Poaching numbers by nature are elusive, but last fall brought a discernible spike in wildlife infractions across the state
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CARTOON: If you could talk to the animals at the Denver stock show
Here’s what they’d be mooing, cheeping, barking, and hee hawing…
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Where are the salmon? Kokanee numbers drastically drop in Blue Mesa, Gunnison river
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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Colorado elk are gathering for the greatest sex show on turf. And we like to watch.
Sexy Time for Cervus canadensis in Rocky Mountain National Park.
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Vilified, sanctified, politicized, humanized: The Colorado prairie dogs controversy explained
The 2022 version of prairie dog hostilities currently focuses on Longmont, where more than a thousand prairie dogs have been digging holes and chirping at the future site of a retail center
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“It’s like riding an escalator”: Burro racing isn’t likely to go mainstream, but it’s having a moment in Colorado
LEADVILLE — At the sound of gunfire, the burros take off in a sprint, so fast that the trail runners gripping their lead ropes are at risk of getting dragged down the pavement of historic Harrison Avenue. Within the first block, with a crowd of several hundred lining the street to watch this spectacle, a […]
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Judge orders federal government to decide if wolverines, which have been spotted in Colorado, need protection
By Matthew Brown, The Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. — A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, following years of dispute over how much risk climate change and other threats pose to the rare and elusive predators. The order from U.S. District Judge […]
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If a Colorado eagle nest falls in the forest — and the cameras are on — should anyone save it?
Raptors are in a renaissance on the Front Range, but when wildlife biologists say, “Let nature handle it,” there’s some splainin’ to do with an enthusiastic public.
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Ex-Colorado veterinary regulator accused of animal cruelty
A former member of the board that regulates Colorado’s veterinarians faces animal cruelty allegations after authorities said pet birds were found living in bad conditions in her suburban Denver home. Ellen Kessler, 72, was issued a summons to appear in court May 23 to answer to 13 misdemeanor counts of animal cruelty after a visitor […]
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SunLit Interview: Poet Carol Guerrero-Murphy’s urgency moved her to self-publish
Carol Guerrero-Murphy has a significant history of publishing while teaching creative writing from preschool through graduate levels in southern Colorado. She is semi-retired, writing and teaching in the Adams State Prison College Program and is affiliate faculty in the Western Colorado University MFA creative writing program. She is a professor emerita from Adams State University […]