2+ hour, 16+ min ago  (1157+ words) As the morning light of March rolls over Old Colorado City, a sacred frog medicine ceremony is being prepared on the second floor of a historic building. In a serene, beautiful studio, used for yoga classes and plant medicine ceremonies,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (660+ words) Colorado's largest coalition of hunters, anglers, and wildlife conservation groups is urging state lawmakers to reject two of Gov. Jared Polis' latest nominees to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission, setting up a contentious confirmation hearing before the Senate Agriculture…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (907+ words) The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission approved more than $706, 000 in wolf depredation claims for 2025 during its March meeting, an amount that exceeds the state's annual wolf compensation fund by more than double. The commission also rejected another $53, 611 in claims. But…...

8+ mon, 4+ day ago  (162+ words) A project to restore the area of the Eleven Mile Canyon spillway and improve facilities commenced and is now open for visitors. Initial construction efforts have been completed, and the area formerly known as "the spillway" is now called the…...

5+ mon, 2+ week ago  (289+ words) In many waterfowl the males enter a phase known as the eclipse plumage from late summer to early fall, when they adopt a more cryptic plumage similar to the female. During this phase the male Mallard strongly resembles the female…...

1+ week, 19+ hour ago  (165+ words) It's calving season for the bison at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal. The wildlife refuge announced on its Facebook page Sunday that volunteers and staff had spotted three bison calves over the course of two days. Calving season begins for bison…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (467+ words) Colorado Springs Gazette Plumbeous vireo rises to the occasional sighting in Teller | Words on Birds Most migrating bird species in Teller County are insect eaters that leave in the winter when their primary food source is unavailable. Vireos return to…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (492+ words) A formerly private, sweeping swath of western Colorado is growing a public, red rock wonderland." The ranch went up for sale in 2023. And "The Conservation Fund acted quickly to prevent this vital landscape from being subdivided and developed," the organization…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago  (352+ words) I've recently embarked on Operation: Regrow My Attention Span. But that's how I found myself reclined on the couch one recent weekend, perusing e Bird for El Paso County's hot birding spots and exclaiming out loud at pretty birds. Funny…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (1120+ words) Aldo Leopold wrote in his Sand County Almanac, "There are some who can live without wild things and some who cannot." The collection of essays first published in 1949 was accepted by a publishing house after a steady stream of rejections....