Wildlife - The Durango Herald

Ban on big cat hunting will be on Colorado’s fall ballot

Colorado voters will decide this fall whether to ban the hunting of bobcats and mountain lions. The Secretary of State’s office confirmed Wednesday that backers turned in enough valid signat...

DATE: Aug 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wandering wolf of the Southwest confined through 2025 breeding season in hopes of producing pups

Asha will be held in captivity with a potential mate

DATE: Jul 26, 2024 | CATEGORY: AP New Mexico

Man captures video of mountain lion strolling neighborhood in north Durango

Colorado Parks and Wildlife reminds residents how to respond to cougar encounters

DATE: Jul 13, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Upside down red-tailed hawk found dangling from Durango power line

Bird possibly got caught up in last week’s wind and rain

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

What happens to roadkill carcasses in Southwest Colorado?

La Plata County roads have more wildlife collisions than anywhere else in the state

DATE: Jul 2, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wolverines could return to the San Juan Mountains: What will reintroduction look like?

State Legislature passed a law directing Colorado Parks and Wildlife to begin the reintroduction process

DATE: Jul 1, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Birth of rare white buffalo fulfills a Lakota prophecy that portends better times

Move over grizzlies and wolves: Yellowstone visitors hope to catch a glimpse of bison

DATE: Jun 24, 2024 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

It’s a pup! Colorado wildlife officials confirm Grand County wolves have reproduced.

Two of the nine surviving wolves transplanted to Colorado have mated. Their success means they’re officially a pack, known as the Copper Creek pack.

DATE: Jun 21, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Dad fatally shoots deer after it charges pregnant woman, stomps dogs

Parks and Wildlife deems killing justified after animal endangered humans

DATE: Jun 11, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wolf deterrent methods aren’t working, ranchers say, after seventh cow is killed

Funding for a range rider hasn’t stopped wolves from killing calves

DATE: May 29, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

‘People like to make an example’: Wolf advocate says lobbying accusations are part of political war

A complaint against an environmental advocate is moving forward after Colorado officials said they found evidence of a lobbying violation involving a bill about the reintroduction of gray wo...

DATE: May 25, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News