 2022 Newsletter
APRIL 2022
-Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
-Guest Editorial: ”When is Enough Enough?”
-KRW at two public events for Earth Day
-Trail Etiquette and Wildlife Closures
-What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
-When Does Spring Officially Begin in Routt County?
MARCH 2022 Newsletter
March 2022
- New Study Quantifies Recreation Impact to Elk Habitat
in Routt National Forest
- Mad Rabbit Trails Project Update
- Please Fill Out Routt County Master Plan Survey
Conservation vs. Recreation survey results
-What We’re Been Reading and Watching
FEBRUARY 2022 Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2022
-Core Trail Support Grows
-Mad Rabbit Update
-Planning Trails with Wildlife in Mind
-Gray Wolves Delisted under ESA
Sandhill Crane Week coming
-New Conservation Coalition formed
DECEMBER 2021 Newsletter
DECEMBER 2021
-Thank You for Colorado Gives Day
-Mad Rabbit Trails Update
-What We’ve Been Watching and Reading:
“Don’t kick the can down the Core Trail”
Trails vs. Elk: “They’re Just Dying Off”
Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions in Yampa Valley
NOVEMBER 2021 Newsletter
NOVEMBER 2021
-Colorado Gives Day
-Mad Rabbit Trails Update
-CPW Commissioners Discuss Mad Rabbit (video)
-What We’ve Been Watching and Reading
(Eagle rescue, Moose rescue, Trail statistics)
-Quote of the Day
OCTOBER 2021 Newsletter
OCTOBER 2021
-Routt County Master Plan Survey
-CPW Big Game Survey
-Keep Routt Wild new Public Service Announcements on Steamboat Radio
-KRW Collaborates with Rocky Mountain Wild on Habitat Analysis
-What We’ve Been Reading and Watching
(Bull elk rescued from tire, Bear Video, Bears in trash is a “human problem”)
-Quote of the Day
AUGUST 2021 Newsletter
AUGUST 2021
-Living With Bears
-KRW Objects to Steamboat Ski Resorts Improvement Project
-Citations Issued on Trail Closure Violations
-Morgan Creek Fire Closures
-What We’ve been Reading and Watching
(Sarvis Wilderness, Mountain Lion Video, “Don’t Hike So Close To Me”)
-Quote of the Day
JULY 2021 Newsletter
JULY 2021
-Mad Rabbit and 2A Funding Update
-Steamboat Ski Resorts Improvement Projects
-Trail Closure Violations in Elk Calving Areas
-Quote of the Day
May 2021 Newsletter
May 2021
-Mad Rabbit and 2A Funding Update
-Women Killed in a bear attack which walking her dogs near Durango
-Seasonal Closures May 5
-Consider a Donation to Keep Routt Wild
-CPW is seeking volunteers to survey the Zirkel sheep herd
-What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the day
April 2021 Newsletter
April 2021
-Mad Rabbit: Scandal at City Hall
-Consider a Donation to Keep Routt Wild
-What we’ve been reading and watching
-Quote of the day
March 2021 Newsletter
MARCH 2021
-Keeping our bears wild and alive and our residents safe
-Area and trail closures
-New District Ranger for Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District
-Quote of the day
February 2021 Newsletter
FEBRUARY 2021
-Mad Rabbit Trails Delayed
-New elk calving maps show impact from Mad Rabbit Trails
-Photo of elk calf from local studies
-What we’ve been reading
-Quote of the day
January 2021 Newsletter
January2021
- Mad Rabbit update
- Why we think the USFS will delay Mad Rabbit
-What we’ve been reading (3 articles regarding recreation and wildlife)
-Quote of the Day
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December 2020 Newsletter
December 2020
-Re-introducing the KRW Newsletter
-Who we are
- Mad Rabbit trails update
- KRW hires legal team
- Colorado Gives Day