Wildlife - The Durango Herald

Roundheaded beetle making gains

Infestation reaches Dolores River Canyon

DATE: Dec 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sage-grouses’ fate shapes West’s energy development

SARATOGA, Wyo. – Efforts to conserve a struggling species of grouse that ranges across the Western U.S. are having far-reaching effects on the region’s energy industry, as the Obama administ...

DATE: Dec 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Regional News

These hikes aren’t healthy for wildlife

Areas closed to protect animals

DATE: Dec 1, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Decorate with deer in mind

Entanglements common during mating season

DATE: Nov 26, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fight heats up over Gunnison sage-grouse

DENVER – The old adage in the West is that “whiskey is for drinking; water is for fighting over.” Enter the Gunnison sage-grouse. The chicken-sized bird with spiky tail feathers a...

DATE: Nov 18, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oxbow bird study shows wide diversity

Preserve to close from Dec. 1 until June 30 for more research

DATE: Nov 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Agency pitches plan to boost deer

Improvements, fewer hunting licenses aimed at healing declining populations

DATE: Nov 12, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bedtime for Bambi

DATE: Oct 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

First kokanee spawning at Nighthorse

Species was stocked four years ago

DATE: Oct 27, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Study: Fewer bears wandering into town

Wild food sources helped, Parks and Wildlife says

DATE: Oct 17, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Big game, big impact

Hunter dollars crucial for Colorado Parks and Wildlife

DATE: Oct 16, 2014 | CATEGORY: Outdoors

Motorcyclist injured trying to avoid bear

A motorcyclist took a spill Monday morning trying to avoid a bear on U.S. Highway 160, about eight miles west of Hesperus. The accident occurred just before 9 a.m. The ...

DATE: Sep 15, 2014 | 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