The Colorado Pika Project is training citizen scientists to collect data in far-flung corners of the state
animals
Posted inEnvironment
How wolf reintroduction is supposed to go — and how it’s going
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.
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
Despite her too brief time with us, Punkin helped to fix things within me that would have otherwise remained broken
Posted inOutdoors
Colorado wildlife officials release warning following fawn kidnapping, moose’s fatal jump from parking garage
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.
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Mountain lion spends lazy day lounging in tree at popular Garden of the Gods Park
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
Posted inOutdoors
When Colorado needed a better bear trap, wildlife officials turned to a guy who never caught a bear
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
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
Here’s what they’d be mooing, cheeping, barking, and hee hawing…
Posted inEnvironment
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