Tag: wildlife
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Steamboat Springs bear encounter marks 8th attack this year
A person was attacked by a bear in Steamboat Springs on Thursday, marking the eighth bear attack in Colorado this year. Colorado Parks and Wildlife said the adult victim was napping in a backyard patio chair Thursday afternoon when they saw a bear approaching. The person remained calm and did not move in an attempt…
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Appeals court upholds Park County trophy hunting conviction
Colorado’s second-highest court clarified on Thursday that a defendant may stand convicted under the state’s trophy hunting laws if he abandons a bear carcass but returns later to remove the meat. Under Colorado law, it is a felony to detach or remove the trophy parts of big game, such as the head or hide, “with…
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Introducing Fat Marmot Week, a celebration of Colorado’s chunky alpine dwellers
Over the past decade, Fat Bear Week has been a viral sensation ー a bracket-style competition in which people vote for the burliest of bears photographed at Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska. Now it’s time for Colorado’s own Fat Marmot Week. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory is “inviting the public to celebrate one of…
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Perspective: Hunters and anglers are pushing back
For generations, Coloradans hunted elk, caught trout and managed wildlife without consulting a constitutional attorney. That was before wildlife management became a recurring statewide election issue, replete with consultants, national pressure groups and enough political mail to denude an aspen grove. Now comes Initiative 302, the proposed “Constitutional Right to Hunt and Fish,” driven by…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Ever seen a bear climbing to the top of Pikes Peak? It might be more common than you think
Earlier this month, Daniel Prutz was slowly, carefully making his way over loose, jagged and vertical rock high on Pikes Peak when he froze at a strange sight. It was somewhere near 13,700 feet, he said ー “this big, black blob between the rocks.” His mind went to a bear. “I’m like, no way, bears…
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Identifying and mitigating those dastardly diggers
Digging rodents are a constant battle for property owners in Teller County, but following a particularly mild winter, their populations have ballooned to untenable levels. Seeking strategies for dealing with these dastardly diggers, the Courier spoke with Tyler Krumrey of Peak Wildlife Services and Darian Founds, the Teller County CSU Extension director. Colorado is home…
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Tiny owl with bulging eyes rescued from 98,608-acre wildfire in Colorado
As wildfires burn around the state of Colorado, related headlines are often bleak. That’s not the case with a recent story shared by the Beulah Fire Protection and Ambulance District, though. According to a July 12 update, one animal that was rescued from the Aspen Acres Fire was a member of the state’s smallest native…
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Supporters submit signatures to enshrine right to hunt, fish in Colorado Constitution
The T. Roosevelt Conservation Alliance submitted more than 180,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office this week, exceeding the minimum of about 124,000 required to place Initiative 302 protecting hunting and fishing on the November 2026 ballot. The measure would amend the Colorado Constitution to enshrine the right to hunt, fish and harvest…