Wildlife - The Durango Herald

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

Federal land managers are planning Colorado’s next wild horse roundup, ignoring pleas to stop using a helicopter

The BLM’s management plan for the Little Book Cliffs near Palisade calls for removing about 100 horses with a helicopter roundup

DATE: May 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Mountain lion likely killed one of 10 wolves released in Colorado

Fish & Wildlife says lions hunting wolves ‘is not unheard of’

DATE: May 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Wolverine reintroduction legislation is ‘completely opposite’ wolf plan

‘They do not eat cattle. They do not eat sheep. They do not eat people,’ state Rep. Barbara McLachlan says

DATE: May 14, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Boebert’s bill to remove protections from gray wolf passes House

Flashpoint issue is a demonstration of the rural and urban divide

DATE: May 7, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Wildlife officer rescues mountain lions from Vallecito Reservoir spillway northeast of Durango

The yearlings were noticed Friday evening as dam tender prepared to release water

DATE: Apr 23, 2024 | CATEGORY: Local News

Colorado’s reintroduced wolves have killed four more cattle in Grand County

This marks the largest cluster of livestock losses since reintroduction in December

DATE: Apr 18, 2024 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Morley Nelson, birds of prey, and Snake River Canyon

I can think of no better legacy than to protect a landscape in perpetuity for wild species, but the politics of preservation are never easy. Near Boise, Idaho, Morlan “Morley” Nelson sought ...

DATE: Apr 15, 2024 | CATEGORY: Gulliford's Travels