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The Long-Awaited Expansion, Including the New K2 Play Trail, Officially Opens After Years of Planning and Construction, Doubling Available Miles for Local and Visiting Riders.
A Popular Front Range Destination Has Lost Its Year-Round Snow for the First Time in Recorded History, Prompting Activists and Scientists to Highlight Broader Warming Trends Affecting Colorado's High Country.
Facing Wolf Survival Challenges, Colorado Parks and Wildlife Will Temporarily Make Case-By-Case Decisions on Lethal Removals, Aiming for New Protocols by April 2027.
Drought, a Spring Freeze, and Wildfires Have Decimated Natural Food Sources, Forcing Mother Bears to Abandon Their Young and Leading to a Record Increase in Human-Bear Conflicts Across Colorado.
Keyser Cautions That a Proposed Statewide Amendment Could Reintroduce Currently Banned Hunting Methods and Lacks Support From Colorado's Hunting and Angling Community.
U.s. Forest Service Contract Employees Will Collect Data on Recreation, Satisfaction, and Local Economic Impact in the Nation's Most Visited National Forest Over the Next Three Years.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Awards Grants for Projects Across the State as Bear Encounters and Attacks Reach Record Levels.
Amendment 83 Seeks to Designate Hunting and Fishing as the State's Preferred Wildlife Management Methods, Drawing Significant Campaign Spending and Varied Viewpoints.
A Family Physician Highlights How Decreased Access to Wilderness Areas Contributes to Health Issues, as Federal Regulations Protecting Public Lands Face New Challenges.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Issues Grants to 17 Organizations Statewide, as Legislative Action and Rising Incident Reports Highlight the Growing Challenge of Human-Bear Interactions.
Federal Restrictions, State Funding Limits, and Lack of Cooperation From Other Western States Are Complicating Efforts to Expand Colorado's Gray Wolf Population This Winter.
Despite Wolves Largely Staying West of the Continental Divide, Livestock Producers in Counties Like Rio Blanco Continue to Report Significant Depredation Incidents, Leading Colorado Parks and Wildlife to Intervene.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Will Require In-Person Inspection of Harvested Beavers Starting Next Month as Part of a Statewide Strategy to Boost the Species' Population and Its Environmental Benefits.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Has Lifted Voluntary Closures on Parts of the Colorado, Fraser, and White Rivers Due to Improving Water Conditions, Though Some Regional Restrictions Remain in Place.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Announced Three More Wolf Deaths This Week as Confirmed Livestock Kills Near 115 Since Tracking Began, Drawing Varied Reactions From Advocacy Groups and Elected Officials.
