Inside the ‘complex’ and ‘tremendous’ second year of wolves in Colorado December 31, 2025 Glenwood Springs Post Independent
... Just over a week into the new year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s commission rejected a request to halt wolf releases, which was requested by Western Slope agricultural producers, towns and elected officials. Ten days later, the state’s population of gray wolves tripled with the release of 15 gray wolves from Canada and the re-release of five members from the Copper Creek Pack...
Inside the ‘complex’ and ‘tremendous’ second year of wolves in Colorado December 31, 2025 Glenwood Springs Post Independent
... Just over a week into the new year, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s commission rejected a request to halt wolf releases, which was requested by Western Slope agricultural producers, towns and elected officials. Ten days later, the state’s population of gray wolves tripled with the release of 15 gray wolves from Canada and the re-release of five members from the Copper Creek Pack...
Mild winter eases big game stressors, could set stage for summer challenges December 29, 2025 Colorado SteamboatToday.com
... Big game herds in Northwest Colorado are rebounding from the punishing winter of 2022-23 ... light snow and prolonged mild conditions throughout Northwest Colorado thus far this winter ... De Vergie’s biggest concern lies beyond winter survival, as low snowpack can reduce spring runoff, which can lead to earlier drying of ponds and vegetation during summer..,
Colorado's Groundbreaking Wildlife Overpass: A Game-Changer for Road Safety and Ecotourism December 22, 2025 Travel And Tour World
... Ecotourism is an essential pillar of Colorado’s tourism industry, and the new wildlife overpass positions the state as a leader in responsible tourism practices. As travelers look for destinations that prioritize sustainability and wildlife conservation, Colorado’s overpass will likely attract more visitors ...
BLM and Mule Deer Foundation Extends Habitat Restoration Partnership in Colorado December 18, 2025 Outdoor Wire
... . Over the past decade, the original agreement restored critical mule deer and sagebrush habitat, reduced wildfire risk, and improved rangelands on 10,050 acres along the Western Slope and Northwest Colorado. The new agreement will run from 2025-2035 with an initial BLM investment of $244,000 ...
Largest Wildlife Crossing In U.S. Opens In Colorado But Animals Aren't Using It Yet December 17, 2025 Cowboy State Daily
... The 200-foot-wide, 209-foot-long Greenland overpass spans six lanes of Interstate 25. It sits along a key migration route between winter and summer range for antelope, deer and elk. But without snow piling up and temperatures plunging in the high country, the mass migrations haven’t started yet. So, the overpass, completed early this month, has mostly sat empty...
Early Colorado budget conversations evaluate the cost of wolf reintroduction December 10, 2025 The Aspen Times
... In the first fiscal year of the effort, 2021-22 ... the annual distribution was increased to $2.1 million. For the next two fiscal years, as the agency ramped up the wolf program, spending fell slightly below this number — $1.79 million in 2022-23 and $1.57 million in 2023-24... from January to July this year, Parks and Wildlife spent $3 million ... Cutting funding to Colorado’s wolf program does not negate Parks and Wildlife’s legal obligation to create a sustainable population of gray wolves..,
Colorado has wolves again for the first time in 80 years. Why are they dying? November 24, 2025, Vox
... Ten of the transplanted wolves are already dead, as is one of their offspring. And now, the state is struggling to find new wolves to ship to Colorado for the next phase of reintroduction. Meanwhile, the program has cost millions of dollars more than expected..,
The Wolves Colorado Wants Are Right There…But Nobody's Giving Them Up November 18, 2025 Montana Outdoor Radio Show
... Colorado can only source wolves from northern Rockies states like Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming, but so far, none of those neighbors have been willing to play ball ... Meanwhile, Colorado’s wolf crew, which is said to consist of 25 or so pups spread across a handful of packs, is hanging in there ...
Sparring deer crash into Colorado basement, get tranquilized, tagged, and released November 9, 2025
CBS News
...Neither of the deer was injured and after they awoke from the sedation, they were released ...
A Colorado doctor wanted the facts on wolf reintroduction. So he created a watchdog group on Facebook November 9, 2025 The Colorado Sun
... Williams became so taken with wolves and Colorado’s voter-mandated wolf reintroduction program when it kicked off in December 2023 that he created a Facebook page ... Colorado Wolf Tracker ... Wolf Tracker’s other purpose is to be a landing page for reports of wolf sightings and depredations in Colorado, accompanied by photos and locations ...
Colorado Ordered to Cease and Desist Wolf Reintroduction October 29, 2025 Sportsmen's Alliance
...On October 10, 2025, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Director Brian Nesvik sent a cease and desist letter to Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) telling the agency to immediately end “all efforts related to the capture, transport and/or release of gray wolves not obtained from…the [Northern Rocky Mountains] area.” ... CPW introduced 15 wolves from British Columbia in early 2025..,
Deer gets snared by plastic pumpkin in Colorado, be mindful of your decorations October 24, 2025 Colorado, KOAA News
... The plastic jack-o-lantern bucket was covering the deer's face... concerned the animal wouldn't be able to eat or drink ... “We see it every year, and it always gets worse this time of year,” said CPW Assistant Area Wildlife Manager Steve McClung of Durango. “Right now is a great opportunity to clean up your yard of items a curious animal might stick its nose in or get wrapped up in...
CPW offers refunds for upcoming hunting season as government shutdown continues October 10, 2025 Colorado, KKTV on MSN.com
... According to CPW, all hunting on Fort Carson and the Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site remains suspended due to the federal government shutdown. Full refunds will be offered for Piñon Canyon Maneuver ...
Chronic wasting disease persists in Aspen area October 9, 2025 Colorado, The Aspen Times
... Chronic wasting disease continues to be considered “one of the greatest concerns for deer survival” in Northwest Colorado ... As of an April 2025 memo, CPW reports from the 2022 to the 2024 hunting seasons confirm CWD has decreased in four herds, increased in 14 herds, and remained the same in 16 herds...
Cautious optimism surrounding elk herd recovery in NW Colo. after deadly winter October 6, 2025 Colorado, Denver 7
... A winter of historic magnitude slammed into the northwest corner of Colorado through the 2022-2023 season ... We saw piles of dead animals everywhere we went ... the Bears Ears herd lost about 30-40% of its population ... survivors, fueled with plenty of good nutrition, gave birth to healthy calves... mule deer, which are still struggling to regain footing in that part of the state..,
Apparent stability masks underlying change in a mule deer herd with unmanaged chronic wasting disease 2025, Colorado, Communications Biology
... Here we describe unexpected stability in prevalence and abundance in a mule deer herd where CWD has been left unmanaged. High apparent prevalence (~30%) since at least 2005 ... Data include infected deer homozygous for serine at PRNP codon 225 monitored at Table Mesa herd near Boulder, Colorado, USA, during 2005–2008 or 2018–2020... Despite stable appearances, prion disease nonetheless impairs adult survival and likely resilience in this deer herd ...
Colorado spending $15 million on world's largest wildlife overpass on busy I-25 stretch October 3, 2025 Fort Collins Coloradoan on MSN
... The I-25 Greenland Wildlife Overpass between Larkspur and Monument when completed in December will ... Cross six lanes of traffic. Span 200 feet wide and 209 feet long. Connect 39,000 acres of wildlife habitat on both sides of I-25. Reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions by 90%...
After the wildfire: How Colorado's plants and wildlife have evolved to survive and replenish burned areas September 29, 2025 Vail Daily
... Wildland fires have been a part of the Rocky Mountain ecosystems for millions of years, resulting from lightning strikes, volcanic eruptions, and spontaneous combustion. The plants and animals evolved to survive after those fires... Deer and elk often move into the fire-burned areas in the following spring because there is an abundance of succulent grasses and shrubs to exploit...
Archery, muzzleloader big game seasons show rebound in herds, rifle hunters poised for solid season September 29, 2025 Colorado, CraigDailyPress.com
... For the first time since the harsh winter of 2022-2023, deer and elk populations are showing improvement through higher harvest rates and better trophy quality...Lamb is seeing more does with twins and has heard that hunters are seeing a higher quality of bucks...
Healing the land: Fires reshape big game habitat ahead of hunting season September 2, 2025 Colorado, CraigDailyPress.com
... “Elk will utilize burn scars pretty quick,” Swaro said. “We could even have some elk use these areas this fall, especially if we get rain and green-up. Being grazers, once a grass component gets established, they’ll move into those areas within the first few years.” Mule deer, however, may take longer to return. “Deer are more of a browser species that hit sagebrush, mahogany, serviceberry and shrubs,” ...
How wildfires are impacting Colorado's wildlife August 26, 2025 KUNC
... With the example of elk and deer, fire can sometimes create a positive opportunity for the ungulates with "young and vigorous vegetation regrowth" that is nutrient-dense, while at the same time, reducing the amount of physical cover they have to hide from predators ...
Scientists stunned by discovery after analyzing 160 days of camera footage in national park: 'I was very surprised' August 19, 2025 Colorado, Yahoo
... The cameras captured roughly 130,000 images of people using paths over 160 days, along with 22,000 deer photos and 10,000 elk photos... . Elk stayed away from zones up to 655 meters from busy paths, and more human traffic pushed them even further back. Deer did the opposite, showing up more often near popular routes...
Moose have lived in Colorado for centuries – unpacking the evidence from history, archaeology and oral traditions August 11, 2025 The Conversation
... Diaries, newspapers and photo records from the past two centuries show the presence of not only young bulls, which at times can range widely, but also cows and calves, a sign that local breeding was taking place in Colorado before reintroduction...Today, informal estimates by Colorado Parks and Wildlife put the moose population at around 3,500 animals..,
Colorado building world's largest wildlife bridge deck to reduce crashes on I-25 July 25, 2025 KKTV
... this stretch of I-25 has long been a hotspot for wildlife-vehicle crashes, averaging one collision per day. The new overpass, which is about 50% complete, is designed to dramatically reduce those incidents by up to 90%, improving both driver safety and wildlife mobility...
State Highway 82 Wildlife Mitigation Strategy: Airport to Aspen Village 2025 Roaring Fork Safe Passages, Snowmass, Colorado
... While elk and mule deer herds on either side of the highway are separate with distinct summer ranges in the higher elevation mountains to the east and west, portions of their winter ranges overlap in the valley. Access to winter range habitat and intermingling among these herds is impeded by the highway and, in combination with other impacts to wildlife populations from development, recreation and other human activities, is contributing to elk and deer population declines in Pitkin and Eagle Counties ...
Colorado wolf reintroduction makes no sense July 5, 2025 TheFencePost.com
... why the decision to reintroduce wolves was put to the voters of Colorado makes absolutely no sense. What does the pubic know about wolves. Ranchers are now left with the detrimental consequences of Colorado voters majority vote ... Now moose, deer, antelope are all in jeopardy along with the cattle we raise...
Roaring Fork Safe Passages releases mitigation plans for wildlife crossings June 29, 2025 Colorado, AspenTimes.com
... 12-mile stretch of highway has experienced more than 450 documented wildlife-related crashes... which involved species such as elk, mule deer, black bears, and moose ... The proposed plan targets five priority locations for wildlife crossing infrastructure ...
CPW Invites Public Input on Deer Management at Upcoming Southeast June 27, 2027 Colorado, Hoodline
... the event is slated to bring hunters, anglers, and other outdoor enthusiasts into the conversation about herd management plans (HMPs), focusing extensively on the region's deer population...
First wolf crosses into the San Juans June 7, 2025 Colorado, Telluride Daily Planet
... Eighteen months after the first wolves were released in Colorado, a lone female wolf... The data from this wolf’s collar shows that she has walked almost 2,000 miles around Colorado ... wolves are released on state or private land in Colorado, ideally close to elk and mule deer populations and not near livestock ...
Colorado Officials Forced To Euthanize Wolf After It Continuously Killed Livestock June 3, 2025 Wide Open Spaces
... This comes after the same animal had to be relocated for previous concerns. The repeat offenses forced officials to euthanize the wolf. It's the first time that officials have euthanized one of the animals since they were reintroduced in the state in 2023...
A fence around a billionaire's San Luis Valley ranch leads to new law May 28, 2025 Colorado, The Colorado Sun
... about 20 miles of 8-foot-high wire fence surrounding his ranch ... locals argued that the fence separated wildlife from water sources and disrupted their migration patterns.... The new law requires landowners to apply to local government officials before constructing a fence in the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant area that is more than 5-feet high ...
Colorado wildlife mothers can get angry this time of year. Don't push your luck May 17, 2025 Colorado, The Coloradoan on MSN.com
... Elk and other wildlife mothers can be especially aggressive this time of year, as evidenced by mother elk attacking an adult and two children in Estes Park on three occasions during an eight-day stretch nearly a year ago... mothers protecting their young serve as a reminder for people to give wildlife a wide berth from May until the end of June when many wildlife young are born ...
Craig Mule Deer Banquet Aims to Support Habitat, Confront Conservation Challenges May 14, 2025 Colorado, Craig Daily Press
... “More and more people are moving in, and the habitat is shrinking, especially in the lower elevations where mule deer tend to live. We just don’t have the deer we had 15 years ago.”...
Moose in the Valley? May 10, 2025 Colorado, The Alamosa News
... from 1991-93, CPW transplanted 93 moose from Wyoming, Utah and North Park, Colorado to the Upper Rio Grande River Valley in Mineral and Hinsdale Counties, near Creede. That program continued the effort of transplanting Shiras Moose to Colorado that was started in 1978 in northern Colorado... today, Colorado is home to more than 3,000 moose...
Barbed wire from defunct cattle ranch causing problems in Colorado open space May 3, 2025 CBS News
... it's open space, they are no longer needed ... Approximately 250 elk live in the area, plus the deer that coexist with them. She said they would get stuck in the fence, which was installed as part of a now-defunct cattle ranch...
How is chronic wasting disease impacting deer and elk herds in northwest Colorado? February 28, 2025 Summit Daily
... Prevalence of chronic wasting disease in males is twice as high as it is in females, Banulis said. It also has been shown to have a lesser impact on Colorado’s more migratory populations ... “When animals are concentrated, they don’t move, then you get more nose-to-nose contact, there’s prion deposition in the soils,” ...
CDOT to begin construction on wildlife fencing, underpasses near Fort Garland February 21, 2025 Colorado, Alamosa Citizen
... The $9 million project will construct wildlife mitigation features including three wildlife underpasses, high deer fencing with earthen escape jumpouts, and deer guards or gates at access points ...
Colorado senator says divide between wolf advocates and ranchers has 'never been greater' February 19, 2025 Yahoo
... "Will wolves solve the CWD problem in Colorado? Probably not," Odell said. "... there are areas where wolves have been present for quite a while and CWD is gaining a foothold despite the fact there are wolves on the ground." ..,
'Saudi Syndrome' and the future of hunting in Colorado January 25, 2025 The Daily Sentinel
... the Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership (TRCP), a large national coalition of hunting and fishing groups, always-fatal Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is the biggest threat to the future of deer hunting. The same can also be said for elk hunting. Today, 82% of Colorado’s deer herds and 40% of our elk herds have some level of CWD infection, and it’s getting worse. Already, one in four deer in the largest herd in the state — the White River herd — have CWD..,
Garfield County leaders react to recent wolf releases January 24, 2025 Colorado, Post Independent
... Garfield County Commissioners on Monday signed a letter calling for the state to immediately stop any additional releases of gray wolves and to “honor provisions to protect against impacts from gray wolf reintroduction...I’ve been against the reintroduction of the wolf from the start. I think it’s very foolish to do that,” Commissioner Mike Samson said..,
Drilling into our wildlife heritage January 21, 2025 Colorado, The Daily Sentinel
... the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced a new proposal to offer 12,114 acres of Colorado’s public lands for oil and gas leasing ... Almost all of the sites being evaluated for leasing come September are located in areas that are vital to the survival of iconic species, including elk and mule deer, and are categorized by Colorado Parks and Wildlife as “High Priority Habitats.” Seven parcels overlap with big game migration corridors ...
A high‐altitude thermal infrared method for estimating moose abundance and demography in Rocky Mountain National Park, USA. 2025, Colorado, - Wildlife Biology
... we evaluated thermal infrared (TIR) assisted counts of Shiras moose Alces alces shirasi in a temperate montane ecosystem of Colorado, USA ... We estimated 0.215 moose km-2 (HDI 0.145, 0.286) in 2019 and 0.207 moose km-2 (HDI 0.144, 0.276) in 2020 ... Our study indicates that this approach can reliably estimate moose densities in forested and topographically complex environments ...
Operation underway to capture B.C. wolves for relocation in Colorado January 15, 2025 British Columbia, Winnipeg Free Press
... The operation by Colorado Parks and Wildlife comes following an agreement with the B.C. government to “translocate” up to 15 wolves each year over the next three to five years... At least one of the wolves relocated from Oregon in 2023 died from a gunshot wound last fall...
Wolves From Canada Arrive In Colorado, Nobody's Saying Where They'll Be Released January 13, 2025 Cowboy State Daily
... The secrecy was necessary for the safety of wolves and Colorado Parks and Wildlife personnel, CPW Northwest Region spokeswoman Rachael Gonzales told Cowboy State Daily... Colorado’s wolf reintroduction program was initiated by Proposition 114, which Colorado voters passed in 2020 by the slimmest of margins, 50.91% to 49.09%...
Wolf Murder Mystery Attracts $100,000 Reward January 8, 2025 Colorado, Newsweek on MSN on MSN
... A $100,000 reward is on offer for anyone with information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the shooting of a gray wolf in Colorado this past August. The male wolf, known as 2309-OR or "Shadow," was the father of the Copper Creek pack...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife to consider reducing hunting licenses for mountain lions January 6, 2025 Aspen Times
...Colorado is home to between 3,800 to 4,400 mountain lions ... staff recommends that the commission reduce the number of licenses from 674 this year to 610 ... in an effort to maintain stable populations of lions..,
