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Wildfire burning on John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area
CPW Southeast Region Twitter
and last updated 2021-01-15 19:09:59-05
HASTY, Colo. â A wildfire is burning on the John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area near Fort Lyon, forcing a brief evacuation, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).
The fire is burning on the 19,471-acre property in inaccessible Arkansas River bottoms amid heavy winds. The Las Animas Fire Department is the lead of 10 agencies fighting the fire.
The Bent County Sheriff s Office has since lifted the evacuation of Fort Lyon.
Officials said he fire is approximately 80% contained and is estimated to be between 3,000 and 4,000 acres.
Ten fire crews battling fire in Bent County near John Martin Reservoir
Photo courtesy of KBLJ Radio
BENT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) Firefighters are still battling a fire that started early Friday afternoon near the John Martin Reservoir.
The Bent County Sheriff s Office said the riverbed fire is about 80% contained and so far has burned roughly 4,000 acres.
According to Colorado Parks and Wildlife Southeast Region, ten agencies, led by the Las Animas Fire Department, spent Friday battling the flames fueled by heavy winds. The fire is burning so close to the Arkansas River, it s inaccessible.
BREAKING: A wildfire is burning on the 19,471-acre John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area near Fort Lyons, which is evacuated. The Las Animas Fire Department is the lead of 10 agencies fighting the blaze, which is burning in inaccessible Arkansas River bottoms amid heavy winds CPW SE Region (@CPW SE) January 15, 2021
Colorado Parks and Wildlife searching for individual who poached two elk
and last updated 2020-12-18 16:36:43-05
HASTY â Colorado Parks and Wildlife is asking for the help of Coloradans in identifying the individual who poached two cow elk at the John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area and left their bodies to waste.
CPW officers initially responded to the incident on December 13th.
According to a press release issued earlier this week, Officers found the dead elk in an area east of the Keller tract and west of Rule Creek, between the south bank of the reservoir and the railroad tracks.