Wildlife - The Durango Herald

Oxbow Preserve not opening without plan

Natural lands board to consider permanent strategy for management

DATE: Jan 12, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Junction Creek mountain lion creating a buzz

‘Welcome to Colorado,’ says unimpressed Durangoan

DATE: Jan 11, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango preserve attracts dozens of bird species

Second year of study shows positive results

DATE: Dec 21, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife crossing planned to run under U.S. Highway 160, east of Durango

CDOT working on 1 of 24 proposed underpasses

DATE: Dec 9, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Endangered bat, cactuses subjects of new federal lawsuit

ALBUQUERQUE – Agricultural groups in New Mexico and Texas want two cactuses and a rare bat thrown off the federal endangered species list, according to a new lawsuit that says habitat requir...

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

La Plata County again leads state in wildlife collisions

Transportation Dept. urges caution with coming storms coming, migration

DATE: Nov 25, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oxbow Preserve in north Durango will temporarily close Dec. 1 amid damage concerns

City councilors will weigh in on opening park

DATE: Nov 17, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

With land for sale, future uncertain for rare white deer

Real estate deal could imperil herd

DATE: Nov 15, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nevada neighborhood first to feel sting of sage-grouse rules

SUN VALLEY, Nev. – One of the first, actual on-the-ground disruptions caused by new U.S. efforts to protect the greater sage-grouse isn’t on a cattle ranch in Oregon or an oil field in Color...

DATE: Nov 14, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Follow the leader

DATE: Nov 11, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Rare bison free to roam in northern Colorado

FORT COLLINS – The gate is open, at last, and 10 bison that have spent the past 11 days in a wooden corral the size of a high school gymnasium are free to leave. But they’re not ...

DATE: Nov 7, 2015 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Drop off your pumpkins Monday in Durango

If there’s a post-Halloween jack-o’-lantern still leering on your front porch, bears and other wildlife are more than happy to steal it. Rather than leave those squashy orange go...

DATE: Nov 4, 2015 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday