Tag: Colorado

December 22, 2022

Colorado wolf reintroduction proposal released

Two years after Ballot Initiative 114 passed, mandating the reintroduction of the gray wolf (Canis lupis) to Colorado, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission (CPW) has now released a proposal...

May 12, 2022

WSB: Age and sex affect survival of translocated grouse

Two decades of Gunnison sage-grouse translocation have revealed that when it comes to survival, you can’t teach an old grouse new tricks. Tony Apa has been involved with boosting Gunnison...

May 11, 2022

TWS reflects on racial insensitivity at recent conference

The Director of Colorado Parks and Wildlife made racially insensitive remarks at last month’s Colorado Parks and Wildlife Partners in the Outdoors Conference that resulted in a CPW employee feeling...

April 15, 2022

Watch: Orphaned bear cubs released into the wild

Two black bear (Ursus americanus) cubs orphaned last July when their sow was shot and killed in Colorado in a suspected case of poaching were released back into the wild....

February 14, 2022

Colorado collars wolf pup

Colorado wildlife workers have placed a GPS collar on a female wolf pup. The pup is one of eight wolves in the North Park area of the state, which has...

December 17, 2021

Watch: Translocation effort returns swift foxes to reservation

The swift fox (Vulpes velox) disappeared from the landscape of the Fort Belknap Indian Community in Montana over 50 years ago, due largely to poisoning as part of a coyote...

December 3, 2021

Can public engagement ease wolf reintroduction?

As Colorado Parks and Wildlife prepares to reintroduce wolves to the state, the agency has engaged in a lengthy outreach process with stakeholders and the public. Officials hope the effort,...

October 13, 2021

Watch: Colorado wildlife officers free elk from tire around its neck

After carrying a tire around its neck for at least two years, an elk was finally freed of the burden after Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers tranquilized it and removed...

September 2, 2021

After rescue, great horned owl trio released to wild

A trio of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) have been released to the wild in Colorado after being removed from a tree coming down to make room for a parking...

August 9, 2021

The synergistic relationship between bats and prairie dogs

Large numbers of bats hunt around black-tailed prairie dog colonies, and some may even use abandoned burrows as day roosts, recent sound surveys have revealed. Black-tailed prairie dogs (Cynomys ludovicianus)...