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1. Green Mountain Reservoir’s most wanted: State offers cash rewards for catching invasive northern pike

When Chris Refakis first started fishing in Summit County in 1991, there were no northern pike in Green Mountain Reservoir. Slowly, over time, the invasive species took hold in the water, feeding off native trout populations and threatening the fragile aquatic ecosystem. 

For the past few years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has implemented systems of rewards to rid the reservoir of its unwelcome inhabitant. This year, parks and wildlife is hosting a tournament, open now through Sept. 30, in which anglers can win up to $500 for catching northern pike. 

“It’s all about just getting those fish out of the reservoir,” said Refakis, a former fishing guide and employee at Cutthroat Anglers in Silverthorne. “The only other way to get them out would be to net or drain the reservoir. It’s a way to try to keep all the other fish while removing those.” 

— Jessica Sachs

2. Q&A: Meet the Republican candidates vying for Colorado Governor

Scott Bottoms, Barbara Kirkmeyer and Victor Marx are all candidates in the June 30 Republican primary for Colorado Governor. The Summit Daily asked each candidate five questions about some of the key issues facing Colorado’s Western Slope. 

— Summit Daily staff

3. World’s first electric skis make US ski town debut at GoPro Mountain Games

It was a little over a decade ago that an unheard-of electric board made its debut at the GoPro Mountain Games, saying it mimicked the sensation of snowboarding on land.

It was called the OneWheel, and has since become ubiquitous in ski towns across the globe.

Since that time, and probably before, skiers have asked themselves when they will be able to use a personal transportation device that mimics the sensation they’re used to feeling on snow.

That device is now here, it’s called Skwheel, and it made its American ski town debut at — where else? — this year’s GoPro Mountain Games.

“We knew Vail was a Mecca for skiing, so we thought this would be the perfect summer event to show off our product to skiers,” said Skwheel Business Manager Sacha Coulon, who was putting on Skwheel demonstrations and letting visitors try the product on Gore Creek Drive on Thursday. “People are picking it up on their first try.”

— John LaConte

4. Man posts about heaven to find housing, homeowner reports campers who crossed his land to reach campsite and more in Summit County sheriff’s log

Two men living in unincorporated Breckenridge tried to renew their Mexican passports by contacting someone on Facebook who was advertising passport assistance. They sent basic information and images of personal documents, along with their photographs, and received back a photo of new passports and a link to pay for them. Once they sent the money, they never heard from the scammer again. A deputy took a report June 2, and the men are working with their bank to see if they can get their $300 back.

While on routine patrol June 2, a deputy saw a car with its rear license plate bent in half, making it unreadable from behind. The vehicle was unoccupied in a Dillon Valley parking lot, and nobody was nearby. The deputy ran the vehicle through a crime database and found it had been reported stolen from Aurora. They had the vehicle towed, took a report and notified the rightful owner that their car had been found.

— Kyle McCabe

5. Mama bear breaks car windows at Boreas Pass campsite, steals backpacks

Around 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, a mother bear broke the windows of a car at a campsite on Boreas Pass Road near Breckenridge, according to Colorado Parks and Wildlife. No people were present at the campsite during the incident, and no one was harmed. 

The bear and her two cubs “sniffed around” the campsite, including a campfire, tent and the car, which had its rear windows left slightly open. The bear then shook the vehicle — breaking its windows — and entered it, retrieving two backpacks from the vehicle in the process. The incident was first reported by other individuals camping nearby who had been driving up the road during the incident.

While this is the first report of a bear at Boreas Pass this year, Rachael Gonzales, a Colorado Parks and Wildlife public information officer, says that bear sightings are relatively commonplace in the area. 

— Jessica Sachs