Wildlife

Where have all the elk gone?

Southwest Colorado, herds show distressing signs

Animal pelts stolen from Durango wildlife museum

seek information about crime

Photos: Catch-free kokanee

Fish kill in Boulder County related to Superfund site water

Officials with the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency say the contaminated water…

Hunter mistakenly kills moose in Silverton

Farmington man self-reported incident; he thought it was an elk

BLM to use helicopters to finish wild horse roundup

The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction reports the agency plans to remove 60 horses from the 190-member herd on Little…

Colorado’s native razorback sucker making a comeback

and Wildlife considers reclassifying to threatened status

Ranchers, U.S. square off over fencing at national preserve

Ranchers in northern New Mexico are squaring off with federal land managers over miles of unmended fencing along the boundary…

Court upholds protection for rare bird in Colorado, Utah

This April 2014 photo provided by Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows a Gunnison Sage Grouse with tail feathers fanned near…

Santa Fe forest ordered to consider impacts on salamander

U.S. District Judge Martha Vazquez in a ruling made public Wednesday upheld an earlier decision in which a magistrate judge…

Santa Fe seeks to rid city of renegade gophers

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports the city of Santa Fe is considering hiring a contractor with a mission to…

Wyoming guide dead after bear attack; Florida hunter hurt

The Jackson Hole News & Guide reports the body of 37-year-old Mark Uptain was found Saturday. Teton County spokesman Billy…

Chihuahua survives mountain lion attack northeast of Durango

Attacks on domestic pets not unheard of, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says

Trout species thought to be extinct found alive in Southwest Colorado

Wildlife experts able to match DNA with fish samples collected in 1870s

Citizen scientists enlisted to research monarch butterfly mystery

Researchers want to know more about migratory patterns through Southwest Colorado

Photos: Peregrine falcon visits downtown Durango

Durango man caught feeding bears is identified

61-year-old issued ticket for 3rd offense

Bait trapping proposed to control Spring Creek wild horses

of helicopters also an option, according to environmental assessment

Study analyzes wild horse herd management

plan for Spring Creek Basin herd opens to public comment

Bear cub injured in 416 Fire is bandage-free

Orphaned cub will be released into the wild this winter

Despite drought, bears are finding plenty of natural food

urban ursine encounters noted

CPW: Thousands of fish may be dying from 416 Fire ash in Animas

Lewandowski says more dead fish expected in coming months

Colorado offers $5,000 reward for information on slain mountain goats

Colorado parks and Wildlife investigators seek information on the poaching of two mountain goats on Quandary Peak on July 3.…

Paragliders can return to Smelter Mountain after ban ends

Colorado Parks and Wildlife to allow flights, effective Sept. 1