Colorado Parks and Wildlife will begin doing low-altitude aerial surveys on December 2 to assess big game herds.

Tuesday, Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists will begin low-altitude helicopter flights to assess big game herds across the Southeast Region from Trinidad to Leadville and east of Interstate 25.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists use low-altitude helicopter flights to assess big game herds, gather data, and determine hunting licenses.

MEEKER, Colo. -- Colorado's former big game manager, John Ellenberger, remembers when the Piceance Basin was called the state's mule-deer factory because of its tens of thousands of deer. The ...