Tag: wildlife
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WATCH: Moose spotted in north Colorado Springs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A moose was spotted on Colorado Springs’ north side near Interstate 25, according to a post from Colorado Parks and Wildlife. We responded to a moose near Interquest/I-25. Wildlife officers observed a female (cow) Shiras Moose, smallest subspecies/only species in Colo. Estimated at 700lbs., we…
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Funding approved for controversial Mad Rabbit trails in Colorado
Funding has been approved for a major, controversial project expanding trails in northwest Colorado. Off Rabbit Ears Pass near Steamboat Springs, the Mad Rabbit project has been called “the most contentious trails project in the state, maybe in history” by one city councilor. After more than a decade of debate that underscored the broader tug-and-pull…
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Bears, golf and The Broadmoor: A tradition with deep roots continues at the U.S. Senior Open
In the storied annals of The Broadmoor, it seems only fitting that historians recall a black bear and a golf course from the very beginning. To be sure, hotel founder Spencer Penrose carried an affinity for both. In 1916, two years before he would open his Grand Dame of the Rockies, Penrose received a black…
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Greenland Wildlife Overpass may reconnect elk herds split since I-25 construction
Frequent travelers on Interstate 25 to and from and Denver might have some questions about what appears to be an interchange with no connecting roads under construction just north of Monument. An interchange of sorts, the Greenland Wildlife Overpass is not for cars or humans. “Elk love big open structures,” said Chuck Attardo, I-25 South…
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Greenland Wildlife Overpass may reconnect elk herds split since I-25 construction
Frequent travelers on Interstate 25 between Colorado Springs and Denver might have some questions about what appears to be an interchange with no connecting roads under construction just north of Monument. An interchange of sorts, the Greenland Wildlife Overpass is not for cars or humans. “Elk love big open structures,” said Chuck Attardo, I-25 South…
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Mad Rabbit, Colorado’s ‘most contentious trails project,’ due for more debate
The U.S. Forest Service has signed off on a controversial plan for major trail expansions near Rabbit Ears Pass in northwest Colorado. But the long-going debate over the project called Mad Rabbit is not over. Later this month, the Steamboat Springs City Council is set to reconsider funding of up to $1.6 million for the…
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A woolly dilemma: Tourism, road salts and wildlife collide on Mount Blue Sky
One summer day in 2020, Stefan Ekernas and a fellow researcher were driving up Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway in a Toyota RAV4 when they spotted bighorn sheep in the near distance. The herd ran to the road. “We had to come to a stop not to hit them,” Ekernas recalls. “They were frantically licking.…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
For years, Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers have driven out to the eastern plains in the middle of the night, a predator’s hunting hours, in hopes of spotting a pair of green, gleaming eyes. Officers are expected to do just that sometime next year, out on a sweeping ranch near Lamar. This is where they…
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WATCH: Bears spotted north of downtown Colorado Springs on Ring camera
Three bears have been spotted near downtown Colorado Springs on Monday night, just north of Cascade Avenue and Uintah Street. Ring camera footage shows two of the bears walking up a residential street, passing by a parked car. Holly B., who shared the video with the Gazette, said she saw a total of three bears.…