Congratulations to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe for being selected as Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s (CPW) Southwest Region Partner of the Year! The award was presented during the evening keynote dinner at the annual Partners in the Outdoors Conference held, May 10, from 6 – 8 p.m. at the Beaver Run Resort in Breckenridge, Colo. Pictured together is the CPW Director Bob Broscheid and Southern Ute Wildlife Division Head Steve Whiteman, who accepted the award on behalf of the Tribe. The Southern Ute Tribe was recognized as CPW’s “2017 Partner of the Year – Southwest Region,” in recognition of the sovereign nation as a government-to-government partner.