Birders flock to the Mountain Plover Festival in Karval each year—and leave the rural community more connected than they found it. Though it is not listed under the Endangered Species Act, the ...
Have you ever taken a wrong turn on a road trip and ended up hundreds of miles from home, eating mole crabs on a strange beach? No, it's not the plot of "The Hangover Part IV." It seems to be what ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DENVER—The mountain plover—a small, brown bird that breeds in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains—doesn’t warrant a spot on the endangered species list, ...
DENVER, Colo. (CBS4) – Once a year a small Colorado town depends on a tiny bird for a big economic windfall. The residents of the tiny town of Karval open their doors to welcome bird watchers at the ...
KARVAL, Colo. — The tiny town of Karval (population 35) is preparing for its annual Mountain Plover Festival, which runs Friday, April 26 to Sunday, April 28. Adventurous and bird-loving individuals ...
A plover on the plains is like a canary in a coal mine. Despite its name, the Mountain Plover prefers the dryer and open prairie of eastern Colorado. Audubon himself misnamed it, and you may never ...
The Mountain Plover Festival takes place each spring in Karval, Colorado, about 65 miles east of Colorado Springs. Dan Merewether with the Karval Community Alliance refers to the six or seven-inch ...
KARVAL, Colo. (AP) — The ranching hamlet of Karval is hosting its seventh Annual Mountain Plover Festival to celebrate the bird that typically starts arriving in Colorado in early April. The town is ...
WASHINGTON (CN) - The mountain plover is in danger of extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has announced again in a proposed rule to list the bird as endangered under the Endangered Species ...
Another proposal to list the mountain plover as threatened under the Endangered Species Act doesn’t include an exception for farmers, and that worries Weld County commissioners. The last time a ...
DENVER—Federal officials will reconsider whether a bird that breeds on the plains of Colorado and neighboring states and summers in California should be protected. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ...
KARVAL, Colo. — Dozens of bird watchers will travel to a tiny Colorado town this weekend to spot a super rare bird. The Mountain Plover Festival is back from Friday, April 29 through Sunday, May 1, ...