Colorado Parks and Wildlife

The invasive rusty crayfish was discovered in Lake Granby, and Colorado Parks and Wildlife is concerned because of its proximity to the Colorado River.

Colorado says it’s ready to release its first batch of wolves and meet the demands of a 2020 ballot initiative where voters said they wanted the animal back on the landscape.Now all it needs is to convince another state to donate a few.

Toxic blue-green algae has forced Colorado Parks and Wildlife to close swimming areas at some lakes and reservoirs in the area.

Data from Colorado Parks and Wildlife shows an increase in swiftwater deaths amid a snowy, rainy year.

After two years of meetings, more than 4,000 public comments, and much spirited debate, the Colorado Parks and Wildlife commission has unanimously approved the state’s wolf reintroduction plan.

The Parks and Wildlife Commission has agreed to nearly double the maximum amount the state will pay ranchers if wolves kill their livestock or guard dogs.

The state is proposing to capture as many as fifteen wolves from the Northern Rockies next winter and release them somewhere near Vail and Glenwood Springs. The releases would continue each year until about fifty wolves are released on the West Slope.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife wants to release 10 to 15 wolves per year into the state under its wolf reintroduction plan. This could begin as soon as next winter, with 15 wolves released to a new home in Colorado somewhere near Vail and Glenwood Springs.

Colorado has pledged to eliminate thousands of acres of irrigated agriculture in a focused region on the eastern plains. The burden falls mostly on private landowners. But the state also has irrigation wells there. And local farmers say they shouldn’t be the only ones to sacrifice their water rights.

As Colorado's big-game rifle season approaches, state wildlife officials are ramping up monitoring of chronic wasting disease, which continues to spread in deer and elk populations around the state.