Wildlife

Regional News

Ban on big cat hunting will be on Colorado’s fall ballot

This Oct. 20, 2010 photo provided by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows a bobcat making its way through…

August 1, 2024

AP New Mexico

Wandering wolf of the Southwest confined through 2025 breeding season in hopes of producing pups

will be held in captivity with a potential mate

July 26, 2024

Local News

Man captures video of mountain lion strolling neighborhood in north Durango

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds residents how to respond to cougar encounters

July 13, 2024

Local News

Upside down red-tailed hawk found dangling from Durango power line

possibly got caught up in last week’s wind and rain

July 2, 2024

Local News

What happens to roadkill carcasses in Southwest Colorado?

Plata County roads have more wildlife collisions than anywhere else in the state

July 2, 2024

Local News

Wolverines could return to the San Juan Mountains: What will reintroduction look like?

Legislature passed a law directing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to begin the reintroduction process

July 1, 2024

Nation & World

Birth of rare white buffalo fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times

over grizzlies and wolves: Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of bison

June 24, 2024

Regional News

It’s a pup! Colorado wildlife officials confirm Grand County wolves have reproduced.

of the nine surviving wolves transplanted to Colorado have mated. Their success means they’re officially a pack, known as the…

June 21, 2024

Regional News

Dad fatally shoots deer after it charges pregnant woman, stomps dogs

and Wildlife deems killing justified after animal endangered humans

June 11, 2024

Regional News

Wolf deterrent methods aren’t working, ranchers say, after seventh cow is killed

Funding for a range rider hasn’t stopped wolves from killing calves

May 30, 2024

Regional News

‘People like to make an example’: Wolf advocate says lobbying accusations are part of political war

Colorado wildlife officials tranquilized a pair of wolves and fitted them with tracking collars near North Park in February. (Courtesy…

May 25, 2024

Regional News

Federal land managers are planning Colorado’s next wild horse roundup, ignoring pleas to stop using a helicopter

BLM’s management plan for the Little Book Cliffs near Palisade calls for removing about 100 horses with a helicopter roundup

May 18, 2024

Regional News

Wolverine reintroduction legislation is ‘completely opposite’ wolf plan

‘They do not eat cattle. They do not eat sheep. They do not eat people,’ state Rep. Barbara McLachlan says

May 15, 2024

Regional News

Mountain lion likely killed one of 10 wolves released in Colorado

& Wildlife says lions hunting wolves ‘is not unheard of’

May 14, 2024

Local News

Boebert’s bill to remove protections from gray wolf passes House

Flashpoint issue is a demonstration of the rural and urban divide

May 7, 2024

Local News

Wildlife officer rescues mountain lions from Vallecito Reservoir spillway northeast of Durango

yearlings were noticed Friday evening as dam tender prepared to release water

April 23, 2024

Regional News

Colorado’s reintroduced wolves have killed four more cattle in Grand County

marks the largest cluster of livestock losses since reintroduction in December

April 18, 2024

Gulliford's Travels

Morley Nelson, birds of prey, and Snake River Canyon

Painting of Morley Nelson looking over the Birds of Prey Snake River National Conservation Area which he vigorously campaigned for.…

April 15, 2024

Local News

Pagosa Ranger District acquires 160-acre inholding

$1.1 million parcel provides habitat, migration corridor for mule deer and elk

April 4, 2024

Regional News

Wildlife officers confirm Colorado’s first wolf attack since predators were reintroduced

found tooth marks, tracks and other evidence consistent with wolf depredation

April 3, 2024

Local News

Photos: More bear-resistant trash cans distributed north of Durango

Randy Lopez, left, and Colby Lare, with Republic Services, distribute bear-resistant trash cans Monday at Durango Regency Mobile Home Park…

April 2, 2024

Regional News

Colorado Parks and Wildlife lands a spectacular hunting and fishing ranch in South Park

Collard Ranch and 5 miles of pristine trout stream will become a state wildlife area for $8.25 million

March 17, 2024

Thinking Green

Wolverines on deck for Reintroduction

Colorado recently unveiled plans to move forward with the restoration of another species eliminated from the state in the 1900s,…

March 17, 2024

Regional News

Colorado wildlife officials are visiting wolf-impacted communities after rocky start to reintroduction

leaders admonished Colorado Parks and Wildlife over poor transparency when wolves were released in December. Can the agency rebuild trust?

March 15, 2024