Tag: U.s. Fish And Wildlife
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Cloning: The latest in black-footed ferret recovery in Colorado and beyond
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save 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…
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Colorado’s silverspot butterfly classified as ‘threatened’ under Endangered Species Act
In the meadows of southern Colorado, a new life begins. Under the leaf of a bog violet, near shallow groundwater, a butterfly flutters her brown wings and lays her eggs. The underside of her wings are lined with silvery-white spots, an ode to the species’ name. After about two weeks, the cooling October air welcomes…
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Wildlife officials: Waterfowl hunters ‘may need to work a bit harder’ this season
Waterfowl hunters might be wise to temper expectations this fall and winter, when ducks and geese migrate through the state. That’s according to a recent Colorado Parks and Wildlife news release, which hinted “hunters may need to work a bit harder” for their targets in the 2022-23 season. With drought lingering across the region, officials…