State park nesting platforms added to encourage additional raptors

State park nesting platforms added to encourage additional raptors

With the success of an existing nesting platform that led to three osprey chicks being born in the past five years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife added three more raptor nesting platforms this fall at Steamboat and Pearl lakes through a cooperative community effort. Julie Arington, manager at Steamboat Lake and Pearl Lake State Parks, said CPW aims to continue to encourage nesting success for raptors, so two more nesting poles were added at Steamb…