Wildlife agency agrees to deadline for wolf plan

Colorado objects to deadline

Kids easier to train when it comes to bears

Bears pay price of human carelessness

Are bear resistant cans working?

Bryan Peterson, executive director of the nonprofit BearSmart, said some of Durango’s local, food-conditioned bears have learned how to break…

The human side of the problem

But this can lead to conflicts with humans and bears being euthanized, said Stewart Breck, a wildllife ecologist with the…

How Colorado towns change bears’ behavior

Researchers are learning how towns change animals’ behavior, populations

Malheur’s aftershock

Invasive carp may recolonize areas they were once eradicated from

Suspicion over federal wolf plan spreads to Colorado, Utah

110 Mexican gray wolves now roam portion of Arizona, New Mexico

Film fest is Friday

The event is a benefit for the Montezuma Land Conservancy. “Eleven films will shown from all over world that inspire…

Conservation easements protect threatened sage grouse

Landowner moves 1,300 acres into conservation

Regional butterfly will be considered for protection

The Great Basin silverspot butterfly.Courtesy photo “The declines of these small insects are caused by serious threats like disappearing aquifers…

Elk visits Dolores’ main street

Briefs

Federal officials plan to study the status of a butterfly once found across the Southwest to see if it warrants…

Feeding big game can be deadly

“There’s no doubt that life’s tough for big game during the winter, but feeding these animals can make them sick…

Enduring pain for science (and birds)

Local birders brave cold, snow for annual Cortez bird count

Life beneath the snow and ice

Barn owls are one of the 11 species of North American owl found in Colorado and can be spotted by…

Another wolf killed in Utah

This gray wolf in the Grand Canyon is the first time the animal has been seen in Arizona in 70…

In La Plata County, underpasses, speed zones may limit wildlife-vehicle collisions

Underpasses, speed zones aim to reduce animal-vehicle collisions, roadkill

Moose visits the Animas

More than 100 people turn out for rare sighting

Sage-grouse debate shifts to land use

The announcement marks the end of a five-year controversial effort to save the bird, but officials say the moment only…

Elk close loop in Mesa Verde history

Ancients, elk share past

U.S. retreats from listing for sage grouse

Feds make announcement in Colorado

Elk close gap in history at Mesa Verde park

Ancients, elk have shared history

Copycat bears

Three bear cubs climb a tree Thursday evening at Nancy Horton's River Ranch, north of Bayfield. A fourth bear cub…

Fashion show at Four Seasons benefits Cancer Coalition

Becky Oliver models clothes from Love On A Hanger at the Pretty In Pink Fashion show last year.Sam Green/Cortez Journal…