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Posted inClimate

Volunteers are on the hunt for one of Colorado’s most adorable animals before climate change erases them

by Olivia Prentzel 4:29 AM MDT on Aug 27, 20234:44 PM MDT on Aug 28, 2023

The Colorado Pika Project is training citizen scientists to collect data in far-flung corners of the state

a wolf laying down in a field of dry grass.
Posted inEnvironment

How wolf reintroduction is supposed to go — and how it’s going

by Jillian Vallance 4:29 AM MDT on Jul 30, 20236:13 PM MDT on Sep 1, 2023

Wildlife biologists have developed a three-phase approach to restore the wolf population that has been absent from Colorado since the 1940s

Posted inOpinion Columns

Zornio: Trophy hunts and poaching of Colorado’s big game need to go extinct. Hunters should show some pride.

by Trish Zornio 3:05 AM MDT on Jul 24, 20234:28 PM MDT on Jul 20, 2023

If hunters were good enough at fair chase, they wouldn’t need to resort to cheap tactics and breaking the law

Posted inOpinion Columns

Nicolais: The short, magic life of our puppy, Punkin Bleu

by Mario Nicolais 3:05 AM MDT on Jul 23, 202310:12 AM MDT on Jul 21, 2023

Despite her too brief time with us, Punkin helped to fix things within me that would have otherwise remained broken

Fawn stands on towels
Posted inOutdoors

Colorado wildlife officials release warning following fawn kidnapping, moose’s fatal jump from parking garage

by Tracy Ross 3:42 PM MDT on Jun 21, 20233:52 PM MDT on Jun 21, 2023

CPW warns hikers not to pick up seemingly abandoned fawns and other young animals in the wild, as it will do more harm to them than good.

Posted inOutdoors

Mountain lion spends lazy day lounging in tree at popular Garden of the Gods Park

by Olivia Prentzel 3:34 PM MDT on May 4, 20235:12 PM MDT on May 4, 2023

Although mountain lions are common in the area, the park says the midday sighting is “extremely rare” for an area that attracts 4 million people a year

A man lowers a divider into a giant metal bear trap, separating it into two sections.
Posted inOutdoors

When Colorado needed a better bear trap, wildlife officials turned to a guy who never caught a bear

Kevin Simpson by Kevin Simpson 4:28 AM MDT on Mar 26, 20233:59 AM MDT on Mar 26, 2023

Ongoing bear-human conflict and a collection of failing equipment necessitated a new approach. Colorado Parks and Wildlife knew just who to call.

Posted inOutdoors

Troubling surge of poaching cases in Colorado has wildlife officers trying to keep up

Kevin Simpson by Kevin Simpson 4:14 AM MST on Jan 29, 202310:15 AM MST on Jan 29, 2023

Poaching numbers by nature are elusive, but last fall brought a discernible spike in wildlife infractions across the state

Posted inCartoons

CARTOON: If you could talk to the animals at the Denver stock show

by Peter Moore 4:12 AM MST on Jan 15, 20234:12 PM MST on Jan 19, 2023

Here’s what they’d be mooing, cheeping, barking, and hee hawing…

A fisherwoman holds a net of salmon.
Posted inEnvironment

Where are the salmon? Kokanee numbers drastically drop in Blue Mesa, Gunnison river

by Dean Krakel 4:23 AM MST on Nov 20, 20229:24 PM MST on Nov 30, 2022

Even if there were several back to back winters with deep snow and Blue Mesa filled to the brim, it would still take years for the kokanee to return to pre-drought population

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