Wildlife - The Durango Herald

Residents rally for the planet during Earth Day Durango 2025

Student groups take environmental stewardship, sustainability into their own hands

DATE: Apr 12, 2025 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lauren Boebert reintroduces bill seeking to remove wolves from endangered species list

Colorado wolves are fully protected under state law

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

A notorious, tree-chewing pest could be making a comeback in Colorado

An insect known for turning entire mountainsides the color of rust could be making a resurgence in Colorado. The pest is none other than the mountain pine beetle. After a roughly decade-long...

DATE: Apr 2, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Wolf from Canada released in Colorado shot and killed in Wyoming after it killed multiple sheep

Wolves are managed differently in Wyoming, and state officials said the wolf was legally shot after finding evidence of depredation

DATE: Mar 21, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

What makes a Colorado park a park?

Colorado has a lot of well-known national parks. Mesa Verde, Rocky Mountain, Great Sand Dunes. And it has dozens of state and regional parks. They’re all easy to find on a map. But then, the...

DATE: Mar 19, 2025 | CATEGORY: Southwest Life

Feeding deer in Colorado is illegal. Here’s why it’s also dangerous

‘They’re not tame or pets, and anytime you put dogs in close contact with wildlife, conflicts are going to happen’

DATE: Mar 11, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Story map claims Colorado is unfit for wolves; officials disagree

Is the Colorado Conservation Alliance’s Western Wolf Habitat story map proof or propaganda?

DATE: Mar 7, 2025 | CATEGORY: Regional News

The magic is always there

Winter seems to come and go in lower elevation communities like Durango and Cortez, but our snowpack (although low for the year) at Andrews Lake Winter Recreation Area keeps sparkling with l...

DATE: Mar 5, 2025 | CATEGORY: Stewards of the Land