Navajo State Park-Colorado Parks and Wildlife

09/04/2026

September Events!
🪏Sept 2-3 Mt. Sneffels trail project with Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
🌌Sept 4 Star Party, CANM
🍂Sept 10 "Written in Bark" - San Juan Aspens and Arborglyphs Hike, Pagosa
🐚Sept 17 Geology Hike: Marine Fossils - Coyote Hill Loop Hike, Pagosa
🎒Sept 17-18 Pack out Chicago Basin Base Camp
🌠Sept 18 Night Sky Event, Nature Center
🌳 Sept 19 Tree Walks and Talks: Sky Island, trees from another time- Durango
🍂Sept 24 "Written in Bark" - San Juan Aspens and Arborglyphs Hike, Pagosa
🚮Sept 26 National Public Lands Day Cleanup, La Plata Canyon, Ironton Valley and CANM
🦉Sept 26 Birding Walk with Mike Foster, Nature Center

Follow link to sign up for events!
https://sjma.org/events/

Photo by Aubrey Balcom

09/04/2026

09/03/2026

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife office in Durango will be closed September 7th in celebration of Labor Day. We will return to the office on Tuesday with normal business hours.

09/02/2026

Last weekend for Food at the Lake! Come support them leave the cooking to them!

08/31/2026

Colorado’s bears are hungry. That does not mean you should feed them.

Right now bears are looking to pack on the calories ahead of winter –– and those calories need to come from their natural, wild food sources. The historic drought is having an impact on their naturally available food sources, but wild bears need wild food. Not people food. Or even “wild” food courtesy of people.

They need wild food they get on their own.

Bears, people and food do not mix well. We understand concern for our state’s wildlife and this is a unique year, but supplemental feeding of bears is illegal, dangerous and does much more harm than good in both the short and long term.

Feeding bears teaches them to become less wary of humans, which can be dangerous. It also ruins their natural instincts of how to forage and prepare for winter on their own, which can hurt them this year, and well into the future.

This also doesn’t just apply to your backyard. This goes for the backcountry as well. Bears are incredibly adept at noticing an increase in human activity in the woods. If that activity is associated with an easy meal, those bears will seek out more human activity (like going to the nearest town) rather than staying in the backcountry.

The list of reasons to not feed bears goes on. Don’t be the reason a bear loses the “wild” part of being wildlife. Their instincts have been sharpened over thousands of years. Do not be the one who ruins them –– choose to be part of the solution and preserve those instincts.

To learn more please visit our website: https://cpw.state.co.us/news/08282026/editorial-want-help-starving-bears-dont-feed-them

08/28/2026

Free kids archery class this weekend!August 29 and 30 at 1 pm. Navajo State Park is offering youth age 10 and older the chance to have fun while learning in a safe environment. Participants will learn focus, confidence and the sport of bow hunting. Will be held at the Navajo State Park archery range. Genesis bows and arrows will be provided.

Hosted by interpretive ranger Renee. Admission is free but please let us know you are coming by calling 970-883-2208 before Friday, August 28.

Colorado state park pass, Keep Colorado Wild state park pass or daily entrance fee is required for all vehicles.