Recent Colorado Parks And Wildlife Articles

Colorado's Legendary Trout Rivers Are Drying Up — And the Fishing Closures Are Historic It is the kind of summer that rewrites records and upends plans. Across Colorado in July 2026, rivers that have drawn fly anglers from across the country for generations — the Colorado, the Rio Grande, the Eagl

Colorado's Furbearer Fight: Inside the Push to Cap Kills and Kill the Fur Trade For generations, trappers and hunters across Colorado have worked beavers, bobcats, coyotes, and foxes with almost no numerical ceiling on how many animals they could take in a single outing. That era may be drawing to

Colorado Is Running Dry — And Its Fish Are Paying the Price Drought has a way of turning orderly systems into emergencies fast. Across Colorado in the summer of 2026, reservoirs that have sustained robust coldwater fisheries for generations are disappearing — not slowly, as some might imagine, but

A Coalition Targets Colorado's Lead Ammunition Tradition — And It's Not Backing Down For hunters who chase elk through Colorado's high country or draw coveted pronghorn tags on the Eastern Plains, the bullet they chamber has always been a personal choice governed by physics, budget, and ballistic