SPECIAL LICENSE AGENT (GP III) – DENVER


SPECIAL LICENSE AGENT (GP III) – DENVER

 
Be part of a mission that benefits everyone.
Click Special License Agent (GP III) – Denver to view the job announcement, and follow the instructions contained in the job announcement to apply.  (Deadline for applications is February 16, 2010.  After this date the link to the job announcement will not function).
Visit Jobs for application forms, more job openings and complete info on benefits and career paths.
Let your friends know how to get the inside track on jobs!  Send them this link: http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/DOWInsider .
 
The Division of is committed to workforce diversity.
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The Division of is the state agency responsible for managing and its habitat, as well as providing related recreation.  The Division is funded through and license fees, federal grants and Lottery proceeds through Great .

For more information about Division of go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL V – DENVER


INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL V – DENVER

 
Be part of a mission that benefits everyone.
Click Information Technology Professional V – Denver to view the job announcement, and follow the instructions contained in the job announcement to apply.  (Deadline for applications is February 16, 2010.  After this date the link to the job announcement will not function).
Visit Jobs for application forms, more job openings and complete info on benefits and career paths.
Let your friends know how to get the inside track on jobs!  Send them this link: http://www.wildlife.state.co.us/NewsMedia/DOWInsider .
 
The Division of is committed to workforce diversity.
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The Division of is the state agency responsible for managing and its habitat, as well as providing related recreation.  The Division is funded through and license fees, federal grants and Lottery proceeds through Great .

For more information about Division of go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

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BIGHORN SHEEP DAY AT GARDEN OF THE GODS PARK


BIGHORN SHEEP DAY AT GARDEN OF THE GODS


SPRINGS, Colo. – Few animals evoke ’s rugged mountains like the Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. Yet the alpine terrain where sheep live limits opportunities for people to view and appreciate ’s state animal.
 
One exception is the Garden of the Gods on the west side of Springs.  The best time of year to spot sheep near the is in the winter when bighorns move down from the Rampart Range to browse in lower elevation meadows. 
 
To mark the opportunity to see these magnificent animals, a Big Horn Sheep Day is held every February.  This year’s event takes place Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., at the Garden of the Gods Visitor’s Center. Admission is free.
 
Stop by to find out all about Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep, look for bighorns using binoculars and scopes, take a guided nature walk; or participate in a scavenger hunt.  There will be educational presentations, door prizes, and free refreshments.
 
The City of Springs, U.S. Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Bighorn Society, Garden of the Gods Visitor Center, and Division of cosponsor Bighorn Sheep Day.
 
For more information, visit the Garden of the Gods Visitor & Nature Center Web site, http://www.gardenofgods.com/yourvisit/special_events/index_293.cfm  or call (719) 219-0108.

For more information about Division of go to: http://wildlife.state.co.us.

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Sunday! Rainbow boa panel with Dave Colling and Jeff Clark

Tonight, Sunday, February 7, at 10 PM Eastern Time/7 PM Pacific Time in the kingsnake.com chat room, Dave Colling and Jeff Clark join us for a Rainbow Boa Panel in live streaming audio.

Jeff Clark of Savannah, Georgia has been and keeping and breeding snakes much of the time since his first pet snake had babies in 1964. He has kept many different species and has captive bred dozens of different ones. He has specialized in Rainbow Boas since 1989. He currently keeps 6 different subspecies of Rainbow Boas and has kept and captive bred one other Rainbow Boa subspecies. Jeff will be able to answer local specific as well as general husbandry questions.

Dave Colling started breeding Rainbow Boas back in the early 80s with the Brazilian Rainbow Boas and was instantly hooked! Specializing in the genetics and color morphs, Dave has amassed a great collection of animals that are pure stunners. Dave will be joining us to touch upon the genetics and color variations in the breeding process as well as sharing his husbandry tips.

We’ll see you there!

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Secretary Salazar Announces Settlement on North Shore Road

U.S. Department of the Interior News Release

Date: February 6, 2010

Contact: Julie Rodriguez (202) 744-4368

Bob Miller (865) 436-1207

Secretary Salazar Announces Settlement on North Shore Road

, D.C. – Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced today that a settlement has been reached in a dispute begun in 1943 over a proposed 34-mile stretch of road through Great Smoky Mountains National . Under the terms of the agreement signed today by the Department of the Interior, Swain County, North Carolina, and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the Department of the Interior will pay up to $52 million into a trust fund established for the County.

“It is not often one can end a 67-year-old controversy with a stroke of a pen, but that is exactly what we are doing,” Salazar said. “The federal government is providing a fair settlement to the people of Swain County while ensuring the protection of Great Smoky Mountain National .”

Salazar noted that the settlement is good for the people of Swain County because it generates much needed revenue; good for the department, because it protects the one of ’s most treasured parks; and good for the American taxpayers, since building the road would have cost several times more than the settlement.

National Service Director Jon Jarvis expressed strong support for the action that was accomplished without any impact on the Service’s budget. Congressman Heath Shuler (D-NC) also commended the Obama Administration for their leadership. “This settlement will bring much-needed resources to Swain County for decades to come,” said Shuler.

“The interest on these funds alone will greatly increase Swain’s annual budget and will help the commissioners in their efforts to create jobs, invest in Swain County schools, and improve the county’s infrastructure.”

In 1943, the Department of the Interior, the State of North Carolina, Swain County North Carolina, and the TVA signed an agreement to provide for replacement of a 34-mile stretch of NC288 flooded during construction of the Fontana Dam and Reservoir. Completion of an alternate road was contingent upon Congressional funding.

In the 1960’s, the National Service constructed approximately 7 miles of the road before abandoning the effort due to environmental impacts and engineering problems.

Congress appropriated additional funds in 2001, triggering a National Environmental Policy Act analysis of several options including completion of the road or a monetary settlement. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS), released in January 2006, stated that the Environmentally Preferred Alternative was to resolve the 1943 Agreement through payment of a monetary settlement in lieu of any further construction. Over 76,000 comments were received on the DEIS with the vast majority received via emails and faxes generated by conservation groups opposed to the road.

Public meetings to develop the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) began in February 2003. On October 2, 2007, the Service published the FEIS, which identified the monetary settlement as the preferred alternative. The Service issued a Record of Decision (ROD) on April 8, 2008, selecting the monetary settlement to Swain County as the National Service’s Agency Preferred Alternative.

Since the beginning of the EIS process two of the four parties to the 1943 Agreement – the Swain County Commission and the Governor of North Carolina – expressed support for a monetary settlement in lieu of the road. TVA agreed that the NPS identified the correct Environmentally Preferred Alternative but did not support any agency alternative.

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Tonight: Venom Expert Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry

Tonight at 10 PM Eastern Time in the kingsnake.com chat room, Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry will be interviewed via streaming audio by kingsnake.com site coordinator Cindy Steinle. Dr. Fry is always one of our most entertaining and popular guests. He heads a laboratory at the Department of Biochemistry in the Bio21 Institute of the University of Melbourne that specializes in the research of animal venoms.

His life in his own words: “My name is Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry and I consider myself to be one of the luckiest people alive. I get to travel the globe catching snakes! Ever since I was a small child, all I have ever wanted to do is play with venomous animals for a living. Its quite a satisfying feeling to have this childhood obsession come true. It makes my mum feel a bit better about the myriad of strange, unusual and often dangerous animals that took up residence in our household during my years at home!”

Dr. Fry is a fantastic and lively speaker, and that’s why we’re leading off with him for our first ever kingsnake.com chat in streaming audio!

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National Parks Offer Star-studded Skies in 2010

National Service News Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 4, 2010

Contact: Chad Moore (970) 491-3700

National Parks Offer Star-studded Skies in 2010

, DC – On your next national visit, remember that a

spectacular sunset is just the prelude to the wonders of the night sky.

“Thousands of people made that discovery last year, in part

because 2009 was the International Year of Astronomy, 400 years after

Galileo turned his telescope to the heavens,” said National Service

Director Jon Jarvis. “This year we’ll introduce tens of thousands more

visitors to the night sky through programs at about 60 national parks.”

Astronomy Night in the at many national parks across the

country was a great success, said Chad Moore, manager of the National

Service Night Sky Program. “We suspect the people who rediscovered the

cosmos at one of our programs last year will return with friends and family

or will travel to a different national to share their experience of a

starry sky, free of light pollution.”

Through programs like the Dark Skies Rangers Program, students of

just about any age can learn about the importance of dark skies, experiment

with activities that illustrate good and bad lighting, and learn of light

pollution’s effects on . A highlight of the program is the citizen

science project, GLOBE at Night, taking place March 3-16, 2010. This

program enlists the help of students to collect data on the night sky

conditions in their community and parks, and contribute to a worldwide

database on light pollution.

"You can check out the Dark Skies Rangers, GLOBE at night, and

other aspects of the International Year of Astronomy at –

www.darkskiesawareness.org – which lives on after the 2009 celebration,”

Moore said. “The web site has tips on lighting, energy conservation,

posters, post cards, teacher packets, measuring the night sky, and

information on how light pollution affects animals.”

The NPS has developed a Junior Ranger Night Explorer program,

encouraging young visitors to explore the dark side of their national

parks. "Kids can learn how to find the North Star, write their own creative

mythology about the constellations, track the phases of the moon, and learn

about stars and galaxies, and use all their senses to explore the night

environment at a national ," said Angie Richman, astronomy ranger with

the Intermountain Regional Office. The booklet was recently published and

will be freely distributed in a number of national parks in 2010.

Don’t forget to look for night sky activities on the web site of

the individual national parks you plan to visit this year. For example,

Acadia National in Maine held its first Night Sky Festival last

September, urged on by the Bar Harbor Chamber of Commerce and several other

community organizations. The next festival is planned for September 9-12,

2010, with a variety of day and nighttime programs taking place in the

and surrounding community. Further information is available by contacting

the at 207-288-8703 or at http://www.nightskyfestival.org/Festival.

Bryce Canyon National in Utah has been hosting stargazing

programs since 1969, and will hold its 10th annual Astronomy Festival July

7-10, 2010. This four-day event also features daytime and nighttime

activities for all ages, and celebrates one of the last remaining

sanctuaries of dark skies. Visitors are encourage to plan ahead for this

event, more information is found at:

http://www.nps.gov/brca/planyourvisit/astrofest.htm.

To help meet the demand for night sky interpretive programs, the

National Service Night Sky Program last year recruited 19 volunteer

astronomers from around the country who were then placed in national parks,

started a loaner telescope collection, produced audio podcasts and

brochures, and supported the stellar night sky poster art by Dr. Tyler

Nordgren, an astronomer at the University of Redlands, California.

Nordgren spent a one-year sabbatical in national parks where he

collected his experiences into a book and drafted the series of 14 posters

that harken to the Works Progress Administration posters of the 1930’s. The

full series of night sky posters is available for browsing at:

http://bulldog2.redlands.edu/fac/tyler_nordgren/Gallery/NationalParks/Parks.html

“Even though our sources of inspiration may change, the value of

national parks grows over time,” Director Jarvis said. “And as the backyard

starry sky is lost to urban , people increasingly seek it in their

national parks.

“The night sky is every bit a part of the as land, water,

and those famous sunrise and sunset scenes. It’s our

responsibility and our pleasure to preserve the night sky for this and

future generations.”

Visit us on-line: http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/lightscapes

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