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AVMA News
AUGUST 29, 2024
Colorado Proposed Initiative #145 will ask Colorado voters this November whether the state should establish the position of veterinary professional associate (VPA).
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AVMA News
NOVEMBER 7, 2024
Colorado voters have approved a new veterinary midlevel practitioner position known as a veterinary professional associate via a ballot measure called Proposition 129. It received 52.4% “yes” votes, with 72% of the vote tallied as of November 6, per the Associated Press.
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AVMA News
OCTOBER 17, 2023
The Colorado VMA (CVMA) held its annual meeting virtually on September 10. The association presented awards and seated new officials.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Robert Knapp, chair of the AVMA Board of Directors, talked with AVMA News about everything from a recent labor market study by Brakke Consulting to the AVMAs five- year strategy to Colorados Proposition 129.
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AVMA News
APRIL 30, 2024
Colorado recently enacted two bills related to veterinary medicine: one dealing with telehealth and the other on scope of practice for veterinary technicians. Jared Polis signed these into law on April 19 and March 22, respectively, after both bills received strong bicameral and bipartisan support.
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AVMA News
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The Colorado VMA (CVMA) held its annual meeting from September 5-8 in Westminster. The association presented awards and seated new officials.
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AVMA News
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
Colorado Rep. Karen McCormick spoke with AVMA News about her thoughts on Colorado Proposition #129 and why she believes there’s much better way to support the effectiveness and sustainability of the veterinary workforce.
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AVMA News
AUGUST 15, 2024
For the first time in North America a case of rustrela virus infection, also known as staggering disease, has been identified in a wild mountain lion. Researchers are encouraging further investigations to determine just how prevalent the virus is in area wildlife.
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10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2015
Like the two previous books in the series, the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of New Jersey by Rick Wright and the American Birding Association Field Guide to Birds of Colorado by Ted Floyd (photographs for all three primarily by master photographer Brian E. From the ABA Field Guide to Birds of Colorado.
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AVMA News
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
Mary Stegmueller is a 7-year-old in Colorado who was diagnosed three years ago with a rare form of cancer that targets the brain stem. To recognize her bravery, National Veterinary Associates, Colorado State University, and the AVMA created a special day with many magical moments for the young animal lover.
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AVMA News
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Colorado’s Proposition 129 would fundamentally change the way the veterinary profession operates, as currently only veterinarians can diagnose, create treatment plans, or perform surgery. Learn more about how the ballot initiative came to be.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 15, 2023
Chewy will be opening a handful of veterinary clinics in 2024, starting in South Florida and Denver. The company is launching the practices under the brand name “Chewy Vet Care,” which will offer services including routine appointments, urgent care, and surgery.
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AVMA News
JUNE 13, 2025
Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service investigation confirmed that 21 horses tested positive for equine infectious anemia as of late May across California, Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 5, 2023
While nationwide numbers are not known, Colorado, New Hampshire, and Oregon officials are working with state and federal veterinary diagnostic laboratories to determine the underlying cause or causes.
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AVMA News
MARCH 17, 2025
Colorado State Universitys veterinary professional associate program has been approved by the universitys governing body following the passage of Proposition 129 in Colorado last year. The two-year masters in veterinary clinical care degree program focuses on small animal primary care.
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AVMA News
DECEMBER 20, 2024
The proposed curriculum for Colorado State Universitys masters in veterinary clinical care degree program appears far less rigorous than the universitys veterinary degree program and, in some cases, some veterinary technology programs.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 23, 2011
Now, here in Colorado this is the season for the high-country birds. This is my time of year to explore thin air and look for unique Colorado breeders. Brown-capped Rosy-Finch This larger finch can be found in summer feeding on the edge of snow fields usually above 11,400 feet, which is timberline here in Colorado.
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AVMA News
MARCH 20, 2023
Knapp at Purdue University and Dr. Steven Dow at Colorado State University, two of many veterinarians working in the field. The Comparative Oncology Program at the National Institutes of Health has transformed canine comparative oncology since the program’s founding 20 years ago, according to Dr. Deborah W.
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AVMA News
MARCH 29, 2023
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians held its 54th annual meeting from March 4-7 in Aurora, Colorado. The association presented awards and seated new officials.
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AVMA News
AUGUST 10, 2023
That’s why the AVMA and Western Veterinary Partners have joined to launch the Unsung Heroes awards program, which acknowledges five staff members—including veterinary technicians, customer service representatives, and kennel workers—from Colorado for their dedication and hard work in keeping veterinary practices operating.
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FEBRUARY 23, 2016
Colorado is unique in many respects, so it comes as no surprise that its residents went in a different direction when selecting their state bird. Instead, they are summer visitors, moving up to Colorado in the warm months to breed before returning to wintering grounds in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.
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AVMA News
MAY 23, 2023
Here are 10 exciting attractions to experience while you’re in town for AVMA Convention 2023, taking place July 14-18 at the Colorado Convention Center. Whether you’re looking to have a relaxing nature walk, visit historic landmarks, or check out local beers, Denver offers something for everyone.
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AVMA News
APRIL 18, 2024
The 29th International Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Symposium was held September 7-11, 2023, in Aurora, Colorado. Several organizations presented awards and seated new officials.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2012
This time of year, in Colorado, offers exciting species like the Boreal Owl and the Northern Pygmy-Owl. My good friend and owl expert, Scott Rashid, had educated me two years ago about their Colorado habitat preferences. Finding an owl excites the unexcitable and even the most seasoned birders.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 20, 2024
By Mike Lubow An award-winning creative director, now retired, Mike Lubow has channeled his love of birding, nature, the Colorado mountains, and writing into his first novel, The Idea People. A nature-inspired adventure romp, the book is garnering praise for this skilled and witty storyteller.
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10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 1, 2024
It’s a freezing, quiet January morning in Denver, Colorado. The year is 2011 and I might be the only person left in the hotel. Everyone else at the academic conference left early the day before–panels cancelled, vendors packed–in fear of a major snowstorm.
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10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
For example, recently, I wrote a blog post about a Long-tailed Jaeger that showed up on the Front Range of Colorado. I am not saying this isn’t cool information in the right gallery, but since the Mountain Chickadee is a common resident bird in most of Colorado, it shouldn’t be on a RARE BIRD ALERT. I think so.
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Critter News
JANUARY 22, 2010
Tags: animal research colorado state university.
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OCTOBER 10, 2018
With Wyoming and South Dakota in our rear view mirror, we look toward Colorado, and a hot spot I have been anxious to visit. Trinidad Colorado is located just a few miles north of the Colorado – New Mexico border, and home to the Trinidad Reservoir. The numbers are as follows: Little Big Year Species – 892. species – 224.
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10,000 Birds
MAY 13, 2022
Pluck Pluck Pluck should do the trick, a nice, refreshing rice lager brewed by Outer Range Brewing Company of Frisco, Colorado that features the humble chicken. Since most of us are quite busy birding this month, let’s just do something quick and easy this week.
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MAY 26, 2011
I often wonder what the true first colonists of Colorado had running through their minds when they first encountered the Colorado Rockies. These White-tailed Ptarmigan are without a doubt one of the most sought-after species in Colorado. Views like this offer specialty niches for many high-altitude species.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2018
Denver, Colorado. Colorado mountains courtesy of MarekWk via Wikimedia Commons. Second, Amendment 2 required a two-thirds vote of each chamber of the state legislature to authorize the transfer, sale, or disposal of land under the control of the state agriculture or environmental protection departments.”. Red-breasted Merganser.
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DECEMBER 29, 2012
The other subspecies range from the southern end of Baja California north into Idaho and Oregon but never east of the Colorado River. It seems likely that the squirrels we saw are of the nominate subspecies, seeing as Merriam described the species from a specimen taken in Riverside County, California, not far from Joshua Tree National Park.*
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10,000 Birds
JULY 28, 2011
Here in Colorado many species are affected, but perhaps none more than our beautiful Mountain Plovers and Ferruginous Hawks. I feel blessed to live in Colorado where I can see these beauties in migration and breeding. At that point the estimated population was between 11,000-14,000 birds.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 9, 2013
wrote Heilke in Colorado. A hot tub for my sore muscles,” wrote Sigrid in Colorado. “A “Ten new serious, qualified, committed wildlife rehabber-wannabees to knock at the doors of all local licensed rehabbers!” Personal Things. “A A massage therapist for an hour every morning, then I wouldn’t be so bitchy,” wrote Jodi in Massachusetts.
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 25, 2011
The Front Range of Colorado offers unique birding experiences from top to bottom. He moved from Delaware to Colorado and then like a week later this bird shows up in Denver. Fort Collins offers the most water in the northern tier of the state, but many of those dang lakes are private.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 13, 2011
One of the biggest and more recent face palm incidents with law enforcement and the outdoors happened in Colorado in 2009 when a large marijuana farm was found growing in Pike National Forest. If you were of Hispanic decent, would you want to go birding in Colorado if those were warnings being posted on signs and aired in the media?
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NOVEMBER 24, 2011
Lucky enough for me, living on the Front Range of Colorado , a few large lakes at the base of the foothills make attractive stop over points as lost birds find themselves using the mountains as a guide. Jaegers come in hard and fast and can change direction at the drop of a hat to keep up with the birds they are harassing.
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10,000 Birds
JULY 21, 2018
The area crosses the Little Colorado River and lies within three miles of the Petrified Forest National Park. Little Colorado River PETITION. As recently as May of this year, the current administration proposed a Bureau of Land Management auction of 4,200 acres of public land in northern Arizona. Join me, won’t you!?
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APRIL 17, 2015
He now runs the Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute out of Estes Park. Young Scott put in yeoman’s work first identifying, then attempting to photograph the birds he stumbled across while hunting rabbits with a friend, and apparently his drive has stayed with him from that day to this.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 6, 2021
Animal Help Now, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, was founded in Colorado in 2011. You can post it on your local Internet bulletin board, and give it to the people who receive wildlife rescue calls but normally can’t help… your local town hall, police department, libraries, and hiking area staff.
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10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 14, 2021
There are several states with 100-199 species: North Carolina (172, unchanged), Washington (171, up from 144), Michigan (159, unchanged), Virginia (147, up from 122), North Dakota (141, unchanged), Idaho (129, up from 57); New Mexico (112, unchanged); Massachusetts (110, up from 81); Colorado (106, unchanged), and Pennsylvania (109, up from 102).
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 13, 2024
It is mid-March and I am back in Colorado for meetings. The same Townsend’s Solitaire I dipped on last time in Colorado. Of course, excellent opportunity to go birding with my friends Brad and Laura. We had time for another stop at Little Scraggy Trailhead. Although there was a person determined to go camping (why?)
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 20, 2014
After all, the three guides that have been published so far include New Jersey’s, written by Rick Wright ; Colorado’s, written by Ted Floyd ; and Florida’s, written by Bill Pranty.
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