Endangered Species

Forum examines past and future of wolves in Colorado

Breen rancher worries predator would hurt small ranches

DATE: Nov 29, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

House passes bill to drop legal protections for gray wolves

About 5,000 wolves live in the lower 48 states

DATE: Nov 16, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Colorado’s native razorback sucker making a comeback

Fish and Wildlife considers reclassifying to threatened status

DATE: Oct 11, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court upholds protection for rare bird in Colorado, Utah

DENVER – A rare bird found only in Colorado and Utah will stay on the endangered species list, at least for now, a U.S. district judge said Friday. The judge upheld a 2014 decisio...

DATE: Sep 30, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Conservation groups agree to stay sage grouse lawsuit

Deal with Fish and Wildlife sets deadlines for recovery plan

DATE: May 2, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Court upholds flows for Dolores River

Water district lawsuit to block water rights to bolster habitat rejected

DATE: Apr 8, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

Along the border, 500 miles of desert species

BioBlitz records biodiversity in 500 miles of desert along wall site

DATE: Apr 5, 2018 | CATEGORY: Local News

1st alligator snapping turtle in decades spotted in Illinois

CHICAGO – A scientist searching for a young male alligator snapping turtle that was put in a Southern Illinois creek at least a year ago instead grabbed a 22-pound adult female, raising hope...

DATE: Nov 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Walleye delay action on endangered Colorado pikeminnow

GRAND JUNCTION – Just as it approaches recovery, the endangered Colorado pikeminnow faces a new threat, a predator that eagerly scarfs down young pikeminnow, taking a jagged bite out of the ...

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Frizzy-haired, smaller-headed orangutan may be new great ape

Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia – A remote population of frizzy-haired orangutans on the Indonesian island of Sumatra seems to be a new species of primate, scientists say. ...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

2 states warn Trump against big changes in sage grouse plan

FORT COLLINS – Two Western governors on Tuesday warned the Trump administration against making big changes in a plan to protect a ground-dwelling bird across the West, saying it would send a...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Estimated population of squirrel plummets after wildfire

PHOENIX – An endangered squirrel species’ estimated population has plummeted since a major wildfire burned much of its habitat atop a southeastern Arizona mountain last summer. An...

DATE: Oct 22, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

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