Colorado Parks and Wildlife

Commissioners voted 6-4 to advance Center for Biological Diversity’s petition to ban commercial fur sales amid public pushback and criticism. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tracy Ross and then read the entire article at the link below.

With two citizen petitions on the table, a set of stakeholder recommendations and a lot of public opinion, furbearers (species like bobcats, coyotes, beavers and foxes) will take center state at the upcoming Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting on March 4.

Species most at risk will be familiar to Coloradans, including the state bird and fish.

Preparations are beginning in Colorado to reintroduce another predator to the wild, and some prominent critics of wolves are behind the effort to bring back the wolverine.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the bald eagle had a ball bearing in its wing when they found it near Croke Reservoir.

The state wildlife action plan is required every ten years to receive federal funding for conservation efforts.

The announcement from Parks and Wildlife on Wednesday came three months after the Trump administration blocked Colorado’s original plan to capture a second batch of wolves in British Columbia and fly them to the state.

Despite ice covering a popular reservoir, a recent video from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows how otters stay warm in the winter.

Facing the prospect of a pause in additional wolves, wolf advocates say Colorado should add new protections for its existing population of less than 50 wolves.

The recent fatal mountain lion attack on New Year’s Day may have people wondering how state wildlife officials manage Colorado’s population of these animals – and what precautions we can take to avoid a dangerous encounter with a mountain lion. We get some answers from a Colorado Parks and Wildlife expert.