Colorado BSAR Fee Increases to Help Fund Local Search and Rescue Volunteers

Colorado’s volunteer search and rescue teams to get funding boost

Colorado’s nearly 50 volunteer search and rescue teams, which for years have seen a steady rise in calls, will get more funding from the state from an increase in fees on wildlife licenses and boat, s...

Colorado search and rescue teams to receive funding boost from fee increase

Backcountry Search and Rescue fee rises from 25 cents to $1.25 after nearly four decades

Colorado Parks and Wildlife ups wildlife license, vehicle registration fees for search and rescue

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will increase its Backcountry Search and Rescue Program fee to help fund support for county search and rescue teams. The fee on wildlife licenses and boat, snowmobile and off-highway vehicle registrations will increase to $1.25, effective Jan. 1, according to a news release from the state wildlife agency. The previous $0.25 fee had not changed since 1987. Colorado has more than 50 search-and-rescue organizations, whic…

Colorado BSAR fee increases to help fund local search and rescue volunteers

DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) -- Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) announces that the Colorado Backcountry Search and Rescue Program (BSAR) fee on wildlife licenses and boat, snowmobile, and off-highway vehicle registration will increase to $1.25 to help fund county search and rescue teams and volunteers. The original fee was 25 cents and has not changed since 1987; however, CPW says the increase is much needed with inflation and the growing number of se…

Colorado’s volunteer search and rescue teams to get funding boost from first fee increase in more than 35 years

Colorado’s nearly 50 volunteer search and rescue teams, which for years have seen a steady rise in calls, will get more funding from the state from an increase in fees on wildlife licenses and boat, snowmobile and off-road vehicle registrations, Colorado Parks and Wildlife said Thursday. Starting Jan. 1, the Colorado Backcountry Search and Rescue Program fee will be $1.25, up from 25 cents, the agency said in a statement. The increased fee is a …