Wildlife - The Durango Herald

Glenwood Springs has its skunk-whispering city worker

Bud Gardner once found 27 stinkers living in one house

DATE: Jul 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Researchers netting birds in the Oxbow Preserve

Council limits Oxbow access to protect birds

DATE: Jun 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado boy improving after mountain lion attack

DENVER – A Colorado boy attacked by a mountain lion near Aspen was improving in a Denver hospital after his mother snatched him from the jaws of the wild cat, his family said Monday. ...

DATE: Jun 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

3 bears euthanized after destroying property

Animals broke into houses, cars in Durango Hills

DATE: Jun 6, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Controversial elk research operation coming to an end

ElkQuest vacating Old Fort property after 13 years

DATE: May 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bear killed after scratching Montezuma County resident

Juvenile bear trying to reach dog food

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photo: Here, duckie, duckie

DATE: May 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Nearly 70 countries gather at World Ranger Congress

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK – An American who oversees a National Park Service site at the northern tip of Wisconsin remembers listening to a colleague from Congo speaking in matter-of-fact...

DATE: May 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Photo: A hoot of a time

DATE: May 17, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oxbow Preserve trail could open year-round

Interior would be closed to protect wildlife

DATE: May 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

Bears pay price of human carelessness

DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Are bear resistant cans working?

When grizzly bears in Montana can’t break into bear-resistant trash cans, yet black bears in Durango can, it raises the question – what’s going on here? Bryan Peterson, executive ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News