Tag: Colorado

January 17, 2020

TWS section and chapter meetings in February

The Wildlife Society’s sections, chapters and working groups hold meetings and workshops throughout the year. The following meetings are currently scheduled in February: Feb. 3-7, 2020: Western Section of The...

January 17, 2020

Colorado student chapters reflect on eventful fall

These updates originally appear in the Colorado Chapter of The Wildlife Society’s Winter 2019 newsletter. Photos highlighting the student chapter’s activities are also included in the chapter’s newsletter. Colorado State...

January 13, 2020

Likely wolf pack reported in Colorado

Colorado wildlife officials say a gray wolf (Canis lupus) pack may be residing in the state for the first time in about 70 years. The conclusion follows the recent discovery...

December 19, 2019

Phone app sends kids on state parks adventures

Maybe it doesn’t have to be a fight with kids between screen time and outdoor exploring. Colorado Parks & Wildlife has created an augmented reality app designed to engage young...

December 9, 2019

WSB: Two thumbs up for Colorado two-strike bear policy

Since 1985, Colorado wildlife officers have had a two-strike policy in dealing with black bears. One call about a bear in the trash, the car trunk or the kitchen, and...

December 5, 2019

Helping beavers move to the suburbs

Sometimes problems and needs synchronize and we are able to reduce damage while supporting promising ecological restoration efforts. That was the case this past summer in Colorado. Nick Kaczor, CWB,...

November 12, 2019

Wandering Wyoming lone wolf enters Colorado

A wolf biologists tracked for the past year wandering throughout Wyoming seems to have crossed an open hunting zone to a new home in Colorado. About a year ago, the...

October 28, 2019

Lesser prairie-chicken translocation off to promising start

Wildlife managers are seeing initial success after three years of translocating more than 400 lesser prairie-chickens into a sagebrush prairie environment straddling Kansas and Colorado. “Everybody’s still very excited, still...

September 16, 2019

Rocky Flats refuge radioactivity within standards

Recent soil testing found that radioactivity at the Rocky Flats National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado is within cleanup standards, the Fish and Wildlife Service announced. The refuge is set on...

August 29, 2019

Do trails harm wildlife?

For many of us, hiking trails are an important way for us to get into nature and interact with wildlife. But are those trails negatively affecting the wildlife we set...