The Home Ignition Zone – A guide to preparing your home for wildfire and creating defensible space from the Colorado State Forest Service.  Please copy and paste this link into your […]

Several reports have come in about our local wildlife.  A mountain lion kill was spotted  several days ago on the hillside east of town, and then a trail cam caught […]

Gold Hill Fire Board Member Needed The Gold Hill Fire Protection District Board has a seat to fill for a community member.  The Board meets on the third Thursday of […]

Front Range Mountain Lion Research Presentation Mat Alldredge, Ph.D., Wildlife Researcher, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Thursday, April 12      6:30 – 8:00 P.M. Boulder County Courthouse, Third Floor hearing room […]

From Lacey Story Erich was blessed to have a close encounter with our neighborhood mountain lion last night at 2:30 AM. Our elegant, sleek, dark, and rather large friend was […]

From Pam Sherman We just talked with Kristin Cannon, district manager for Dept. of Parks and Wildlife, about bears (she came here). She said she’d heard about other  bear issues; […]

This is your neighbor’s car after a visit by the bear.   Lock your car doors.   The bears can open unlocked doors. Front Seat Back Seat

Here in Gold Hill we are blessed with a great variety of wildlife.  However, as human populations grow and homes are built in or near wildlands, many wild animal habitats […]