Ali Longwell

A photo of a gray wolf in Colorado included in Colorado Parks and Wildlife's 2025-26 annual wolf report. The state reportedly has at least 32 wolves.

This winter’s critically low snowpack, a staggering wildfire season, a late spring frost and widespread drought are leading to a record number of black bear conflicts and reports across Colorado. “All of that has reduced...

This winter's critically low snowpack, a staggering wildfire season, a late spring frost and widespread drought are leading to a record number of black bear conflicts and reports across Colorado.

In Colorado's High Country, leaves are starting to change color and pepper the ground — a sure sign of not only the changing seasons, but also the ongoing drought crisis.

Overhead view of fluid mineral production on Bureau of Land Management lands in Colorado. Bureau of Land Management/Courtesy Photo

President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to look at delisting gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves over the next 90 days. In Colorado, where voters mandated the reintroduction of gray wolves in 2020, the...

President Donald Trump ordered the federal government to look at delisting gray wolves and Mexican gray wolves over the next 90 days.

Since beginning its reintroduction of gray wolves in December 2023, Colorado Parks and Wildlife has lethally removed six wolves due to conflict with livestock — five in the summer of 2026

A community-driven effort to protect the Crystal River from dams and out-of-basin water diversions has gained new traction with the release of a report evaluating the feasibility of a Wild and Scenic designation from the...

A community-driven effort to protect the Crystal River from dams and out-of-basin water diversions has gained new traction with the release of a