wildlife
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CPW asks public for help after bald eagle found shot with ball bearing
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife has asked the public for help in learning more about the shooting of a bald eagle that took place in the Northglenn area. According to a press release on the matter, CPW officers along with local park rangers and animal control personnel responded to the report of an eagle on the…
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Rocky Mountain National Park at ‘tipping point’ with moose
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Moose’s impact on one of Colorado’s most cherished landscapes has been a concern over the years. Now, Rocky Mountain National Park officials are launching an effort to address it. A recent webinar marked “the very beginning of this planning process,” Will Deacy – the park’s large mammal ecologist – emphasized to the virtual audience. This…
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Ranch owner who built 8.5-foot fence in Colorado faces $66K per day fine
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SAN LUIS • A Texas businessman who built an 8.5-foot-high fence partially around his ranch in Colorado’s San Luis Valley could face fines of up to $65,544 per day after state regulators determined runoff from the disturbed land could contaminate area water supplies. The Cielo Vista Ranch, which traces its origins to a Spanish land…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
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For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Officials continue to monitor Colorado Springs creek after Thursday morning oil spill
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Crews and officials from Colorado Springs Utilities and Colorado Parks and Wildlife are monitoring Monument Creek for contamination after a Thursday morning oil spill. Hazmat was called to the scene just after 11 a.m. Thursday after a truck dumped 200 gallons of used oil in the area. According to Colorado Springs police, a set of…
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Democrats seek criminal charges against Coloradan who headed Interior for Trump
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WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrats on the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee asked the Justice Department on Wednesday to investigate whether the Coloradan who served as secretary of the interior in the Trump administration engaged in possible criminal conduct while helping an Arizona developer get a crucial permit for a housing project. The criminal referral says David…
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New initiative in western Colorado seeks answers to changing ways of sandhill cranes
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Well known are the sandhill cranes that grace the southern San Luis Valley every spring. Lesser known is the smaller population that migrates across the Western Slope, around Delta and Montrose. And more mysterious to experts on that side of Colorado: reasons for fewer sightings of the majestic birds over the past couple of decades,…
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CPW asks Coloradans, visitors to refrain from feeding wildlife
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Colorado Parks and Wildlife officials are reminding Coloradans and visitors to refrain from feeding the state’s wildlife after several people have been cited for doing so this year. Moose rescued after being trapped in Breckenridge basement Feeding the state’s wildlife is illegal and can cause harm to animal species and people feeding them across the…
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Colorado Springs might require residents, businesses to get bear-resistant trash cans
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COLORADO SPRINGS ? A proposed ordinance that would require bear-resistant trash cans west of Interstate 25 will be discussed during two town halls this month with City Council members. The ordinance could have a financial effect on residents and businesses. But if waste receptacles already are kept in a secured area, the proposed ordinance would…
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Colorado’s Tipton wants to open more federal land for livestock grazing
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WASHINGTON – Colorado U.S. Rep. Scott Tipton recommended the government enlist help from ranchers and farmers to better protect federal lands during a congressional hearing this week. Congress is considering legislation that would open hundreds of thousands of additional acres of federal land to grazing by livestock. Much of western Colorado is federally administered public…
