Keep Routt Wild Newsletters

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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