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Paddleboarder, dog found dead after storm on Eleven Mile reservoir

The body of a paddleboarder and dog were recovered from the reservoir at Eleven Mile State Park after a strong wind storm rolled through the area, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials said.

LAKE GEORGE - A man paddles the shallows of Eleven Mile Reservoir in this file photo from April 28, 2014.
(Photo By Scott Willoughby / The Denver Post)

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Burned and blackened pine trees damaged by the Quarry Fire last summer are visible on a hilltop from the Meadowlark trail at Deer Creek Canyon Park. The park, which is administered by Jefferson County Open Space, partially reopened in May. The remainder of the park reopened Friday. (John Meyer/The Denver Post)

Deer Creek Canyon Park, damaged by wildfire last summer, reopens fully

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Travis Sauder of Colorado Parks and Wildlife looks for Bighorn Sheep on Pikes Peak near Colorado Springs on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)

PHOTOS: Counting Bighorn Sheep on Pikes Peak with CPW

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Kyle Siegel of Carbondale, who founded an outdoor gear company called Raide in the fall of 2023, won $100,000 to promote the company on Thursday at Ignite, a competition patterned after Shark Tank, the TV show for budding entrepreneurs. Ignite was organized as part of the Outside Festival, taking place this weekend in Civic Center Park. (John Meyer/The Denver Post)

Colorado outdoors startup founder wins $100,000 in competition patterned after ‘Shark Tank’

Kyle Siegel founded Raide, which means steep in French, in October of 2023. It makes packs, accessories and apparel for skiing and trail running.

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Mahali, the Denver Zoo's Nile hippopotamus, will move to a Texas animal sanctuary this fall because his exhibit no longer meets certification standards. The hippo was born at the zoo in 2002.

Denver Zoo’s hippo to hop on to Texas wildlife preserve so exhibit can be updated

Denver Zoo's only hippo will move to the Lone Star State this fall so the organization can conserve water and update the hippo exhibit, which no longer meets certification standards.