Ongoing bear-human conflict and a collection of failing equipment necessitated a new approach. Colorado Parks and Wildlife knew just who to call.
CPW
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Colorado wolf reintroduction plan evolves as challenges threaten early 2024 deadline to have predators roaming Western Slope
Colorado Parks and Wildlife commissioners hosted the fifth and final public meeting on wolf reintroduction plan Wednesday, with possible plans to allow the killing of wolves the most controversial topic.
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Two wolves captured, collared by Colorado wildlife biologists in North Park
The two males, the only GPS-tracked wolves in Colorado, will provide CPW with insight on future wolf behavior in the state
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife asks legislature for $2.2 million to bolster struggling Keep Colorado Wild Pass rollout
Refund requests and challenges to reach vehicle owners outside its “echo chamber” has troubled the launch of the parks pass that underpins CPW’s new financial model
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What in the piping plover? New website sheds light on Colorado’s 350 most sensitive species.
How are scientists working to protect the toothless, federally endangered Colorado pikeminnow? Which species is most at risk from the state’s energy production and mining? What’s a piping plover? The answers can be found on Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s new species conservation dashboard, which lists more than 350 sensitive species that call Colorado home and […]
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Conservation groups offer alternate plan for Colorado wolf reintroduction that limits killing after livestock losses
A group of wildlife advocates is blasting Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s wolf reintroduction process, saying the intent of the voter-approved proposition has been “lost or undermined.” Since voters in November 2020 approved Proposition 114 directing the state to craft a plan and reintroduce wolves on the Western Slope by the end of 2023, CPW has […]
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Colorado school children raised trout. The state had to kill a lot of the “poor buggers” for testing.
But an innovative solution is helping Trout in the Classroom cut down the number of fish involved in the fatal testing process.
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife is dusting off a plan to reintroduce wolverines
As Colorado Parks and Wildlife maps out wolf reintroduction, the agency is considering how to support wolverines, revisiting a stalled plan to reintroduce the rare carnivore in the state. The last time wildlife officials confirmed a wolverine in Colorado was June 2009, when a male, — tagged with a radio collar in Grand Teton National […]
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Judge rejects challenge to Colorado wildlife officials’ plan to kill black bears and mountain lions
A Denver District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit opposing Colorado wildlife officials’ plan to kill black bears and mountain lions as a way of boosting mule deer populations on the West Slope. Judge Robert McGahey, Jr., ruled that Colorado Parks and Wildlife biologists can continue with plans to cull mountain lions and black bears […]