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Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Posted inOutdoors

Ban on hunting mountain lions and bobcats in Colorado could land on 2024 ballot

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Oct 3, 20235:11 PM MDT on Oct 2, 2023

Ballot initiatives approved wolf reintroduction in 2020, banned lethal traps in 1996 and changed bear hunting in 1992

Posted inOutdoors

Salida-area man arrested on bear-poaching charges, accused of killing a sow and two cubs

by Michael Booth 2:10 PM MDT on Oct 2, 20234:03 PM MDT on Oct 2, 2023

Colorado wildlife officials say anonymous tips and social media posts led them to evidence the bears had been shot and dumped on a state trust field

Posted inOutdoors

Lawsuit targets new Colorado Parks and Wildlife regulations for State Wildlife Areas

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 29, 20237:23 PM MDT on Sep 28, 2023

Animal advocacy groups argue the new regulations for more than 350 State Wildlife Areas offer special treatment for hunters and anglers with increased prohibitions on non-wildlife related recreation

Posted inEnvironment

Colorado ranchers can kill wolves that are attacking livestock, federal wildlife officials say

by Olivia Prentzel 1:14 PM MDT on Sep 15, 20232:41 PM MDT on Sep 15, 2023

Wolf reintroduction on Western Slope is on track for this year, U.S. wildlife officials say; still no word on where wolves will come from

Posted inCartoons

Jim Morrissey: Colorado wolves endangered — at least in Wyoming

by Jim Morrissey 2:05 AM MDT on Sep 15, 20235:53 PM MDT on Sep 13, 2023

Cartoonist Jim Morrissey has a pointed take on reports that have surfaced recently about members of a Colorado wolf pack beng killed when they ventured across the Wyoming border.

Posted inOutdoors

Sick bear in Telluride euthanized to avert “horrific death” from eating too much human trash

by Olivia Prentzel 9:59 AM MDT on Sep 13, 202310:26 AM MDT on Sep 13, 2023

Wipes, paper towers and plastic food wrappers created a blockage preventing the 400-pound black bear from digesting food, officials said

Posted inEnvironment

Wyoming is killing Colorado’s wolves, again, and the state’s keeping it secret

by Mike Koshmrl, WyoFile 3:15 AM MDT on Sep 12, 20236:03 PM MDT on Sep 11, 2023

Wyoming officials say they’re muzzled, citing statute that protects the identity of those who legally kill wolves as grounds for not sharing any information with the public or even officials south of the state line.

Posted inOutdoors

Colorado Parks and Wildlife scrap with Army Corps of Engineers ends John Martin Reservoir State Wildlife Area

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Sep 1, 202310:38 AM MDT on Sep 1, 2023

CPW backs out of 55-year management of wildlife area with five days notice. The new Army Corps management plan will eliminate dispersed camping around the largest reservoir in southeastern Colorado.

a light color fur bison stands in the field with snowy mountain backdrop
Posted inOutdoors

The Partners in the Outdoors conference ended in disaster last year. Now CPW must put the pieces back together.

by Tracy Ross 4:54 AM MDT on Aug 25, 20238:49 AM MDT on Aug 25, 2023

The agency is calling on wildlife, recreation and conservation communities to rebuild its broken model

an aerial view of an open country with a wildlife crossing overpass above a rural highway
Posted inOutdoors

Wildlife crossings proposed on east side of Vail Pass could be funded through new state, federal programs

by Jason Blevins 3:50 AM MDT on Aug 21, 202310:11 PM MDT on Aug 20, 2023

There are more female deer killed by cars than hunters in Colorado every year. Advocates hope three new wildlife crossings on Vail Pass will reduce collisions, improve animal health

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