Bears

Bear euthanized after killing miniature horse

bear euthanized this summer in otherwise quiet season

Photo: Hitching a ride

Bear cubs rescued after mother killed near Dove Creek

and Wildlife plans to rehabilitate and release youngsters

3 bears euthanized after destroying property

Animals broke into houses, cars in Durango Hills

Bear killed after scratching Montezuma County resident

Juvenile bear trying to reach dog food

Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

pay price of human carelessness

Are bear resistant cans working?

Bryan Peterson, executive director of the nonprofit BearSmart, said some of Durango’s local, food-conditioned bears have learned how to break…

Hungry bears emerge from hibernation in La Plata County

Remember to keep food and trash out of reach

Tracking black bears

Researchers are learning how towns change bear behavior, populations

Studying the human side of the bear management

But this can lead to conflicts with humans and bears being euthanized, said Stewart Breck, a wildllife ecologist with the…

Study examining human-bear interactions in Durango enters final year

A bear walks near Buckley Park in September 2015, which was a busy year for bear activity in Durango. Colorado…

Follow the leader

A mother bear and her two cubs make their way through the morning snow on Wednesday near Forest Lakes subdivision…

Drop off your pumpkins Monday in Durango

Pumpkins can be discarded Monday at the over-flow lot at Santa Rita Park.Steve Lewis/Durango Herald file photo Rather than leave…

Last days in low country

Just looking for some shade, officer

Jerry McBride/Durango Herald

Riverview Elementary campus visited by bear

locked out while animal tranquilized, moved

Ursine near rec center surprises trail users

Bryan Peterson, one of the founders of Bear Smart Durango, said some residents first reported the bear up a large…

Is wild food calling?

bears prefer dining in the forest, but a few don’t

For bears, ‘it’s 20/20 time’

Working group establishes ursine plan

Bear goes through door like tinfoil

follows his nose and shreds a garage to reach a trove of trash

Wildlife officials link bear to multiple attacks

A few days after he was attacked by a bear May 31, Joshua Barber shows chest wounds he suffered during…

‘My first thought was I was going to die,’ Barber says

thinking his life nearly was finished, bear attack victim fought back to survive

Bear killed after 2 men bitten

Incidents mirror others at camps near Tech Center

Bear-bite victims at local campsite identified

tracked, but not located