Wildlife

Colorado officials will present plan to cull mountain lions

Colorado Parks and Wildlife plans to cull mountain lions to help mule deer populations.Associated Press Chuck Anderson, Colorado Parks and…

January 31, 2017

Dead lynx identified as 11½-year-old male born in Telluride

Official says animal was tagged

January 12, 2017

Lynx made famous on Facebook found dead at ski resort

Carcass will be examined for cause of death

January 9, 2017

House Republicans want to repeal the ESA

Utah’s Bishop says he’d rather scrap the Endangered Species Act

January 5, 2017

Photo: It’s breeding season for Coyotes

A coyote hunts a field along U.S. Highway 160 west of Mancos. The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Department warns that…

January 4, 2017

Mountain lions feast on deer near Durango trail

Residents should be cautious

January 1, 2017

Drilling proposed north of Dolores

Miguel county, Lone Mesa Park have concerns

December 21, 2016

Motorist has rare lynx encounter on Molas Pass

Elusive animals do well in San Juan Mountains

December 21, 2016

U.S., Mexico wildlife officials draft jaguar recovery plan

du1-i-syn While jaguars are found in 19 countries stretching from the American Southwest to South America, the U.S. Fish and…

December 21, 2016

In Arizona, reptile poaching made easy

some lucrative wildlife crimes are difficult to prosecute

December 21, 2016

Will interior secretary meet conservationists’ expectations?

Montana’s Zinke has mixed record

December 21, 2016

State regulators consider measure to cull deer predators

The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission on Wednesday will consider the proposal, which would allow for the removal of as…

December 13, 2016

Rare jaguar photographed in Arizona

trail camera captures big cat south of Tucson

December 8, 2016

Wildlife officials offer tips for avoiding collisions

An elk runs out onto U.S. Highway 550 north of Durango, but it turns around as traffic approaches. Colorado Parks…

November 27, 2016

Nucla men, Tennessee clients busted after 17 elk poached

Activity involved poaching 17 trophy elk on Uncompahgre Plateau

November 22, 2016

Invasive mussels’ risk limits access on McPhee

gates will be installed; ramp access will be curtailed

November 16, 2016

Orphaned cub found in Dolores to get company

will be released into wild after rehab

November 15, 2016

Court: Climate is cause for listing endangered animal

Since April, the agency has been reconsidering listing wolverines in the mountainous West. Scientists say that over the next three…

November 2, 2016

Conservation easement protects sage grouse habitat

Listing of bird as threatened opens up funding options

November 2, 2016

Photo: A deer changes its spots

Pat Westover submitted this photo of an unusual spot pattern on a fawn just outside Cortez.Pat Westover/For The Journal

October 17, 2016

Sailing around McPhee

A hawk lands on the mast of a sailboat on McPhee Reservoir.Sam Green/The Journal

October 7, 2016

Moose visits West Fork of Dolores River

“I first saw him outside our front window, then followed him down to our neighbors, Steve and Nancy Bollinger,” Rosamond…

September 19, 2016

Court gives lynx ‘fighting chance’ in SW Colorado

and Wildlife to consider Colorado as critical habitat

September 17, 2016

Photo: Road-running around McPhee Reservoir

Tom Hoff took this photo of a road runner that has been running around Wingspread subdivision the past few weeks,…

September 12, 2016